By NDUNGU GACHANEMore by this AuthorMurang’a Senator Irungu Kang’ata has vowed to oppose the national government’s plan to put up a landfill in the county to serve Nairobi. Mr Kang’ata said he will file a petition in the Senate to oppose the project, saying it will have a negative impact on Mitumbiri area of Maragua Constituency. SENATELocals have opposed the project, saying private companies want to turn Murang’a into a dumping site. But Mr Peter Miriti Bundi, the official in charge of the project, said a landfill is not a dumpsite. He said a landfill will take only solid waste as opposed to a dumpsite where all forms of waste are dumped.

Source: Daily Nation January 31, 2018 15:11 UTC