Kisii Town residents and its suburbs have hailed the County Government for providing exhausters that have greatly helped in collection of garbage.
Speaking to this writer, majority of the residents said through the introduction of exhausting vehicles, there is improved sanity in Kisii town and its outskirts.
Others however asked the government to consider spending the millions that it put a side in the current financial year for buying dumping sites, to other projects like education.
“We are happy with the new vehicles that collect garbage. There is improved sanity and our environment is clean because of them,” said Hyline Okemwa, a business lady at Mwembe Tayare.
“Now, the county government should divert the millions of money it allocated for buying a dumping site in this financial year to other projects. Education and drainage system are some of the key areas, the money can be allocated for,” Joseph Ombui, a resident at the Jogoo suburbs added.
The government allocated Sh10 million in the current financial year to buy a dumping site, after the previous one was allegedly grabbed by ‘powerful individuals’.
In Governor James Ongwae’s address as he took office in the Kisii County supreme portfolio, he promised to embrace the problem of waste management across the County.
Kisii Town for instance had become a dumping ground and an eye sore to everyone, but the situation is now different, with residents leaping the fruits of the decentralized units.