Apparently, the tragic incident has resulted in the death of over 20 people and destruction of property.

Speaking to the publication, Kisaka revealed that Kiteezi KCCA landfill has not had a bad track record despite servicing a high growing population.

According to Kisaka, Kiteezi landfill lies on 36 acres of land in Wakiso district which was established in 1996.

It serves the districts of Wakiso, Kampala and Mukono.

She says the KCCA Kiteezi landfill offices reports show that Kiteezi receives 170 garbage trucks every single day representing 1200 tons of garbage from the three districts.

She explained that it is stretching that the dumpsite serves three administrative areas of Kampala, Mukono and Wakiso though the burden of taking care of the landfill is borne by only KCCA.

Kisaka added that Kiteezi rubbish has over the years steadily grown due to increasing population in the urban areas leading to over utilization of the landfill site resulting in a hill or garbage mountain.

Accordingly, efforts to manage wastes in the city are continuously overwhelmed by the ever-increasing population of city residents, increased levels of economic activity, and reduced funding from central government.

But there is a good side.

She noted that the landfill is frequented by hundreds of litter pickers who derive a livelihood from the landfill through recycling activities.

She further revealed that last year, KCCA mooted plans to have a waste-to-energy plant near the landfill as an alternative of putting the collected garbage into good use.

She cited that cities globally are opting for cleaner alternatives of taking care of garbage by converting it into energy.

She says KCCA is currently in advanced stages of the waste-to-energy plant establishment once all government licensing is done.

Waste-to-energy plants burn municipal solid waste (MSW), often called garbage or trash, to produce steam in a boiler, and the steam is used to power an electric generator turbine.