The site in Katabi Town Council employs more than 200 people. Away from these workers, there are individuals who bring here their animals to graze while others have set up farms close by. For five years Matia Ndawula has been depending on this site to operate a piggery which has 35 animals now. “One can get many valuables, especially from the airport, from this garbage.” The 26-year-old believed his animals were getting a good diet. “My pigs feed well from this garbage. They eat pizza, chocolate, chicken and many others, unlike many human beings who go hungry.” Ndawula hoped to expand his farm though his food source was being threatened by the others who had also discovered the secret. “The demand is now high. Some people bribe the truck drivers.” The number of stray dogs was alarming. “Many people dump puppies here, which grow up to ravage the area.”

Locals said the site was also a source of food for humans who dug through the rubbish for tinned food that came from Entebbe Airport. “This garbage is a source of delicious food like chicken, pizza, and others.” The workers said that they sort through the waste in which sometimes they find materials which are not safe for humans. “Some waste is dumped from the hospital which is very unhygienic.” The workers’ Chairperson Matia Bukenya told NTV that Katabi Town Council said it would start taxing them since they were earning an income from the dust site. “They said that we should start paying taxes for this garbage but we explained to them our problems.” “That’s unfair because we earn very little from this garbage.”

A veterinary officer Angela Zawedde said they were aware of the concerns of the stray dogs. “We are very much aware of the stray dogs, these dogs have owners, and apparently the owners are not just careful owners. There is an exercise we are carrying out, we are registering all dog owners. On top of registering them, we are certifying them; giving them health certificates, vaccination certificates and as well licensing them. What we are doing; we are baiting the meats at the damping site so that as they come to feed to find something to eat they slowly go to sleep. We call it sleeping, we put them to rest slowing not using the very strong poison but the slow and sure death poisons.” There had been complaints from the locals about the stench from the field where the waste was out in the open. The damping site was established about 10 years ago.