KCCA’s New policy to require Ugandans to bathe before entering the city

KAMPALA, UGANDA: A new policy is in the offing at Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) that among others will require Ugandans to bathe before entering Kampala City.

The move according to a source inside the authority is aimed at sanitizing the air saturation in the city after a recent report highlighted that body odour was a leading cause of air pollution in Kampala City.

The source further acclaim that the authority’s environment scientists made “serious observations and also interviewed people within the City and came to a conclusion that one way to improve the air saturation in Kampala is by enforcing people to bathe.

To this effect, the source says, several bathing will be constructed points across the major roads leading into the city which will be mandatory for all entering the city to bathe.

“We have constructed 24 shower points on all major roads into the city. It will be mandatory for people to bathe before entering Kampala or they will be barred from accessing the City,” he said.

“If one bathes at any of the shower points,” he said, “they receive a one-day permit to enter the City, and would have to do the same another day.”

The new policy if adopted will see Kampala become the first City in the entire world to implement a policy that requires people to bathe before accessing it.

However, there are fears that if adopted, the policy will be condemned by human rights activists who will likely argue that it infringes on people’s rights.

At the time of filing the story, the authority was yet to make an official statement on the reports and the spokesperson was unreachable as our repetitive calls went unanswered.