Kenya sanitary situation

[kijana]

As the country grows to be more modern and with the establishments of infrastructure; inevitably sanitation has to follow. we well know how some parts of kenya look like, with a large hill of trash and garbage. unsanitary water, etc...
well how many steps has Kenya taken to solve the sanitation problem???


http://www.youtube.com/user/ntvkenya.../2/XXAEeOjAhQg

http://www.youtube.com/user/ntvkenya.../3/w2RAF4dUxng

http://www.youtube.com/user/ntvkenya.../3/w2RAF4dUxng

[ernestombayo7]

Originally Posted by kijana

As the country grows to be more modern and with the establishments of infrastructure; inevitably sanitation has to follow. we well know how some parts of kenya look like, with a large hill of trash and garbage. unsanitary water, etc...
well how many steps has Kenya taken to solve the sanitation problem???


http://www.youtube.com/user/ntvkenya.../2/XXAEeOjAhQg

http://www.youtube.com/user/ntvkenya.../3/w2RAF4dUxng

http://www.youtube.com/user/ntvkenya.../3/w2RAF4dUxng

unfortunately no major progress has been achieved in creating large waste facilities that can recycle effectively.There is talk of dandora dumpsite being moved.

[kijana]

Firms seek to be filthy rich from garbage


The City Council of Nairobi wants to turn the Dandora eyesore into a beautiful park through relocation to a proposed site in Ruai.
By JUSTUS ONDARI jondari@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Monday, January 10 2011 at 13:32

A total of 33 companies have expressed interest in an ambitious waste management programme, which is promising to transform the way Nairobi residents get rid of their garbage while transforming the current Dandora dumpsite into a leisure park.

While 16 companies have expressed interest in the closing down of the notorious eyesore, 17 others are interested in entering into a public private partnership (PPP) with the City Council of Nairobi to collect, transport, treat and dispose of solid waste at a sanitary landfill at Ruai.

The local and foreign firms are now expected to forward to the council their proposals on how they intend to implement the projects, including financing and time frame, for evaluation. The two projects are estimated to cost Sh8 billion.

“We are determined to address the waste management problem in the city once and for all. Because of the amount of investments needed to carry out the two projects, we are looking for companies with financial and technical capacity to partner with us,” Mr Philip Kisia, the city’s town clerk told Smart Company in an interview.

Despite spending millions of taxpayers money daily on its refuse collecting vehicles and others by private business operators, the council is currently unable to collect and dispose of the 1,924 metric tonnes of waste that its population of 3.5 million people generates per day, a fact that has turned the Dandora dumpsite into a health hazard.

The 16 firms, whose bids were opened on December 21, 2010, will need to prove that they can effectively execute the project leading to the closing down of the Dandora site in five years, an exercise estimated to cost Sh3 billion, with a view to changing the site’s land use into a beautiful site.

Besides continuing to receive the city’s daily waste at the dumpsite until the proposed Ruai landfill is ready, a successful bidder will be expected to rehabilitate some roads and generate power and other products from the waste from the Dandora dumpsite.

“For long we have been talking about takataka (garbage). This is not garbage. We are giving them money,” said the town clerk, citing Egypt as one of the African countries that have successfully rehabilitated a dumpsite, turning it into a tourist attraction area in Cairo.

Yet the winner will also have to find ways of managing harmful chemicals such as heavy metals - lead, mercury, cadmium, copper and chromium - and dangerous gasses - like Methane that various studies have shown are found at or are being emitted from the 32-acre dumpsite.

This is not surprising. For instance, although residents of Berlin in German stopped using the city’s five landifils on May 31, 2005, studies show that it will cost them between Sh30 billion and Sh50 billion in the next 40 years to effectively render the landfills harmless.

“Before then, we are continuously treating and monitoring the landfills to ensure that harmful chemicals and gasses like methane do not escape from them (landfills) and poison our water table and air,” says Dr Thomas Klockner, the communications manager in the Berlin State-owned cleaning services firm, BSR.

On the other hand, the successful bidder among the 17 is expected to design, construct and manage solid waste sanitary landfill site at Ruai, which should also accommodate technology on recycling and that of energy recovery e.g. methane gas for electricity generation.

“The winner should also design and construct a solid waste recycling plant,” the contract says about the project whose cost is projected to hit the Sh5 billion mark. The company will also collect and transport waste from public places for disposal, conduct mechanical/manual cleaning of public areas, develop on site solid waste management storage facilities and manage waste intermediate treatment.

It will also develop programmes for mobilisation of community participation in Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) including community awareness on waste minimisation.

The projects are the latest efforts to privatise waste management in the city. For instance, the Ministry of Local Government signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Italian corporation, Jacorossi, in 2004 to tackle the problem. It never took off.
As late as last year, plans to construct a modern dumpsite were abandoned after its viability was questioned.

It is not a secret that some of the businesspeople engaged in garbage collection, some embedded in City Hall have frustrated efforts to reform the process for fear of losing the lucrative venture. “I cannot comment on the past efforts but what we are doing now is serious because we have followed the due process in every stage,” said Mr Kisia.

The cabinet had to approve the current exercise since the council is only allowed to enter into a partnership with a maximum value of Sh800 million ($10 million). It is also informed by the recommendations of a report carried out by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), which was completed in July last year.

But still the council will need to do more than just follow the regulations if the projects to take off. While welcoming the move, National Environment Management Authority (Nema) says it is waiting for the reports on the two projects before seeking public opinion.

Nema director of compliance and enforcement, Benjamin Langwen, said they would like to know if, for instance, the Ruai site will not be on the flight path of aircraft taking off from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport or if it is a landfill and not another dumpsite.

“If it is another Dandora they are taking to Ruai, no way,” he said. Mr Steve Mutoro, the chairman of the Kenya Alliance of Resident Associations (Kara), said they will support the move if it meets some basic fundamentals.

[ernestombayo7]

Atleast some good news.

[Adm.Adama]

I want to a garbage collection company in kenya that would collect trash in nairobi then it will expand to other cities and towns if its successful.... The NCC cant handle trash collection so it should let the private sector handle it..... But any updates on this project

[JARIBU]

There have been attempts to privitize garbage collection in several urban areas including Nairobi. But I doubt that there is much success. The private companies are only as good as those who oversee them. Why hassle when you will get paid anyway, whether you do a good job or not? Privitizing garbage collection may not be the cure for our ills. We have seen how water supply companies have failed to deliver proper services, with Nairobi Water Company as a good example of this failure.

Originally Posted by Adm.Adama

I want to a garbage collection company in kenya that would collect trash in nairobi then it will expand to other cities and towns if its successful.... The NCC cant handle trash collection so it should let the private sector handle it..... But any updates on this project

[Adm.Adama]

But my system would be entirely different with a structured system that would ensure it doesn't fail... also to further increase garbage collection is a gasification plant is build in the country to turn all that trash into gas then it would be worth it it build build revenue and returning energy back into the community all i need is the Gok and NCC approval

[Kisumu Ndogo]

Originally Posted by Adm.Adama

But my system would be entirely different with a structured system that would ensure it doesn't fail... also to further increase garbage collection is a gasification plant is build in the country to turn all that trash into gas then it would be worth it it build build revenue and returning energy back into the community all i need is the Gok and NCC approval

Mogul's Manu Chandaria & Co had earlier initiated plans to recycle waste paper through industrial processes but Iam not sure how far these plans have gone, I believe in addition a replica of Rwanda's punitive penalties on plastic paper-bags could go a long way in creating the much needed thrust for conservation(3R's) efforts among our populace.