Waste management is poorly financed because it is not a prioritised activity in all urban
councils. Funds for the operation of the urban councils are mainly from external sources
(over 50 %) like the central government and donors in the form of grants (Liyala, 2011). This
means fiscal autonomy has not been realised by the EAC urban councils as observed by
Okot-Okumu & Nyenje (2011).