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Nema, tackle pollution with more seriousness

Garbage dumped along the road. [Getty Images]

There is something fundamentally wrong with Kenyan society when it comes to matters of the environment.

Everywhere one looks, from government honchos to the common mwananchi, everyone is talking about the need to conserve the environment but very few are actually doing something to keep the environment clean. Talk of cleaning Nairobi River has been the buzz word for many administrations but nothing much has come out of the many committees and initiatives. Walking in any town or city mounds of garbage are an eyesore.

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