Coastal city of Mombasa chokes in mounds of uncollected garbage
Concerned netizens have camped on Twitter to vent their frustration over the uncleanliness of Mombasa city.
Through the hashtag, #ThisIsMombasa, the netizens shared pictures capturing garbage being deposited on the side roads of different streets.
The residents of the coastal city and the county government have been engaged in a blame game over waste disposal with the latter faulting the locals for irresponsible dumping of garbage on the streets.
“When I took over after the March 4 elections, there were only four functioning garbage collection trucks. Today, Mombasa boasts of 48 garbage trucks parked at strategic areas in the city,” said governor Ali Hassan Joho in 2013 during the launch of Mombasa International Festival of Arts and Culture.
He also accused locals of dumping garbage everywhere, including a few metres from the parked trucks.
“Be responsible and dump the filth at the right place. I am only an individual (and) Mombasa is not just my city,” he said. He said it was high time residents stopped perpetuating the culture of blame-game.
Below are some of the tweets from Kenyans on Twitter:
We now know why some are harassed taking pictures being asked “kwani nyinyi ni watalii..” ??? #thisismombasa kweli pic.twitter.com/LAQiiVAXRX
— Ahmed Salim (@ahmedsalims) November 17, 2016
#ThisIsMombasa amazing scenery thanks to our hard working Governor #001 @HassanAliJoho pic.twitter.com/VFCFwfmrmf
— ¯ _(ツ)_/¯ (@saddamhalky) November 17, 2016
Mombasa isn’t all about garbage..
But hey, we’re proud..
We’re multifacilitative..#thisismombasa pic.twitter.com/0zUmfb3Zuq— OneVeryAngryKenyan.. (@desunovabeach) November 17, 2016
We can definitely blame the people if it will make you feel better BUT #ThisIsMombasa pic.twitter.com/KbSFshyNYJ
— Albeity (@F_Albeity) November 17, 2016
