KAMPALA: Ugandans will be required to spend three hours cleaning their communities on the last Saturday of every month or face legal action, authorities announced on Friday.
The inaugural National Cleaning Day will take place this Saturday from 7:00 am to 10:00 am (0400-0700 GMT) with security officers enforcing the exercise.
The country struggles with adequate waste disposal.
Kampala generates 2,000 to 2,500 tons of solid waste daily, but only about half is collected and safely disposed of, with the rest ending up in drainage channels and polluting the environment, according to city authorities.
The three-hour clean-up is compulsory for Ugandans aged 18 to 65, government spokesperson Dennis Patrick Katungi told AFP.
