Makerere makes toilet facilities for slum dwellers

 

Makerere University has invented mobile toilets to be used by people living in slum areas such.

The project manager, Amin Tamala says that the metallic toilet facility has been designed to incorporate the application of solar energy in the functioning of the mobile trailer toilets.

Amin Tamala says that areas such as Kalerwe, Bwaise and Katanga which have a high water table which cannot allow them to construct normal pit latrines may use the new toilet solutions.

The new toilets can also work well for refugees and those people in disaster prone areas like Bududu.
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