President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday joined Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko at Uhuru Market in Eastlands, Nairobi for the City's monthly clean up.
Uhuru, who was accompanied by UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimuna Sharif, hailed the county government’s cleanup exercise which is spearheaded by Sonko.
“I wish to commend the Nairobi County Government for spearheading a cleanup exercise in various parts of the capital and for initiating a bio-digestion project for the youth by using waste to generate gas,” praised the President
He added that the world needed to find an effective way of dealing with solid waste because as urbanisation expands urban waste will continue becoming a bigger challenge.
In his speech, Sonko revealed that his administration together with the national government had also launched an aggressive campaign to clean up the Nairobi River Eco-system.
“The problem with such initiatives has been lack of sustainability. This time, we are determined to ensure the Nairobi River remains clean,” stated Sonko.
For the last three months, the Nairobi City County Government has been conducting a monthly clean-up day every first Saturday of the month. Under the theme, ‘My Waste My Responsibility’.
Larry Wambua, the Nairobi County Environment Executive added that they are committed to making the Capital City attractive.
The clean-up campaign has so far been taking place in all the 85 Wards in Nairobi.
