This archive report was first published on 28 August 2019.
Published on August 28, 2019, Kisumu county government is in the process of acquiring 80 acres to establish a waste management site as it plans to decommission Kachok dumpsite.
Twenty acres in Kasese, Chiga village in Muhoroni sub-county, will be used for waste management while the rest will be reserved for other county projects.
The county is planning to have a waste-to-energy plant that will also see non-biodegradable materials recycled.
Environment Executive Salmon Orimba said the project is expected to serve Kisumu and neighboring towns.
“We are now sensitizing the locals on this project. We want them informed that we are not starting a dumpsite but a waste-to-energy amenity that will present opportunities to them,” he said.
Although Governor Anyang' Nyong'o's office had declared that the Kachok dumpsite had been decommissioned, Orimba clarified that the process was not complete since the county had not secured a new waste disposal site.
“Relocation of Kachok is not 100 per cent done and we are still using the site in managing new waste. We are composting organic waste there,” he said.
The county's quest for a new waste management ground has been a thorny issue since the idea was mooted by former Governor Jack Ranguma in 2013.
