Residents of Athi River town have raised concern over leaking sewages in the town, claiming they were posing health risks to them and their children.
The residents, who spoke to journalists on Monday in Athi River town, said they were worried of their children contracting diseases from the pathetic situations of most of the sewerage systems in the region.
Josphat Wamalwa, a resident of Njuguini slum within Athi River expressed fears on the leakages, arguing they were time bombs in the waiting.
"This town was hard-hit with cholera outbreak in the year 2008, situation that saw many lives lost, we do not want to see a repeat of the outbreak hence need to take precaution," said Wamalwa.
He called on the Machakos County government to intervene in a bid to ensuring favourable sanitation to its residents to prevent illnesses that would be contracted due to the unhygienic conditions posed by the sewers.
The county government has however launched a crackdown on property owners whose tenants do not dump garbage in points approved by the government.
The Mavoko Sub-county Administrator, Jesee Kimeu, told journalists that the crack down would ensure sustainable clean sanitation in the entire Machakos County.
She appealed to landlords, property owners and businessmen in Athi River and the entire county to be responsible in handling litter to support the government's initiative of making the region spotlessly clean.
Kimeu said it was the landlords and property owners’ responsibility to provide their tenants with litterbins and inspect sanitation around their houses, as a measure to comply with regulations of the county government.