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How dumping sites contribute to green house gases

A cloud of smoke in London, Nakuru City on February 3, 2022, following unclear burning of solid waste at Gioto dumpsite. [Kennedy Gachuhi, Standard].

Joseph Nyaga leans on his door at his house at Hilton estate overlooking Gioto dumping site in Nakuru. For the past few days, the smoke erupting from the dumping site has been suppressed by the rains, an issue he says has been a challenge to many locals neighbouring the dumping site.

“There has been a lot of smoke engulfing the neighbourhood for months. The rains seem to have suppressed it. It was so bad that the visibility along the Nakuru-Eldama Ravine road was so poor along Gioto area,” Mr Nyaga says.

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