100 arrested for not having toilets

[Reuters]

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Local authorities have arrested at least 100 Ugandans for failing to build toilets in their homes in the midst of a cholera epidemic that has killed 8 people and infected 164, state media reported Wednesday.

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[Praxius]

A section to point out:

Police spokesman Hassan Kasinje told Reuters the building of homes without proper toilets was forbidden in Uganda, though he did not know of the arrests.
"It is illegal ... but it is not an arrestable offence. Whoever arrested them is wrong," he said. "A health officer is supposed to instruct them to build or they can be cautioned."

So apparently someone is stepping past their authority in this matter... but seriously, what good will come from them being arrested for being all poopy?

I suppose arresting them and throwing them in a jail/prison with an actual toilet could be considdered a good thing.