Public health officers from Kisumu County have cautioned Maseno based food joints to come up with better waste disposal mechanism or face closure. Speaking after touring the town, a team of public health officers led by Mr Maurice Kamama said that waste is being disposed without plan, something that poses a health risk to the locals.
"There is rubbish everywhere. There is no order in disposing the rubbish. There is waste even next to cooking places," said Kamama. Kamama said that the traders have been warned before but it seems nobody has acted on the warning.
"If nobody heeds to this warning then we have no choice but to shut down such stalls," said Kamama.
Kamama said that Maseno is a highly populated place and poor waste disposal is putting health of many at risk. He said that there has been a cholera outbreak recently and the government is doing everything possible to ensure no new cases are reported.
He added that many businesses had not set up waste disposal sites. He acknowledged that the Kisumu County government has a challenge in managing waste but that should not be an excuse to dispose waste without a plan.