TOILET CASH STINKS! Investigation Exposes Shocking Mismanagement in KCCA's Sh16Bn Sanitation Project
An audit report has exposed significant financial mismanagement and implementation failures within Kampala's City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation Programme. The project, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, faces scrutiny over unaccounted funds and stalled construction.
Why it matters
It highlights critical accountability issues in international development projects and the potential for corruption in urban infrastructure initiatives.
A project meant to improve sanitation for Kampala’s urban poor has instead been plunged into controversy after the Auditor General uncovered a trail of financial discrepancies, unaccounted-for funds, stalled construction works, unsafe working conditions and questionable project decisions under the City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Programme.
The findings, contained in the Auditor General’s report on the City-Wide Inclusive Sanitation (CWIS) Programme (Grant OPP1179828) for the year ended 30th November 2023, paint a worrying picture of weak financial management and implementation failures within a programme funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) implemented the four-year CWIS Programme worth USD 4,430,827, which commenced in January 2019. The programme was designed to upscale faecal sludge management services in Kampala by increasing access to improved sanitation among underserved urban poor households, public institutions, refugee communities and the growing transient population.
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