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Smelly Wars in Nairobi Row over sewage discharge from city residential areas

Waste exhauster truck spotted along Thika superhighway near Pumwani in Nairobi. August 3, 2020. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

A war over where over two million litres of domestic waste generated daily by Nairobi residents should be dumped is shaping up.

At the heart of the unfolding disagreement is control of the lucrative multi-million sewerage sector, triggered by the closure of a public discharge point at Kariobangi.

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