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by Bonface Obuba | 18-11-2018 20:18
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Of riparian land and moral crisis The Nairobi River which passes through Kenya's capital is literally a conduit of solid waste and black water. A glimpse of this watercourse will gross out anyone. This is a result of unscrupulous citizens building on the riverbanks and locals illegally dispensing off of solid and liquid waste into the river under the cover of darkness. This has been a grave issue for years. Previous governments have tried to reclaim the sanity of this river but it is still egregiously polluted. Consequently, in 2017, the Kenyan Water Resources Management Authority (WRMA) set aside a sum of KSh2.5 billion to clean rivers, Nairobi and Athi in Nairobi and Machakos counties respectively. Backed by the Nairobi County government, demolitions of buildings erected on riparian reserves which include business premises and residencies have been taking place. Moral crisis Out of these demolitions, a moral crisis has arisen. Some of the settlers actually legally build. They have legitimate land titles and building certificates. You wonder how this happened in the first. There is obviously a serious integrity breach and it is from the inside. Some individuals in authorities charged with stewardship of riparian reserves are compromised. They receive bribes and approve the construction of illegal structures. More to that alleged unfairness has been displayed where influential people are spared in the demolition process. This reflects badly on us as a society. |
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Deepak, mentors John and Gyeongrin thank you for your remarks
Posted 26-11-2018 15:20
Hello Bonface, before just getting engaged with such problem, short but intense project must be taken for providing basic research about riparian reserve.
Picking out and solving local conflict concerning illegal structures or buildings must be done, just like you said :)
If you do have a bit of time, go try to search for Taewha river case of South Korea, it would gonna help you find out solutions or alternative means!
Thanks for your report :)
Posted 23-11-2018 14:59
Hello Bonface
The sanitation of river water is a heavy issue which needs big support from the managing authority as when plans go wrong, the cleaning up really won't be of good help. We also had a severe problem with Taehwa river(a river that goes across our area) and with tremendous effort, fortunately, things got better. Hope the river could recover its original beauty!
Thanks for the report!
Posted 23-11-2018 00:17
Thank you for your kind remarks
Posted 19-11-2018 04:05
Hello Bonface, Namaste
This river make me remember about Bagmati River which flow inside Kathmandu, capital of Nepal,noways bagmati is far more better than it used to be 5-10 years ago, lots of money, lots of activities, NGOs and ING's are continuous implemented to make bagmati clean, but many thing depend upon local people, their economic, sociocultural and education.
Hope one day this river will be clean.
Thank You for your Report.
Posted 18-11-2018 22:55