Water Pollution in Kenya[photo/softkenya.com]Civil society organizations members from across the globe have raised the red flag over escalating pollution that they say is threatening to get out of hand.
This comes as the World Health Organisation (WHO) reports the level of fine particulate matter in the city’s outdoor air hitting 17 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3), 70 percent above the recommended maximum level.
Organisations called on governments to commit to addressing pollution even as a new survey by visitors to the country, in the last three years, showed that water quality, cleanliness and garbage disposal in the country are low.
Congregating at United Nations Office in Nairobi for a Global Major Groups and Stakeholders Forum, the lobbies said pollution in rivers, air and on land is continuing unabated as governments partner with private investors in trade deals seen as harmful.
“Poisoning from agro-industry activities on the general ecosystem, especially from the use of insecticides and pesticides on water, wild animals, forests, and birds is getting out of hand.
We have recorded intensive mortality on vultures and the numbers are mind-boggling,” BirdLife International’s Policy and Advocacy coordinator for in Africa Kenya Mwathe said.