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Keep waste business private

Muthurwa

A backhoe loader empties garbage onto a truck at Muthurwa Market in Nairobi on June 10, 2023. 

Photo credit: Francis Nderitu | Nation Media Group

 The Nairobi County governor has announced plans to form an authority that will manage garbage collection in the capital. He said the authority will help to do away with private garbage collectors and waste cartels. This means the county will go back to collecting waste.

As cities across the world move away from direct management of garbage collection to total privatisation mostly through franchise, our counties still dream of running the sector even though they have been unable to properly manage it.