KENYA
A mountain of garbage at Dandora dumpsite in Nairobi. Study shows six counties grappling with waste management. [Edward Kiplimo, Standard]
The management of 5,990 tonnes of waste generated daily in six counties remains a major challenge.
Kisii, Busia, Nakuru, Mombasa, Nairobi, Kiambu, Kisumu and Uasin Gishu counties are grappling with waste management, according to an investigative report that has flagged sugar factories as the major environmental polluters. National Environmental and Complaints Committee (NECC), in a report, said the six counties cumulatively generate 5,990 tonnes, with Nairobi and Mombasa being the lead generators.
Nairobi and Mombasa contribute 4,600 tonnes of waste translating to 76 per cent of the waste generated across the six counties.
THE STANDARD By
Kepher Otieno |
January 23rd 2021 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
ODM leader Raila Odinga with Lake Region Governors and Devolution CS Eugene Wamalwa in Kisumu. [Collins Oduor, Standard]
ODM Leader Raila Odinga has warned against negative ethnicity being used for political gain. We are Kenyans by birth and right. Nobody should think that he or she is more Kenyan than the other. We are all equal before the law, Raila said at the Kisumu Hindu crematorium.
The former Prime Minister asked Kenyans to embrace cultural diversity.
Speaking near the Old Kisumu Airport, during the cremation of Kibos Sugar and Allied Industry Director and Chairman Sardar Channan Singh Chatte, Raila instead called for tolerance, equal treatment of all Kenyans, peaceful, and harmonious existence.