Factories within Nakuru County have been urged to recheck their waste disposal techniques so as not to pose both direct and indirect effects to the ecosystem.
Speaking while on a site tour to Lake Nakuru on Friday, County Environment, Natural resources, energy and water executive, Dr Richard Rop expressed concern at the rising cases of poor waste disposal mechanisms associated to residential homes, slums and production companies saying if this continues the county will face the challenge of ensuring sustainable environmental development and management.
Authorities at the facility have in the recent past decried human activity along the lakes inlets that hinder aquatic growth something the CeC promised to intervene.
“Lake Nakuru is a tourist destination and is not only valued by the County government but the whole nation. All of us have a role in preserving it at all times,” he said.
Environmental sustainability should be a personal responsibility which according to Dr Rop leading to ensuring that we co-exist in a clean and non-hazardous habitat.
“If the outdoor air quality is poor, our health and soils will be affected leading to death, poor yields and poverty,” he noted.
He revealed that authorities would visit different processing factories to assess their waste disposal mechanisms with an aim of ensuring no poisonous substances are allowed into the lake.
“Those that will be found contravening the law will of course face the law because it’s within the companies act that waste products be disposed well,” Dr Rop cautioned.
According to the law, any company remitting poisonous waste has the responsibility of treating the waste before disposal for safety reasons.