Friends,
The Clean Kenya Campaign has elevated the question of Municipal Solid Waste Management, or its absence, to new levels in Kenya.
We have sent many Journeymen scampering in all direction with our bold and well grounded approach to the question of Waste Management through our combined approach of Awareness and Clean-up Campaigns.
Now, I have heard this tired thinking from some quarters for some while now; Are Clean-ups effective? And I want to respond to these journeymen in very clear terms- Clean-ups are very effective.
Now, the team that has been asking this tired question are technocrats who have all the means at their disposals and yet, they have failed miserably to manage our waste across Kenya.
The other team that has been asking this question are the perpetual conference goers. They do nothing except hope from one conference to another, just to talk.
At The Clean Kenya Campaign, and with minimal resources, we have been able to host meaningful Consultative Forums before and after all our Clean-ups. In these Forums, we discuss real issues that affect us. No theories like the conference goers. And the result of this has been the massive turn outs by Kenyans in all the Clean-ups that we host.
Can this heap of waste deposit itself here? And can it remove itself from here?
For the journeymen, they wake up in the morning and head for a Clean-up without any prior consultation with the people and they expect to see Kenyans joining with them. They have resources that can be used for mass mobilization, but they opt to print T-Shirts and find any other convenient means of skimming Government Funds in the names of hosting a Clean-up.
Definitely, this can never work. Instead of mobilizing Kenyans to know why we need to keep our Towns and Neighbourhoods Clean, they are busy looking for how best to spend funds in areas that have no bearing to the actual Clean-ups and Awareness Campaigns. They spend no funds in Awareness Campaigns and then they turn around to ask this tired question; Are Clean-ups effective?
We also have the question of commitment. How can you succeed with a process you are not committed to? The Clean Kenya Campaign Team is committed to working for a Clean Kenya, and we have proved that a Clean Kenya is possible. But some technocrats who are mandated to keep our Country Clean are not committed to the oath of their office.
If one is not committed to a course, it will never succeed. This is the scenario that has been obtaining from many of our Councils. There has been no commitment on the part of the top leadership to ensure that Clean-ups are a success story. However, look at what is taking place in Kisumu now?
The people of Kisumu under the leadership of KICOCEN have taken to the Clean ups as their way of supporting a Council that is proving that it is committed to keeping Kisumu Clean. In Kisumu, there is commitment right from His Worship the Mayor Cllr Sam Okello, the Town Clerk Chris Rusana and the Director of Environment John Sande.
This team have even opened a Facebook Page- kisumu environ and their commitment and dedication to keeping Kisumu Clean is paying off through the massive turn outs in the clean-ups.
We have also seen commitment and support from the Town Clerks in Mombasa and Eldoret. We are now seeing some enthusiasm in Nairobi from the Town Clerk, the Deputy Town Clerk and the Assistant Town Clerk Reforms. But we are yet to see any commitment from the Director of Environment.
So, how can a bunch that has never been committed to Clean-ups, never factored any serious budgetary allocation to power the Clean-ups, and never tried even in any one day to mobilize for a Clean-up be the judges that conference with this tired thinking?
I would appreciate the question of how effective the Clean-ups are, if the process failed despite commitment and support. But this question coming from conference goers means very little to us.
Lastly, in Rwanda the Clean ups have been a resounding success. Do you think that the Clean-ups just happen by themselves? No. There is commitment and support right from the Presidency. I am yet to see this kind of commitment and support in Kenya to warrant these journeymen start the debate of how effective Clean-ups are.
I will be hosted at 8pm on Friday at All in the Family Programme at the Family TV and I will talk about this careless attitude we all seem to have towards ourselves and in Public Service.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya Campaign has elevated the question of Municipal Solid Waste Management, or its absence, to new levels in Kenya.
We have sent many Journeymen scampering in all direction with our bold and well grounded approach to the question of Waste Management through our combined approach of Awareness and Clean-up Campaigns.
Now, I have heard this tired thinking from some quarters for some while now; Are Clean-ups effective? And I want to respond to these journeymen in very clear terms- Clean-ups are very effective.
Now, the team that has been asking this tired question are technocrats who have all the means at their disposals and yet, they have failed miserably to manage our waste across Kenya.
The other team that has been asking this question are the perpetual conference goers. They do nothing except hope from one conference to another, just to talk.
At The Clean Kenya Campaign, and with minimal resources, we have been able to host meaningful Consultative Forums before and after all our Clean-ups. In these Forums, we discuss real issues that affect us. No theories like the conference goers. And the result of this has been the massive turn outs by Kenyans in all the Clean-ups that we host.
Can this heap of waste deposit itself here? And can it remove itself from here?For the journeymen, they wake up in the morning and head for a Clean-up without any prior consultation with the people and they expect to see Kenyans joining with them. They have resources that can be used for mass mobilization, but they opt to print T-Shirts and find any other convenient means of skimming Government Funds in the names of hosting a Clean-up.
Definitely, this can never work. Instead of mobilizing Kenyans to know why we need to keep our Towns and Neighbourhoods Clean, they are busy looking for how best to spend funds in areas that have no bearing to the actual Clean-ups and Awareness Campaigns. They spend no funds in Awareness Campaigns and then they turn around to ask this tired question; Are Clean-ups effective?
We also have the question of commitment. How can you succeed with a process you are not committed to? The Clean Kenya Campaign Team is committed to working for a Clean Kenya, and we have proved that a Clean Kenya is possible. But some technocrats who are mandated to keep our Country Clean are not committed to the oath of their office.
If one is not committed to a course, it will never succeed. This is the scenario that has been obtaining from many of our Councils. There has been no commitment on the part of the top leadership to ensure that Clean-ups are a success story. However, look at what is taking place in Kisumu now?
The people of Kisumu under the leadership of KICOCEN have taken to the Clean ups as their way of supporting a Council that is proving that it is committed to keeping Kisumu Clean. In Kisumu, there is commitment right from His Worship the Mayor Cllr Sam Okello, the Town Clerk Chris Rusana and the Director of Environment John Sande.
This team have even opened a Facebook Page- kisumu environ and their commitment and dedication to keeping Kisumu Clean is paying off through the massive turn outs in the clean-ups.
We have also seen commitment and support from the Town Clerks in Mombasa and Eldoret. We are now seeing some enthusiasm in Nairobi from the Town Clerk, the Deputy Town Clerk and the Assistant Town Clerk Reforms. But we are yet to see any commitment from the Director of Environment.
So, how can a bunch that has never been committed to Clean-ups, never factored any serious budgetary allocation to power the Clean-ups, and never tried even in any one day to mobilize for a Clean-up be the judges that conference with this tired thinking?
I would appreciate the question of how effective the Clean-ups are, if the process failed despite commitment and support. But this question coming from conference goers means very little to us.
Lastly, in Rwanda the Clean ups have been a resounding success. Do you think that the Clean-ups just happen by themselves? No. There is commitment and support right from the Presidency. I am yet to see this kind of commitment and support in Kenya to warrant these journeymen start the debate of how effective Clean-ups are.
I will be hosted at 8pm on Friday at All in the Family Programme at the Family TV and I will talk about this careless attitude we all seem to have towards ourselves and in Public Service.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
The Clean Kenya
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