Abstract:
The study focused on community participation with; waste facilities and solid
waste management in Uganda, considering a case study of Gulu district. The
study sought to establish the level of community participation in solid waste
management in Uganda and asses the strategies availed in it, together with
relevant relationships involved. The study employed a cross sectional
research design with a mixed method approach. 359 individuals were to be
interviewed, however, 37 did not respond to the exercise hence only 322
individuals responded who included. This made the response rate to be 90%
which therefore implies that the study suffered from a nonresponse bias of
only 10% which has a low significance on the study. Primary sources of data
were used and data was collected using questionnaires. Respondents were
not willing to provide data through interviews and therefore data was
collected mostly through questionnaires. The Uni-variate analysis including
frequency tables, charts and bivariate analysis including Pearson’s rank
correlation, Chi-square tests and Regression Analysis were used to analyze
the collected data. The study findings revealed that there is a significant
positive relationship between community participation and a combination of
waste facilities and solid waste management in Gulu district. It was
concluded that, community participation in Gulu District is significantly
influenced by waste facilities and solid waste management in Gulu district.
