Nairobi River clean-up not yet done as millions gobbled upHeaps of garbage define the banks of Kirichwa River near the bridge along Naivasha Road in Dagoretti. About 10 metres upstream, a pipe, probably from one of the nearby residential quarters, spews waste water into the channel. On the opposite side of the medical dumpsite, a residential estate continuously releases waste water into the river probably from the bathrooms. It should be known that about 70 per cent of river waste problem is raw waste,” he says, even as it emerged that this year alone, the directorate of urban rivers in the Ministry of Environment has been allocated Sh110 million to clean rivers in Nairobi. “The challenges facing the river in Kileleshwa are different from those in Satellite, Gikomba or Industrial Area and these need different approaches to tackle,” he adds.

Source: Standard Digital February 22, 2019 23:03 UTC