The Minister of Kampala Capital City Authority and Metropolitan Affairs, Hajjat Minsa Kabanda, addressed reports claiming that 28 people are missing after the collapse of the Kiteezi landfill.

She stated that those asserting that 28 individuals are still unaccounted for are merely speculating, as the official report from the Office of the Prime Minister indicates that only 11 people are missing.

Minister Kabanda made these remarks while appearing before Parliament’s Committee on Commissions, Statutory Authorities, and State Enterprises (COSASE) alongside KCCA management to respond to inquiries from the December 2023 Auditor General’s report on waste management.

Hon Medard Sseggona, the Busiro East MP, who is also the Chairperson of Parliament’s Committee of Commissions, Statutory Authorities & State Enterprises (COSASE) raised an issue saying that President Yoweri Museveni had said that the residents had encroached on the garbage land. Sseggona said when the committee visited Kiteezi, they received a map from KCCA indicating it is garbage that had encroached.

Responding to Hon Sseggona, Minister Minsa Kabanda denied allegations that residents around Kiteezi had encroached on the KCCA landfill, saying that the residents had land titles and owned the land they occupied.