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    "id": 571757,
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    "content": "The County Government of Nairobi has recognized the need to have a common vehicle that will identify and consolidate all efforts and gains by developing integrated plans for the restoration of the Nairobi Dam. Towards this end, the Governor of Nairobi City County through Gazette Notice, Vol.CXVI No.56 of 2nd May, 2014 appointed the task force for the restoration of Nairobi Dam to advise on ways to facilitate and conduct all activities aimed at restoration of Nairobi Dam. The task force has over the past one year, in collaboration with its partners, undertaken the following:- (1) Mobilised partners. (2) Developed a workplan. (3) Commenced manual removal of water hyacinth and conversion of the same into compost. (4) With Athi River Water Services Board, with support from the Government of Kenya and the African Development Bank, it has undertaken the following interventions to help protect the dam and reduce on sewer pollution, especially from the Kibera informal settlement:- (1) Construction of 4.2 kilometre of trunk sewer duplicating the Kibera Trunk Sewer in order to increase the carriage capacity of the sewer system. The trunk commences one kilometre upstream of the dam in Kibera and traverses all the way to Mater Hospital following a way leave of the already existing Kibera Trunk Sewer. The size of the sewer ranges from DN 700 millimeters to DN 1,200 millimetres. (2) Construction of one kilometre of the South Nairobi Dam Trunk Sewer running from an existing manhole along the dam, then along Lang’ata Prison, crosses Mbagathi way and connects to the existing Kibera Trunk Sewer. The size of the sewer line ranges from DN 375 millimeters to DN 450 millimetres to drain waste water from the Southlands Estate. (3) Construction of 23 ablution blocks in the villages of Lindi, Soweto, East Silanga and Laini Saba. (4) Construction of 3 kilometres of trunk and lateral sewer to connect the 23 ablution blocks to the existing Kibera Trunk Sewer. The size of the sewers ranges from DN 225 millimetres to DN 450 millimetres. (5) Construction of 5.4 kilometres of trunk and reticulation sewers to connect 50 ablution blocks constructed under the National Youth Service for unsewered villages of Lindi, Gatwekera, Kisumu Ndogo, Raila, Soweto, west of Kianda. The trunk sewer has been extended from Lindi village to the show ground at Jamhuri Park. The size of the sewer ranges from DN 250 millimetres to DN 525 millimetres. The project is ongoing and it is expected to be completed by October this year. The above measures are expected to reduce the pollution arising from sewer effluent from Kibera informal settlement into the Nairobi Dam. Secondly, the Nairobi County Government has put in place the following measures to deal with garbage in the slums:-Established a regular schedule to enhance waste collection in informal settlements, including Kibera; engaged an environmental supervisor who monitors and arranges for removal of waste. Indentified waste collection The electronic version of the Senate Hansard Report is for information purposes only. A certified version of this Report can be obtained from the Hansard Editor, Senate."
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