Oyam | Vendors and neighbours told tndNews that they are fighting for access to toilets in Adel Ward, Minakulu town council, Oyam South.
According to vendors, there are no public toilets.
Patrick Ogwang Obura, an Oyam South MP aspirant in 2026, discovered the toilet crisis while repairing the market’s only borehole.
Obura collaborated with Pioneer Evangelism Network Uganda to reactivate the only borehole.
At least 16 boreholes in Minakulu town council, Aber, Loro, and Minakulu sub-counties have been successfully repaired.
Abercan Gloria, a community member, revealed that open defecation occurs at the market almost every day.
She also stated that some people defecate even at water points and in people’s gardens.
Another issue affecting the market, she said, is the rubbish pit, and she urged Ogwang Obura and Minakulu council officials to intervene before any serious disease spreads.
Nancy Alobo, a vendor and Awee Betty trading centre resident, stated that they have had difficulty accessing a toilet for the past year because the market’s only public toilet is full.
She told tndNews that they are contracting a variety of waterborne diseases, including diarrhea, as a result of open defecation.
Ronald Akol, Adel Ward’s male LC3 councillor, stated that the construction of a public toilet at Awee Betty Market is already budgeted for this fiscal year.
Over 16,000 people in Oyam district practice open defecation. This means they do not have pit latrines.
By Chris Woo.
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