Landlords, caretakers, and residents of Nairobi's Pipeline Estate now risk arrests after Nairobi City County announced a crackdown of garbage collection offenders.
Speaking after conducting an impromptu visit to a section of the estate, Environment Chief Officer Geoffrey Mosiria announced plans to arrest culprits who fail to comply with waste management laws. "We will begin an operation to arrest landlords and caretakers of all the buildings around here, as well as tenants living in the nearby houses.
They are the ones polluting and dumping waste on the road," Mosiria said.
According to Mosiria, the county is acting under the Nairobi City County Solid Waste Management Act of 2015, which places responsibility for cleanliness within a 10-metre radius of any property on the premises owner.
