The central governments do not adequately cost-evaluate the
decentralised environmental management functions implemented by the urban council
(Okot-Okumu & Nyenje 2011). National priorities usually differ from environmental
management activities causing low remissions in these sectors by the central governments.
The study by Liyala (2011), of Kisumu (Kenya), Mwanza (Tanzania) and Jinja (Uganda)
clearly illustrates the solid waste management financing dilemma.