Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has formed a team to enforce regulations meant to curb illegal dumping and littering in the capital city.
The team comprises police, administrators and NMS officers from all the 17 sub-counties of Nairobi. This new development comes after NMS accused City Hall of being behind “saboteurs and detractors” stewing heaps of garbage that have made a comeback in the capital.
“The officers will oversee the enforcement with punitive measures to be taken against those who dump garbage illegally or litter the capital. A team of NMS officers, government administration officers and police service will lead the enforcement exercise,” said NMS in a notice.
“Every household, business and individual should be responsible for the waste they generate.” The Nairobi City County solid waste management act 2015 section 36(2&3) says any person who dumps or allows waste disposal is liable to a fine not exceeding two years or both.
Nairobi governor Mike Sonko criticized the Major General Mohammed Badi led NMS over increasing piles of garbage in various areas across the county.
However, NMS partly blamed the presence of garbage in some parts of Nairobi on City Halls failure to pay garbage contractors and frustrating NMS
s effort to engage the service providers by holding onto their contracts.