By Bernard Ojwang
Just few weeks after eleven MCAs from Migori county assembly spent Sh5.8 million to attend waste disposal management training in Dubai, pressure has been mounted on the leaders as business community in Migori, Awendo and Rongo town demands the mentioned MCAs to launch an open forum and empower youths, traders and even schools on the benefits and how to go about waste disposal management so as to prove that the trip was not misplaced priority and relevant to the taxpayers
Speaking during an environmental forum in Rongo town on waste management Joshua Onyango a businessman said that it was a noble idea since waste management is the key to any developing institution and it is the mandate of Migori county executive secretary in-charge of environment to engages those leaders o as to improve the county in terms of waste management
“Let the MCAs who went to acquire knowledge abroad about waste disposal management empower us with the information and allocate some funds of installing several dustbins all over the town as it has been done in Awendo town ” Joshua Onyango added
The most affected town despite the current population with the availability of different learning institutions is Rongo. At the market traders are facing several predicaments as they sell their goods in a dirty, stinking environment due to inadequate areas for making dumpsites which the county government of Migori needs to look at before it worsen leading to cholera outbreaks.
Traders at Rongo modern market have nothing to smile about but perseverance despite the smell from the dumpsite which is few meters away from the stalls is a great threat to their lives.
“Since solid waste disposal management is not a responsibility of the national government Migori county government through the department concerned must now come out and solve our problems as Rongo traders since no even a single day has passed without being taxed” said Gladys Anyango a fish monger
An Awendo town several dustbins have been installed by Awendo CDF office which contracted two youth groups namely Maendeleo ya VI Jana based in Ranen and Danga youth group to the tune of three hundred thousand shillings with an aim of improving the wanting sanitation situation which has been the issue in the currently growing town.
According to Awendo CDF manager Ronald Ingala they took the initiative during this rainy season to make the town clean by collaborating with the county government through environmental department which helped the in identifying the installation locations
