The Clean Kenya Campaign on Family TV

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 2^nd 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.