Managing Urban Solid Wastes In Urban Areas: A Case Of Kahama Town Council, Shinyanga Region

ABSTRACT

The aim of the study was to investigate the way of Managing Urban Solid Wastes in Kahama Town Council, where three Wards were involved including Kahama Mjini, Majengo and Nyasubi. The study was based on the following objectives: to assess the SWM stakeholder participation in the study area; to assess factors that affected the success of stakeholders on solid SWM in the study area; and in the Public and Private Partnership in SWM Framework. The study has involved both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The household questionnaires survey, focus group discussion (FGD), personal observation, and secondary data review. Data were analyzed by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 and Microsoft excel software and qualitative data were analyzed using content analysis. Results from Stakeholders involved in SWM include the households, politician, NGOs/CBOs and government officials. Findings indicated that, the most frequently mentioned factor that influenced the success of stakeholders on SWM in KTC, was the community participation (47.2%), skills, knowledge and equipment (16.4%), management factors (15%), law enforcement (12.1%) and availability of fund (9.3%). Findings also have revealed that, Public Private Partnership was the important approach in SWM which could be implemented as operational framework, that was organized into stages as (i) The full council, (ii) Town Director, (iii) Department of the Environment and Sanitation (iv) WDCs and VDCs, (v) CBOs/NGOs/FBOs/Trading and Private, and (vi) Communities and business premises. vii TABLE OF