Corruption and Solid Waste Management in Mbarara Municipality, Uganda

Table 3

Garbage sellers, prices, and beneficiaries or losers.

Garbage sellers	Prices	Beneficiaries or losers
Unauthorized garbage truck drivers and turn boys	Ushs 40,000–60,000 including transport	The beneficiaries of this illegal sale of manure/garbage are truck drivers, turn boys, garbage sorters, and farmers who get manure on cheaper prices. The loser is the taxpayer and the people whose garbage is uncollected.
Authorized managers at Kenkombe dumping site	Ushs 70,000 per ton excluding transport	The money from this sale goes to the municipal council bank accounts and is properly budgeted for. Particularly to pay for the operations of waste management at the dumping site. However, looking at the cost, it is more expensive and thus attracts fewer customers given that they can get it cheaply from garbage truck drivers. The losers in this process is the workers at the site who get less business, council loses revenue, and the public finally suffers with uncollected garbage