Residents of Nairobi’s Dandora estate now want Governor Mike Sonko to fast-track relocation of the Dandora dumpsite.
The residents say that the dumpsite that sits on 30 acres continues to cause them misery.
Led by Wilfred Olala, a community based youth leader, the residents accused the government of being reluctant to move the dumpsite.
He said that the dumpsite is an environmental and security threat.
“Cases of muggings, robbery, rape, defilement occur at this dump and our appeal is to governor Sonko to take it somewhere else,” he said during a community baraza in Dandora on Thursday.
He said that cases of strange diseases as a result of the wastes are being reported.
Olala noted that skin diseases, eye infections and abdominal infections are on the rise.
“As much as we understand that that the dumpsite has created employment for some people it should be moved for the interests of thousands who are negatively affected,” he said.
The residents have vowed to present their petition to governor Sonko on the dumpsite.
According to the Nairobi County Environment minister, Larry Wambua, plans to relocate the Dandora dumpsite are in top gear.
He says that the county is still scouting for safe public land where to relocate the dumpsite.
“The process started two years ago and there is progress,” he said in an interview on Wednesday.
Over 20,000 metrics of waste are dumped at Dandora dumpsite every week.
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