Rubbish promises: The endless pledges to deal with city garbage menace

Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi is more than three times full. [File, Standard]

The miniature mountains of garbage in many parts of the capital tell a story of a city choking in the trash and a legion of unmet promises by the authorities.

From the mounds of garbage in the city backstreets, estates, and sewerage lines, to the Marabou storks scavenging in the plastic that dominates Nairobi’s Dandora dumpsite, it is apparent that the ‘city under the sun’ is quite far behind in its recyclable waste-to-energy journey.