THE government has drawn up guidelines on waste recycling to encourage more business people to invest in waste recycling, a move that will help improve waste management in urban areas.<\/p>\n
Minister for Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children Ummy Mwalimu unveiled this during a recent meeting on sanitation which brought together regional and council officers for sanitation from across the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe new guidelines will encourage more businesspeople to invest in waste recycling to improve waste management,\u201d she said, while delivering an opening speech at the sanitation meeting.<\/p>\n
Ms Mwalimu further noted that the government had registered great strides in sanitation, thanks to a nationwide campaign entitled \u2018Usichukulie Poa, Nyumba ni Choo\u2019 after households with standard toilets increased to 62.4 per cent in 2019 from 34 per cent in 2015.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor two years of the campaign, a number of households with standard toilets have tremendously increased.<\/p>\n
Likewise, a number of households without standard toilets has diminished from7.5 per cent to 1.9 per cent this year,\u201d said the minister.<\/p>\n
The nationwide campaign encourages households to construct standard toilets to prevent water borne diseases such as cholera, typhoid and dysentery.<\/p>\n
The diseases can be spread while bathing, washing and drinking water or by eating food exposed to contaminated water.<\/p>\n
The minister explained that households with standard toilets in rural areas had increased to 4,311 from only 743 and 1,267 health facilities had improved toilets with sanitation.<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank key sanitation stakeholders to join hands with the government to conduct the campaign. Our target is to attain 75 per cent by June, 2021,\u201d she stressed.<\/p>\n
Ms Mwalimu further said the fifth phase government was committed to improving landfill sites in urban areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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