The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) announced that all political aspirants would be required to pay a fee for cleaning up their posters after the General Election.
NEMA, however, did not mention how much would be paid noting that the Environment Management Coordination Act 2013 had not set an exact amount to be paid as deposit bonds, therefore the environmental authority would seat with all relevant authorities and set a standard amount.
The environmental agency also noted that politicians who clean up all their posters as required by the agency will be refunded their money after verification by agency officials.
“The bond will be deposited in the Nema Environment Restoration Fund account. The counties will also be included to make the exercise effective,” NEMA official Zephania Ouma noted.
The environmental authority is, however, yet to decide the method it will use in collecting the fee stating that they were yet to decide whether coalitions will deposit money for their aspirants or whether every politician will do it on their own.
NEMA noted that they will have a meeting with the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission(IEBC) and the Council of Governors before they give further direction.
"We will meet with the IEBC and the Council of Governors to work out the different approaches and deliberate on whether it will be the party or coalition to deposit the bond on behalf of aspirants or the individual aspirant," Ouma stated.
Mr Ouma further stated that the exercise was not aimed at attacking politicians but to ensure good environmental practices, compliance with remediation obligations, availability of funds for remediation and sustainable development.
