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    "content": "services. There is also Dunga Beach area, Nyalenda, Nyamasaria and even Mamboleo Estates in Kisumu just to mention a few. In Kakamega County, we have the Muslim Estate which falls in this category. So, this represents a marked inequality in the geographical service distribution in waste management in urban areas in the country. The high end estates present a marked distinction of prompt collection of their waste as seen in, for example, Muthaiga, Westlands, Karen, Loresho, Lower Kabete and all these in Nairobi City County. In Nakuru, for example, we have Milimani Estate, Kisumu the same as well as Lake View Estates which have garbage collection. We have an issue of the unbalanced service in waste management. The regulations will then help cure this issue as they would give mandate to specific entities to do the same across the board. There is also widespread indiscriminate dumping in illegal dumpsites and waste pickers litter the city with unusable waste materials without control. The need to map, mark the boundaries and define entries and exit of dumpsites cannot be understated. If these dumpsites are landfills, abandoned quarries or designated acquired sites, they must be clearly set out so that they can be in areas where human settlement is not that close to avoid the waste related ailments and hazards. So, regulations will qualify dumpsites and the management of such sites. In the city of Nairobi there is only one official dumpsite that is owned and operated by the Nairobi City County. However, it is full and also located in the densely populated parts of the city. That is about 7.5 kilometres away from the Central Business District (CBD) along a road with very heavy traffic. The problem is that the waste pickers and dealers control these dumpsites, forcing the Nairobi City County and private companies to bribe them to access the dumpsites. This is according to a report that was conducted by the United Nations. Kiambu County has no designated dumpsite. It only has landfills that serve for combustion of waste. The combustion of waste is more harmful, especially medical waste that would rather have incinerators at particular points. Ownership of dumpsites has proven to be a big issue due to the social economic and environmental impacts that are resultant and derived from these sites by various stakeholders. So, the need to have regulations guiding not only the ownership but also the exploitation of these resources by respective stakeholders then becomes very paramount. Most of these urban areas lack transfer facilities where they may move the dumpsites. This has been the case for Dandora in Nairobi, Kihoto in Nakuru, and Kibarani in Mombasa, among others, in our urban areas. The Vision 2030 envisaged land banking to reserve land for future use. These regulations then need to include this aspect as far as getting a solution for this waste management. As a result of these disposal problems, almost all enterprises tend to use uncontrolled and unhygienic landfills as the predominant mode of disposal. To cut costs, many generators of solid waste have now taken to combustion at the site which then causes air pollution. The bulk of this waste contains plastics which, when burnt, generate carcinogenic Vinyl Chloride Monomers (VCM) and dioxins. The generators and private waste collection firms, in order to avoid costs, dump in illegal places since an effective monitoring systems is lacking across most of our counties and the country at large. The need for a sorting policy and practice is imperative for"
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