Waste Collection in Jowhar: Service Delivery Gaps, Affordability, and Environmental Risks

  • Jowhar’s formal waste collection system has limited capacity and uneven coverage, leaving some residential neighbourhoods underserved, particularly during the rainy season.
  • Collection fees and irregular services push some low-income households towards informal collection, waste burning and burial, while poor disposal practices pose public health and environmental risks.
  • Weak enforcement, unclear service arrangements and limited oversight undermine effective waste management, including the safe handling of medical waste and the protection of the Shabelle River.
  • This governance brief recommends introducing competition among waste collection providers, making services more affordable, expanding neighbourhood coverage, strengthening enforcement and public awareness, improving waste worker safety and medical waste management, and protecting the river and drainage areas through regular collection and coordinated clean-up campaigns.

Waste Collection in Jowhar: Service Delivery Gaps, Affordability, and Environmental Risks

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Liban Mohamed Hussein is a researcher and a humanitarian aid worker.

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