Nairobi City County has announced a fresh crackdown on all hotels and businesses within the Central Business District (CBD).
Geoffrey Mosiria, Nairobi’s Chief Environmental Officer, has revealed that he will lead the inspection of waste disposal from all establishments within the city.
I will be leading an operation in the CBD to inspect all hotels and other establishments that generate waste, focusing on how they manage and dispose of it.
Mosiria decried that there are sacks of garbage dumped along road reserves and walkways, contributing to the untidiness of Nairobi City.
He accused businesses of dumping such waste to avoid paying proper disposal fees.
Mosiria stated that some premises pay street families and unlicensed individuals to dump waste in unauthorized locations within the city.
One of the biggest challenges we face is that many businesses generating waste do not want to incur the cost of proper disposal. Instead, they hire street families or unlicensed individuals who charge less but end up dumping waste illegally.
He explained that illegal dumping makes the city dirty and undermines the efforts of the County Government to maintain a clean and organized environment.
Mosiria has threatened to take legal action against businesses involved in illegal dumping in any way.
Any business that is not paying the county for waste collection and disposal services, or that is not using approved private waste service providers, will face legal action.
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Tracing and Punishing Illegal Dumpers
Further, Mosiria said any garbage found dumped within the CBD will be traced back to its source, and those responsible will be held accountable.
He stated that the initiative will extend to the entire city as they work to eliminate illegal dumping and maintain a cleaner, healthier Nairobi.
Sometimes, difficult and unpopular decisions must be made to achieve lasting results, and a clean, organized city is our ultimate goal.
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Cleaning Pipeline Estate
Mosiria has been leading a cleaning exercise in the Pipeline area.
In a statement on August 19, Mosiria said Pipeline is no longer dirty after the County Government took action against individuals involved in illegal waste dumping and discharging wastewater directly from their houses onto road reserves.
He said all Pipeline residents needed was education and firm enforcement against landlords and tenants who failed to comply.
“Sometimes, all it takes is bold and unpopular decisions to achieve positive and lasting results. Pipeline is now on its way to becoming the cleanest estate in Nairobi, and the positive impact is already being felt across Embakasi South. We shall replicate these efforts across the entire city,” he said.
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These young lads Sakaja and Mosiria are jokers and idiots. All over Eastlands, they clean up mutaros and dump all that uchafu on the roads. How stupid can a local government be?
Sonko with his eccentric behaviour was a human and a hundrend times more efficient.