Nairobi MCA table motion to have waste collection contracts allocated to CBO’s and youth groups
Mihango Member of County Assembly (MCA), Paul Kados has proposed a motion seeking to have waste collection contracts reserved for youth organisations and saccos to be passed by the County Assembly and implemented by City Hall.
The MCA says governor Johnson Sakaja should award solid waste collection service contracts to youth saccos.
“Pursuant to provision of Section 38 of the Nairobi City County Solid Waste Management Act, 2015, the County Executive to urgently develop regulations that would enable award of Solid Waste collection service contracts granted to registered Youth SACCOs and Community Based Organisations (CBOs) at the Ward level to enable residents access effective solid waste management services,” the motion reads.
Kados said that despite the county’s efforts to hire many contractors, Nairobi has continued to be filthy with garbage accumulating across the city.
“Unplanned waste dumping and blockage of drainage systems can be cured by providing formalised, well-structured casual labour employment opportunities for thousands of youths across the city within their areas of habitation for purposes of waste collection and disposal,” he said.
In the motion, Kados added that the opportunity served as a curb to unemployment that has been facing many youths.
“Faced with a myriad of challenges from unemployment to skyrocketing inflation, young people have had to improvise and look for ways to make ends meet. Thus came the opportunity on waste collection since the County Government takes weeks to make rounds collecting waste,” the motion adds.
Kados also said the Environment department, which is in charge of garbage collection, did not have adequate capacity to handle the challenge and had been held hostage by cartels, leading to loss of public funds.
“I am confident that the implementation of this proposed motion will go a long way in improving the livelihood of the youth. In the long run such groups have the potential to evolve and give birth to investment groups,” he said.
If the motion is implemented, garbage collectors could lose their contracts.
