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Nairobi: NYS to assist estate youth in drastic clean up exercise

By Graham Kajilwa | Dec. 29, 2015

Uncollected garbage at Nairobi’s Wakulima Market. PHOTO: EDWARD KIPLIMO.

KENYA: Nairobi County will now be forced to outsource garbage collection services from the national government.
Over 150 trucks and 1,000 youth from the National Youth Service (NYS) are set to help the county in its radical clean-up programme. NYS will provide 40 of these trucks.

The county has already recalled workers on leave for the exercise. More so, youth from specific settlements in the city will be recruited to help the county in the clean-up exercise.

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