The governor provided a mobile number that city residents can call to report acts of unauthorised dumping.
Garbage collection and restoring the city’s glory was one of the highlights of Sonko’s manifesto.
A limited waste collection capacity and lack of proper disposal are some of the factors blamed for the garbage nuisance.
Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has accused businesses in the city for illegal dumping of waste in the central business district.
Sonko singled out hotel businesses, saying that they are notorious for unlawful disposal of waste in the city centre.
“They pay street kids to pick up garbage from the backdoors of the hotels at night and dump them along the lanes in the city,” Sonko said in a tweet on Tuesday.
Sonko said: “I have authorised my inspectorate department to arrest everyone doing illegal dumping starting tonight,” said Mr Sonko.
According to the governor, all city residents have the responsibility to ensure a clean city.
The governor provided a mobile number that city residents can call to report acts of unauthorised dumping.
“If you spot any illegal dumping around your place of work, kindly inform me through 0722886600,” the governor tweeted.
Garbage collection and restoring the city’s glory was one of the highlights of Sonko’s manifesto.
During his election campaign, the governor pledged to engage with community-based organisations “to introduce better garbage management systems in the city” with the hope of ridding the city of the garbage menace that has persisted for decades.
Sonko had also promised to work with partners to establish a recycling system and energy generation plant at the Dandora dumpsite.
While his administration started with notable aplomb, hiring various agencies to collect garbage and clean the city’s neighbourhoods, the energy seems to have slackened, three months into his five-year term.
The spectacle of garbage heaps has returned to the city.
Unknown people are said to heap mostly household refuse along roads, lending the city a sickening aura of filth.
Nairobi is estimated to have a daily output of more than 2,000 metric tonnes of waste.
Limited capacity
A limited waste collection capacity and lack of proper disposal are some of the factors blamed for the garbage nuisance.
Waste collection in the city is conducted by cartels who have made a thriving enterprise from either complacency of the city county authorities or through collusion with them.
Consequently, city residents have been forced to put up with the eyesore and stench of mountains of garbage. “Nairobi will never be the same again,” said Sonko when he took oath of office on August 21.
He added: “I shall work round the clock to guarantee efficient and timely services for all our residents.”
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