Kampala City council is to start extracting methane gas from Kitezi landfill for the production of electricity next year. Kitezi landfill is the biggest garbage disposal site in Kampala city and is found about three km off Mpererwe in Wakiso district.
The project to extract methane gas starts next year and is expected to improve the environmental condition of the area
The Program coordinator of Kampala Institutional and comprehensive development programme , Tamale Kigundu says the extracted methane gas will be used in the production of 6 Megatts of electricity.
Another piece of land has been purchased where garbage will dumped as Methane production is carried out in the old land fill. The project s funded by the WB under a 10 year
ten year program which will also see some of Kampala roads especially in the city suburbs bituminized , five modern markets built and anew city Plan drawn. The capital Kampala currently faces several challenges like congestion and poor plannin
