The ‘Proposed Nairobi River Pollution Control Action Plan’ is set to act on or demolish several factories, estates and malls that have encroached on riparian land or have been discharging effluents into the river.
NEMA currently is recruiting 100 environmental inspectors, 50 police officers and crime scene officers to implement its laws.
Two tanneries in Industrial Area have been ordered by NEMA to close for polluting Nairobi River with untreated effluents with another company along Ol Kalou Road ordered to provide details of all wastes generated and its management.
Other activities such as garages, farming, food kiosks, latrines, solid waste transfer stations, waste recycling and car wash businesses are also targeted in the process.
Back in August 2018, over 4,000 buildings were earmarked for demolition in an operation to clear illegal structures from river banks in Nairobi.
The demolition was after a disruption of city roads through flooding which has been an annual feature facing city residents every rainy season.
The government in June 2020 kicked off a crackdown to seal all sources of pollution and discharge of untreated water; toxic and other wastes, including organic, to Nairobi River in renewed efforts to clean the city’s water basin.
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