Governor Johnson Sakaja has pledged to bring about long term changes in garbage disposal and collection in Nairobi.
While responding to questions about Pipeline Estate, where residents are said to be suffocating in filth and piling garbage, governor Sakaja stated that the plight affects much of Nairobi.
“Not just Pipeline Estate. A lot of Nairobi has been like this,” Sakaja Tweeted in reply to a Nation article on the sorry state of affairs in Pipeline.
Moreover, the Nairobi Governor faulted the garbage problem on the previous administration, saying the filth is as a result of neglect, illegal dumping and contractors downing their tools over unpaid dues totaling to Ksh.3B.
“A lot of Nairobi has been like this. Months of neglect, illegal dumping in undesignated sites, garbage contractors downing their tools due to money owed,” Sakaja said.
Nonetheless, the Nairobi Governor noted that his administration has collected at least 70 tonnes of garbage since taking over, and efforts are underway to find a long-term solution.
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