Moving from Paper to Practice; The Kondele Clean up Campaign

Friends,
We had a meeting with the Centre for Research on New and Renewable Energy at Maseno University Kisumu Campus this morning at 9.00am to discuss the need for moving from Paper to Practice as a Nation in as far as waste management and conversion is concerned.
The meeting was chaired by Prof Frederick Onyango- the Director of the Centre and he was accompanied by;

1. Prof Reccab Manyala- the Deputy Director
2. Prof Okinda Owuor
3. Dr. Raphael Kapiyo
4. Dr Alfred Manyonge
5. Mr. Charles Olang'o
6. Mr. Fredrick Otieno
7. Mr. Obange Nelson and
8. Mr. Phillip Lunya- all from Maseno University.

I was accompanied by;

1. Mr. David Olang'o
2. Mr. Paul Diela and
3. Ms Eysdorah Lavine Nyagengo all of KCDN

We looked at the prospects of waste management and conversion to water for irrigation, manure and gas. We will make a follow up on this and create a strong partnership on the same.
Later at 11.00am, we joined a bigger team of Kisumu Environmental Campaigners and were really impressed with the turn out for the Kondele Clean-up Campaign tomorrow.This groups are forming themselves into a standing committee that will drive The Monthly Nationwide Clean up Campaign in Kisumu every Month.

The Kondele Consultative Forum today the 16th March

The following groups were in attendance in the meeting;

1. The City Council of Kisumu
2. The Provincial Administration
3. The CBO Network
4. Umande Trust
5. Kondele Union
6. Manyatta Solid Waste
7. Manyatta Residents Association
8. Kololeni Group
9. Kilo Health Actors
10. SRDC Organization
11. Mungaano Ya Wana Vijiji
12. Bamato Programme
13. Maseno University
14. Kisumu Polytechnic
15. Manyatta Development Group
16. Kiwama
17. Jokanyalla
18. Shepherds Rock Community Development
19. Paulosa Cleaning Services
20. Gasiapoa Waste Management Services and
21. KCDN

This meeting was ably guided by the Director of Environment at the City Council of Kisumu Mr. John Sande and Chaired by Mr. Ben McAlaka from Umande Trust. We were also joined by Mr. Paul Diela all the way from Homa Bay, who wanted to come and see for himself how we organize the Clean-up Campaigns and Mobilizations.
We are set for tomorrow and watu wa Kisumu Mkoooo?
Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek'- President Barack Obama of the USA.
A Clean, Green and Litter Less Kenya at 50 is possible and achievable.

Odhiambo T Oketch
CEO KCDN Kenya,
National Coordinator- The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign
Tel; 0724 365 557
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Odhiambo T Oketch is the immediate former Chairman to the City Council of  Nairobi  Stakeholders Evaluation Team on Performance Contracting and Rapid Results Management. He is also Chair to the Nyamonye Catholic Church Development Fund. He was also the Co-Chair and Coordinator of The Great Nairobi Walk against Corruption that was held in Nairobi on the 22nd October 2010 in partnership with KACC and he is the National Co-ordinator of The Monthly Nationwide Clean-up Campaign in Kenya.

                         .......Moving From Talking to Tasking........