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It’s about time that the private sector stepped in to manage Nairobi’s waste. The city seems to be choking in its own garbage. We have now left our garbage in the hands of cartels as the government looks on helplessly. Nairobi residents have been complaining in vain about making payments to the City Council yet garbage remains uncollected.
Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero maintains that the problems are due to corruption and cartels. Kidero is currently tackling the situation by holding a 45 day cleaning exercise in conjunction with NYS. On Monday next week he will meet engineers from the Army as well as NYS to determine how they can prolong the life of the Dandora dumping site which is now full to the brim.
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