The Kibera Public Space Project 04 was launched on Saturday the 15th September 2012 by Mr. Hesbon Kayesi- District Officer Laini Saba when he presided over the Ground Breaking Ceremony in a function that was well attended.
Mr Hesbon Kayesi- DO Laini Saba officiating in the Grond Breaking Ceremony
The KPSP04 is an initiative of Kounkuey Design Initiative in partnership with local Community Based Organizations. KDI partners with residents of impoverished areas to create low-cost high-impact built environments-[Productive Public Spaces] that transform communities, improving the residents daily lives and future prospects and in the process, working towards a Clean Kenya.
This is the 4th site being reclaimed from Garbage and converted into a Productive Public Space by Kounkuey Design Initiative in Kenya. They also have a heavy presence in Haiti, Morocco and the US.
The KPSP04 was designed by two young architects- Michelle and Margaret under the watchful eyes of the KDI Team led by Joe Mulligan- the Country Director. I attended the Ground Breaking Ceremony and for the first time, I was scared of taking photos and sharing with the World.
Michelle and Margaret- the two young Architects who designed the KPSP04 with their designs
We had parked about 500 metres from the site and what I saw was shocking. I have never seen people live in such desperate situation side by side with massive filth and yet, life goes on as if nothing is wrong. I have seen garbage sites across Kenya, but I have NEVER seen what I saw in Kibera. We are living as if there is no Government and this is unacceptable.
The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation must move in and do something. This is a disaster we cannot let remain like this. The Ministry of Special Programmes must move in and save the situation. The National Youth Service and the Army MUST be mobilized to remove all this garbage from the streams in Kibera. And the City Council of Nairobi MUST do something. Then, the local leadership stands accused. They are a fraud on their subjects. We must hence unite efforts and sort out this mess. Living in a slum must not descend this low. We can live in the slums and still manage our waste effectively.
We must all get annoyed and help these colleagues who are living in such places. The part of Kibera that I visited is Pathetic. There is a complete breakdown of simple service delivery. Garbage is everywhere, toilets are dysfunctional, and where you have a pit latrine, it is full and messy. Yet, our people are forced by circumstances to live in such desperate situations.
Garbage, garbage, yet, basic service delivery can ensure that such garbage is collected and disposed of
Friends, we must all join hands and do something for this part of Kibera. There is no way we can all live happily and pretend that all is well. I will go back and help in mobilizing the Locals for action.
The Government Departments which are tasked with garbage collection must swing into action. Those who are tasked with sanitary care must roll their sleeves and we must remove all this piled up garbage clogging the rivers and the streams in Kibera. We must provide the people with alternatives and move proudly as a team towards Vision 2030.
Otherwise, we will be failing in our duties by pretending that sections of Kenya can attain Vision 2030 at a time that basic service delivery is missing in some other section of Kenya.
Let us all work for a Clean Kenya as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50.
Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,
Mr Hesbon Kayesi- DO Laini Saba officiating in the Grond Breaking Ceremony The KPSP04 is an initiative of Kounkuey Design Initiative in partnership with local Community Based Organizations. KDI partners with residents of impoverished areas to create low-cost high-impact built environments-[Productive Public Spaces] that transform communities, improving the residents daily lives and future prospects and in the process, working towards a Clean Kenya.
This is the 4th site being reclaimed from Garbage and converted into a Productive Public Space by Kounkuey Design Initiative in Kenya. They also have a heavy presence in Haiti, Morocco and the US.
The KPSP04 was designed by two young architects- Michelle and Margaret under the watchful eyes of the KDI Team led by Joe Mulligan- the Country Director. I attended the Ground Breaking Ceremony and for the first time, I was scared of taking photos and sharing with the World.
Michelle and Margaret- the two young Architects who designed the KPSP04 with their designs We had parked about 500 metres from the site and what I saw was shocking. I have never seen people live in such desperate situation side by side with massive filth and yet, life goes on as if nothing is wrong. I have seen garbage sites across Kenya, but I have NEVER seen what I saw in Kibera. We are living as if there is no Government and this is unacceptable.
The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation must move in and do something. This is a disaster we cannot let remain like this. The Ministry of Special Programmes must move in and save the situation. The National Youth Service and the Army MUST be mobilized to remove all this garbage from the streams in Kibera. And the City Council of Nairobi MUST do something. Then, the local leadership stands accused. They are a fraud on their subjects. We must hence unite efforts and sort out this mess. Living in a slum must not descend this low. We can live in the slums and still manage our waste effectively.
We must all get annoyed and help these colleagues who are living in such places. The part of Kibera that I visited is Pathetic. There is a complete breakdown of simple service delivery. Garbage is everywhere, toilets are dysfunctional, and where you have a pit latrine, it is full and messy. Yet, our people are forced by circumstances to live in such desperate situations.
I have seen garbage across Kenya, But what I saw in Kibera on Saturday the 15th Sept 2012, made me shake to my bones. I was even scared of taking such photos
Garbage, garbage, yet, basic service delivery can ensure that such garbage is collected and disposed of Friends, we must all join hands and do something for this part of Kibera. There is no way we can all live happily and pretend that all is well. I will go back and help in mobilizing the Locals for action.
The Government Departments which are tasked with garbage collection must swing into action. Those who are tasked with sanitary care must roll their sleeves and we must remove all this piled up garbage clogging the rivers and the streams in Kibera. We must provide the people with alternatives and move proudly as a team towards Vision 2030.
Otherwise, we will be failing in our duties by pretending that sections of Kenya can attain Vision 2030 at a time that basic service delivery is missing in some other section of Kenya.
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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