THE TRAN-FORMATIVE AGENDA-OUR CITIES CAN BE CLEAN, IT IS POSSIBLE.
TCKC interview with Family TV will be aired this coming Friday at 8.00pm.. Odhiambo
T. Oketch and Otieno Sungu discussed our vision for clean and
admirable cities and towns.
Tune in to Family TV this Friday and watch a short documentary on the state of Nairobi followed by the discussions on waste management. You will also watch what some people are already doing with recycling of waste in their own small ways.The program is called It is all in the family.
It is possible for our cities, town,
neighborhoods and
streets to achieve zero tolerance to garbage and filth. As a country and
a people, we must make a resolve that we shall stop competing with
waste at every corner, street, corridors and open spaces.
A clean environment has a
direct impact on our health and the cost of health. If we can reduce the cost
of Medicare, if we can ensure communicable diseases are reduced, if we can
ensure that we turn these mounds of waste into products, we shall not only
create opportunities where challenges exist but we will benefit from better
management of our environment.
The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC
invites all those Kenyans tired of filth to rally behind our efforts; we are
all waste generators. We must look for better ways of managing the waste, we
must avoid dumping waste all over, that cannot be a
suitable solution. In August, we shall hold the 2nd
Consultative forum on waste
management at the KICC and we invite all who want to participate in this
trans-formative agenda to join us in deliberating the concrete steps
towards
separation of waste, recycling and converting waste to products. It has
been
done elsewhere and it can be done here.
We
must thank the various media houses which are already taking up
responsibility in the awareness campaign. In this regard, let me
particularly thank The Star Newspaper, Radio Waumini, Radio Umoja and
Family TV.
Managing
waste is a responsibility we must all take personally, to this extent,
we invite each and every Kenyan to this trans-formative agenda with a
clear aim of managing waste and creating opportunities in the process.
We believe no Kenyan is an enemy to cleaner and safe environments.
In the next week, we have a number
of engagements with several initiatives and groups which have invited us
to discuss ways in which they can add value to this campaign. We are
also documenting the various ways others are already using waste from
households in viable economic activities.
Best,
Otieno Sungu.
TCKC.
0729294743.
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