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Kampala

Innovative waste economies for inclusive urban development

city project

In Kampala the Makerere team is exploring demonstrable strategies for the transformation of waste management in the city at a local level. The study will take place in densely populated middle- and low-income neighbourhoods in Kampala, looking at community led initiatives such as the co-production of fuel briquettes from organic waste as means of developing innovative waste economies.

Across three local settlements, the team is working closely with community groups and organisations to investigate and assess the possibilities for developing demonstrable strategies for the transformation of waste management in the city.

Capacity building is central to the project as an overarching theme. This focuses on the process of scaling up business enterprises which could benefit the urban poor, along with reducing communities’ indirect costs associated with existing waste management practices. The team are also investigating how knowledge co-production and knowledge sharing between local actors can be used as a means to pave the way to policy change, institutionalising local enterprise solutions in waste management.

KAMPALA, UGANDA

Kampala

Makerere University

GALLERY

Kampala Project Map

Location of parishes where research is being conducted by the Kampala team (click to enlarge)

Business Proposal Development workshop

February 2020

Business Proposal Development workshop

February 2020

Kampala urban setting

View over city from Makerere University

Kampala Streets

Typical street scene in urban neighbourhood

Kampala/KNOW team Inception meeting

Inception workshop with KNOW Investigators, Kampala city partners and community representatives, December 2018

Bwaisse III Community

View overlooking Bwaisse Community, Kampala

Local Women's Group

Meeting in Kasubi Zone 3, Kampala

Briquette manufacturing

Briquette making

Kasubi Zone 3

LUCHACOS Head Quarters

Local Kampala City Partner

KNOW/Kampala Team

KNOW WP1,2, and 3 invesrtigators with Kampala City Partners, 2018

latest & resources

COVID-19 lock down. Difficulties and implications past the pandemic (blog)

Multi-stakeholder engagement and learning experiences (blog)

Learning together across scales: the KNOW Africa Regional Network takes shape (blog)

Understanding socioeconomic shocks in Kampala (Shuaib Lwasa presents at UrbanARC 2020)

Co-identifying and co-analysis of energy briquettes capacity gaps & needs (blog)

Co-Producing Innovative Energy Economies in Kampala (blog)

Dialogues in Urban Equality #10 Institutional Learning

Further details on the Kampala project
(report compiled by the Makerere team)

KAMPALA team

Shuaib

Lwasa

City Partner Lead Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept.,
Makerere University

Teddy

Kisembo

City Partner Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept.,
Makerere University

Judith

Mbabazi

City Partner Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept.,
Makerere University

Hafisa

Namuli

City Partner Kampala

Urban Action Innovation Lab, Geography Dept.,
Makerere University

KAMPALA PARTNERS

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And additional local partners

- The Ministry of Lands Housing and Urban Development

- Federation of Uganda (NSDFU)

- KALOCODE

- Shelter and Settlement Alternatives (SSA)

- Uganda Human Settlements Network (UHSNET)

- Uganda Housing Cooperative Union (UHOCU)

- LUCHACOS

know work package connections

WP1

Co-Production

Innovative & inclusive waste economies

WP2

Comparison

Extreme poverty & urban shocks

WP3

Ethics

Ethics in research enterprise