Solid Waste Management in Kilwa town

A technical report on solid waste management for Kilwa town  was presented to  Kilwa district leaders on 27/01/2011. The study was conducted by a ReCoMaP consultant, as part of technical support to the district under a just ended project on environment health promotion in Lindi  coastal zone, implemented by COBIHESA in partnership with Kilwa district council and Lindi town council. 

 The District Commissioner Kilwa district, Mr Nurdin Babu, and  Executive Director, Ms Annunciata Lyimo  thanked ReCoMaP for the support.The Director said the  District team members would study the report and possibly include some  short term components of the solid waste management strategy recommended in the report in the 2011/2012 budget. The report was presented in Kilwa by the consultant, Mr Hamad  Juma, an environmental  engineer from Zanzibar, Mr Baraka Kalangahe, ReCoMaP NICZM Officer Tanzania, and Mr David Katusabe , Programmes Officer , COBIHESA. 

Lack of effective solid waste management in Kilwa town and peri urban areas often contributes to dumping wastes , including plastic debris , in the adjacent Indian ocean,  poor waste disposal and contamination  of drinking water sources, and health risks including cholera outbreaks. 

Usimamizi wa taka ngumu katika mji wa Kilwa

Ripoti ya kiufundi juu ya usimamizi wa taka ngumu kwa ajili ya mji wa Kilwa ilipewa kwa viongozi wa wilaya ya Kilwa juu ya 27/01/2011. Utafiti huo uliofanywa na mshauri ReCoMaP, kama sehemu ya msaada wa kiufundi kwa wilaya ya chini ya mradi tu kuishia katika mazingira ya kukuza afya katika ukanda wa pwani Lindi, kutekelezwa na COBIHESA kwa kushirikiana na halmashauri ya wilaya ya Kilwa na Lindi halmashauri ya mji.

Wilaya ya Kilwa wa wilaya, Bw Nurdin Babu, na Mkurugenzi Mtendaji, Bi Annunciata Lyimo alimshukuru ReCoMaP kwa Mkurugenzi support.The alisema timu ya Wilaya ya wanachama bila utafiti wa ripoti na ikiwezekana ni pamoja na baadhi ya muda mfupi sehemu ya mkakati wa usimamizi wa taka ngumu ilipendekeza katika ripoti ya bajeti ya 2011/2012. Ripoti hiyo iliwasilishwa katika wilaya ya Kilwa na washauri, Bw Hamad Juma, mhandisi wa mazingira kutoka Zanzibar, Bw Baraka Kalangahe, ReCoMaP NICZM Afisa Tanzania, na Bw Daudi Katusabe, Afisa Mipango, COBIHESA.

Ukosefu wa usimamizi bora wa taka ngumu katika mji Kilwa na kandokando mwa maeneo ya mijini mara nyingi huchangia utupaji taka, pamoja na mabaki ya plastiki, katika bahari ya Hindi karibu, na maskini utupaji taka na uchafuzi wa vyanzo vya maji ya kunywa, na hatari za afya ikiwa ni pamoja na kuzuka kwa kipindupindu.