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Arua’s Sanitation Crisis Deepens | Uganda News
Arua City’s explosive growth is triggering a deadly sanitation crisis as residents dig unsafe, unregulated pit latrines—often too close to homes or water sources—posing grave health risks and environmental hazards. With shallow pits covered by tarps or left open, these makeshift toilets are breeding grounds for disease, attracting mosquitoes, and contaminating groundwater. A child’s tragic fall into an uncovered pit underscores the danger, while rainstorms worsen pollution by washing waste into rivers. Officials are cracking down, demanding proper septic systems supervised by health…
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