Ministry of Health has confirmed seven cholera cases and one person dead in Kampala as a result of the contagious disease. The ministry is also investigating 16 new suspected cholera cases.
While touring Cholera prone areas including Kabowa and Rubaga Division where there is an outbreak, Dr Moriku Joyce Kaducu, the State minister for Primary Healthcare, attributed the outbreak to poor sanitation and hygiene in the area.
“During our tour, we came across only two pit-latrines in the entire area and they were locked.
You ask yourself where these people go when nature calls. We were told they use the bucket strategy,” she said.
“What I observed in Kabowa is pathetic. Whether it is a rainy season or not, you can get any disease because it is really unhygienic,” Dr Kaducu added.
The residents of Kabowa have been given two weeks to clean up their environment.
Ms Benny Namugwanya, the State Minister for Kampala, revealed that 300 public toilet facilities are to be…
