Residents of Curitiba in Brazil think they live in the best city in the World, and a lot of outsiders do agree.
Curitiba has 17 new parks, 90 miles of bike paths, lots of trees everywhere and traffic and garbage systems that officials from other cities come to study. Her Mayor of 12 years as at 2008, Mr. Jaime Lerner, had an approval rating then of 92%.
In Kigali Rwanda, the town is spotless; no litter, no garbage, no potholes, and all systems seems to work. Water flows from the taps every time you turn the knob, and electric power is sufficient. And in Kigali Rwanda, the drive is supported from the highest level. Again, many outsiders troop to Kigali Rwanda to marvel at how they keep their Towns Clean.
In Kisumu City, something great is happening, and soon, Kisumu will be the Cleanest City in Kenya. The Department of Environment under Mr. Sande, with the support of His Worship the Mayor Cllr Sam Okello, have made a deliberate effort to enjoin stakeholders in the beautification, cleaning and greening of the Town. Residents are donating even seedlings to help make the Town Clean. Mr. Charles Muga has donated 100 seedlings while Me. William Odhiambo has donated 50. I want to see many outsiders trooping to Kisumu to marvel at how Clean the Millennium City is.
This is the way to go.
As we approach the first Consultative Forum on Waste Management that we will be hosting at Charter Hall tomorrow morning in partnership with the Public Service Transformation Department, the National Environment Management Authority, the City Council of Nairobi and other strategic partners, we want to invite the residents of Nairobi to also rise to the occasion and start believing that we can make Nairobi the Cleanest City in Kenya.
The Clean Dream should then run down to Mombasa, Eldoret and other Towns where Town Clerks have shown tremendous interest in working with The Clean Kenya Campaign Team.
In our meeting this morning with Mr. Hamisi Mboga- Secretary General of ALGAK, at his offices, we were impressed by his enthusiasm and love for Clean Cities. It is important to note that Mr. Mboga was the Town Clerk in Mombasa when the Transformation Process in Mombasa under Hon Najib Balala was started when Hon Balala was the Mayor.
Making our Towns Clean is a Transformative Agenda we want to pursue across all Kenya. This is a process that will see us engage in Pilot Processes on Separation of Waste at Source. It is a process that those in Authority should appreciate and embrace. For, it is only those in Authority who can rally Stake holders to be part of this process.
The Clean Kenya Campaign will just be catalyst that will help motivate and drive the process. The real people who must take ownership of the process are our Town Clerks across Kenya and their Environment and Public Health Officer.
Kenyans are tired of leaving in filth and garbage. It becomes more worse when the Capital City of our Motherland is the laughing stock of how not to do it. I get ashamed when other smaller Towns in Kenya make derogatory references to Nairobi as the Head Quarters of Garbage in Africa. Yet, we have men and women in Nairobi who, if they can apply their minds to the work at hand, can make all the difference.
As we approach 50 years of our Independence, it is a crying shame that we are still incapable of handling and sorting our waste into various components that can generate a life line for our people.
Waste is wealth and we want to live this adage now in Kenya. We want to see Kenyans separating their various components of waste at source to enable the Recyclers, Reusers, and other Converters turn the same waste as a resource for their raw materials.
We want to see innovation at work, and the best way to go is to engage the mind. Not to sit on the mind.
Let us all rise to the occasion and work for a Clean Kenya.
Odhiambo T Oketch
Executive Director,
Blogspot; http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
Curitiba has 17 new parks, 90 miles of bike paths, lots of trees everywhere and traffic and garbage systems that officials from other cities come to study. Her Mayor of 12 years as at 2008, Mr. Jaime Lerner, had an approval rating then of 92%.
In Kigali Rwanda, the town is spotless; no litter, no garbage, no potholes, and all systems seems to work. Water flows from the taps every time you turn the knob, and electric power is sufficient. And in Kigali Rwanda, the drive is supported from the highest level. Again, many outsiders troop to Kigali Rwanda to marvel at how they keep their Towns Clean.
In Kisumu City, something great is happening, and soon, Kisumu will be the Cleanest City in Kenya. The Department of Environment under Mr. Sande, with the support of His Worship the Mayor Cllr Sam Okello, have made a deliberate effort to enjoin stakeholders in the beautification, cleaning and greening of the Town. Residents are donating even seedlings to help make the Town Clean. Mr. Charles Muga has donated 100 seedlings while Me. William Odhiambo has donated 50. I want to see many outsiders trooping to Kisumu to marvel at how Clean the Millennium City is.
This is the way to go.
As we approach the first Consultative Forum on Waste Management that we will be hosting at Charter Hall tomorrow morning in partnership with the Public Service Transformation Department, the National Environment Management Authority, the City Council of Nairobi and other strategic partners, we want to invite the residents of Nairobi to also rise to the occasion and start believing that we can make Nairobi the Cleanest City in Kenya.
The Clean Dream should then run down to Mombasa, Eldoret and other Towns where Town Clerks have shown tremendous interest in working with The Clean Kenya Campaign Team.
In our meeting this morning with Mr. Hamisi Mboga- Secretary General of ALGAK, at his offices, we were impressed by his enthusiasm and love for Clean Cities. It is important to note that Mr. Mboga was the Town Clerk in Mombasa when the Transformation Process in Mombasa under Hon Najib Balala was started when Hon Balala was the Mayor.
Making our Towns Clean is a Transformative Agenda we want to pursue across all Kenya. This is a process that will see us engage in Pilot Processes on Separation of Waste at Source. It is a process that those in Authority should appreciate and embrace. For, it is only those in Authority who can rally Stake holders to be part of this process.
Odhiambo T Oketch, Mr. Hamisi Mboga and Mr. James Ogongo of TCKCThe Clean Kenya Campaign will just be catalyst that will help motivate and drive the process. The real people who must take ownership of the process are our Town Clerks across Kenya and their Environment and Public Health Officer.
Kenyans are tired of leaving in filth and garbage. It becomes more worse when the Capital City of our Motherland is the laughing stock of how not to do it. I get ashamed when other smaller Towns in Kenya make derogatory references to Nairobi as the Head Quarters of Garbage in Africa. Yet, we have men and women in Nairobi who, if they can apply their minds to the work at hand, can make all the difference.
As we approach 50 years of our Independence, it is a crying shame that we are still incapable of handling and sorting our waste into various components that can generate a life line for our people.
Waste is wealth and we want to live this adage now in Kenya. We want to see Kenyans separating their various components of waste at source to enable the Recyclers, Reusers, and other Converters turn the same waste as a resource for their raw materials.
We want to see innovation at work, and the best way to go is to engage the mind. Not to sit on the mind.
Let us all rise to the occasion and work for a Clean Kenya.
Odhiambo T Oketch
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC
Tel; 0724 365 557Blogspot; http://kcdnkomarockswatch.blogspot.com
The Clean Kenya Campaign- Website; www.kcdnkenya.org
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