Members of a volunteer group cleans up Ngong river. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]
As Nairobi River snakes its way from Ondiri Swamp in Kikuyu, where it originates, its bubbles of life are choked by pollutants.
The river is heavily polluted by human and industrial waste, sewage, pharmaceutical waste, chemicals and heavy metals.
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