Kampala streets have been free of the usual human and vehicle traffic as several city dwellers left the city for Christmas festivities in their home villages. Garbage seems to have replaced the Kampala dwellers in the town.
URN took a walk around the city and observed the dirty streets filled with dust and littered with polythene bag "Kaveera".
In downtown Kampala, there were piles of garbage consisting mainly of “kaveera”. In some areas, the dust bins were filled beyond capacity.
Some traders said Nabugabo Updeal, a private company contracted by KCCA to collect garbage from the city has not been at work for at least three days prior to Christmas.
Kampala Capital City Authority that is mandated to keep the city clean seemed to have absconded as streets had no sign that they had been kept clean.
Apart from garbage, in some areas sewage was also flowing from some buildings in the city causing an unpleasant smell.