Kampala City council Authority (KCCA) executive directorkisaka says Seven Hills, comprise largely reformed young men and women who used to loiter the streets with no gainful employment.
According to Ed kisaka, With the support of KCCA, these young people were reorganised and have taken on meaningful work in city.
During the covid period, KCCA formed them into cleaning gangs under the Smart City Campaign.
"Their job was to unblock drainages at all the dark spots in the city. Under the supervision of the waste solid management team, they worked day and night with boundless energy and responded to every crisis in the city during the lockdown. They were called upon where there were floods, fallen trees and buildings and they responded. With time, they organized themselves into a small-scale organization known as Seven Hills and created SACCOS to empower their members to save.
Right now these hitherto unemployed youth have proper identification with bank accounts.
Thus, Seven Hills is seen as a threat to the old SACCOS.
Fortunately, KCCA has enough work for all cleaning teams
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