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Constant Cap. 1,500 Tons of Waste Goes Uncollected in Nairobi, Kenya Each Day. Globalsiteplans.com, 25/04/2014.One of the first pledges made by the first Governor of Nairobi upon assuming office was that of cleaning up the city. Years of neglecting solid waste management had seen the city cease from being a “green city in the sun.”Increased urban growth, poor urban planning and years of mismanagement by the now defunct city council saw high levels of garbage accumulation. Unlike the past, where the council would provide residents with dustbins and collect garbage on designated days, the service was left to the free market and residents began paying private operators to collect their garbage. For those in the middle and upper classes, it worked and still does work well, but not so in the working-class areas and informal settlements. In some of the working-class neighborhoods, cartels are in control and at times have turned violent as they control their “territories.“...Read the article...