The Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company on Friday, November 11, announced its intervention to solve the sewer line problem in Pipeline Estate, Embakasi.
The company, which is a subsidiary of the Nairobi County Government, held a meeting with landlords in the estate to deliberate on the sewage that had turned the streets into filth.
It emerged that most residential units were not connected to a proper sewer line system, leaving the area residents with no option but to drain their sewage on the roads.
The sanitation company assured area residents that the problem would be solved after repairing the sewer system and the roads.
"On Thursday, November 10, 2021, officials from the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Ltd visited the estate and held consultative talks with landlords and agreed to re-engineer the waterways and unclog the sewer lines," an official from the company told Kenyans.co.ke.
“Once the sewer situation is addressed, the roads team will repair the road," he added.
The matter of waste management in the estate was a subject of discussion among city residents as they pressured Governor Johnson Sakaja to intervene.
“This is Kware pipeline, the issue has been highlighted countless times, even by the media but nothing has been done. This is honestly sad, just look at this!” a complaint was posted online.
Notably, the problem of sewage management in the area is not a new phenomenon. The highly populated estate has been in the spotlight for the filth situation without any significant solution addressing it.
High population and negligence by private developers were highlighted as major factors contributing to the menace.
As part of his measures to address the issue, Governor Sakaja announced a reward for whistleblowers exposing residents who dump waste illegally.
While admitting the filth in most parts of the city, he affirmed his intention to solve the perpetual problem amicably in his first term as the county chief.
"A lot of Nairobi has been like this. Months of neglect, illegal dumping in undesignated sites, and garbage contractors downing their tools due to money owed. In our first month in office, we collected over 70,000 tonnes. You will see sustainable changes," Sakaja noted in October 2022.
