The county government of Kisumu has declared its commitment to making Kenya's third largest city cleaner by the use of integrated waste management system.
For a county that produces an average of 300 metric tones of waste per day, management of this waste using traditional methods of waste management proves tricky.
The objective of the move is to make the lakeside city the cleanest town in Kenya.
However, the county government is planning on how the management of this waste can be done in an efficient way.
According to the Chief Officer in-charge of Water, Environment and natural resources in the county Ms Loise Akinyi, the county government is considering the use of integrated waste management through recycling as a way of reducing environmental pollution and offer employment opportunities through commercial ventures.
She says the county government welcomes investors in solid management where they will be required to work in the areas like waste dis-aggregation, sanitary landfills, recycling, and sewerage systems maintenance.
"The county government of Kisumu is trying to do all it can do to promote the culture of integrated waste management system in the area. We are going to partner with various investors to make the programme a success," she said on Tuesday.
She however, hit out at the residents of Kisumu who have the culture of poorly disposing off the waste saying in the future that habit isn't going to be tolerated even as the county is making various strides to make the city cleaner.