Nairobi County's Chief Environment Officer, Geoffrey Mosira, has urged residents accessing the CBD, Woodley in Kibra, and the Juja Road, to wear facemasks over the high levels of air pollution in the areas.
In a statement on his official X account on Thursday, September 4, Mosiria revealed that air quality monitoring machines mounted in these locations have detected air pollution levels beyond unsafe limits, cautioning that this could increase respiratory diseases. Prolonged exposure to polluted air can cause several respiratory diseases, including Asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchitis, Pneumonia, and Emphysema, among others.
Mosira has further assured that the county government has dispatched teams of experts in these areas to determine the exact cause of air pollution and take immediate action.
Plums of smoke emanating from a factory.
