**4.2 Information gaps during study**

There are missing information gaps, which affect the analysis of the practice. Most of the private waste stakeholder's operators are secretive about their operation.

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*Showing the state of dumpsites at the study area. Source: Author field survey 2021 a negative recent advance in solid waste management.*

In fact the researcher found it difficult to have access to the operators, throughout the research work granted audience once. And if the necessity for a meeting with the management arises, the researcher is informed that the manager is either unavailable or busy. This is because they view the researcher as someone who may suggest to the government measures that will drive out private operators from the market. When the researcher has access to information, the operators may provide general information. For instance, they were unable to provide the number and addresses of their clients. On the other hand, gathering information was difficult in communities of low-income earners in the city due to cultural norms, where the majority of the women to be interviewed were in purdah and the researcher needed an interpreter at the interview to interpret the questions, and in most cases, the husband had to be invited.
