Polluting Kenyan Rivers
By: John Kariuki
The National Environment Management Authority NemaKenya on Wednesday carried out inspections at various points within the Nairobi River catchment on 18th January 2024. The inspection team established that there were assorted synthetic wastes along the river, part of which bore the identity of different producers and the waste had accumulated in the rivers interfering with their flow, posed a potential threat of flooding, water pollution and are likely to have adverse environmental effects on the general environment.
The Sustainable Waste Management Act, 2022 requires that every producer shall bear extended producer responsibility obligations to reduce pollution. In addition, a person who fails to manage waste in accordance with this Act shall be required to clean up and restore the site to its natural state.
Each of the 29 companies polluting Nairobi River is expected within 30 days to clean up the wastes within the specific sites where the crime was committed to their natural state and submit to NEMA the EPR plan for management of waste emanating from their products and packaging for Nairobi River catchment region.
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