Mombasa County partners with private sector to end garbage menace
By Tobbby Otum
Newly elected Mombasa governor Abdulswamad Nassir has launched campaigns against the mushrooming of illegal garbage dumping sites in the coastal city.
He directed the closure of all illegal dumping sites in the entire county with immediate effect.
The county government will partner with the private sector to address the perennial problem of garbage collection at the port city.
Abdulswamad disclosed the county produces one thousand tonnes of waste every day.
He was speaking during the handing over of equipment to waste management community based organizations at the county water management yard in Mvita constituency, Mombasa county.
The governor said out of every one tonne of waste in the county nine percent was plastic waste.
Abdulswamad added out of the collected waste only five per cent is useful and his administration has inherited from his predecessor Hassan Ali Joho 60 per cent of it.
He explained at one time the county was able to collect 600 tonnes with a balance of 400 tonnes remaining uncollected.
“Out of the daily garbage produced 400 tonnes have remained uncollected,” he pointed out.
In his welcome remarks Mombasa Deputy Governor Francis Thoya defended the county’s efforts to end the garbage menace.
He warned the era of throwing litter unnecessarily is gone and will not be allowed to happen in the current administration.
“We will arrest you and prosecute you when found littering the port city,” he said.
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