Why Dandora trash pickers want City Hall, Nema punished

A woman wades in mud out of the Dandora dumping site in Nairobi on May 31, 2021, with a sack-load of her day's scavenging fortunes. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

From a distance, a pungent smell and smoke from Dandora Dumpsite fill the air as the fire slowly but steadily competes with scavengers for the heaps of fresh garbage brought by lorries from the estates.

The acres of piled-up garbage are a sore to the eyes as one hops and jumps to beat babies' nappies, women's tampons and pads, used hospital tools such as syringes, and broken glasses, to say the least.