From: odhiambo okecth

Friends,

I had a flurry of meetings today morning to help mobilize for the Major Clean-up that we will be hosting in partnership with the Nairobi Market Traders Society across all the 53 Markets in Nairobi on the 10th October 2012.

Our call to The Clean Kenya Campaign across the Country has been well received and today, the Deputy Town Clerk at the City Council of Nairobi, Mr. Simon Ole Morintat, did give an assurance that he will personally lead the Nairobi Monthly Clean-ups, Beautification and Tree Planting. He said he is going to mobilize for the participation of all the Council Officers and the City Fathers as we re-energize The Nairobi Monthly Clean-up Campaigns.

I also had a meeting with Mr. Daniel Masetu- Assistant Town Clerk Reforms, Dr. Robert Ayisi- Director- Public Health Department and Mr. JN Kariuki- the Director Social Services and Housing Department, and all were really enthusiastic and looking forward to the 10th of October 2012 when we shall clean all the 53 Markets in Nairobi.

To help plan effectively for the 10th October Nairobi Markets Clean-up Campaign, we will be hosting a Planning Session with the Leaders of the 53 Markets in Nairobi at Charter Hall on the 19th September 2012 as from 8.00am. The meeting will be chaired by the Deputy Town Clerk Mr. Morintat and several Departmental Directors with the Council will be in attendance. Besides planning for the 10th October Clean-up, the Council will be giving their assurance and under-taking on several Services currently wanting.

Again, as is our tradition, we will not want to point figures and engage in blame games. We will be seeking solutions to our current problems of Waste and Garbage. The good thing is, we all agree that Markets are our converging zones and if we have them clean, the whole country will go Clean.

On the same note, Migosi Otieno Sungu will lead The Clean Kenya Campaign Team to join with our Brothers and Sisters at Lindi and Laini Saba in Kibera for their Clean-up Campaign tomorrow. This has been organized by Kounkuey Design Initiative, Usalama Youth Reform Group, Slum Care Community Group, Ndovu Development Group and several other CBOs.

They are also in the process of launching their fourth project in Kibera at the Lindi/Laini Saba Bridge, near the Laini Saba Mosque to build a Public Space project on this site.

On the 15th September 2012, we are joining with KICOCEN and the Municipal Council of Kisumu for a major Clean up in Kisumu City.

Now, Eng Maurice ‘Courage’ Oduor has been asking me about the typical expenses associated with the Clean up and Awareness Campaigns, and today, and every other day, I have been giving him the typical expenses. Organizing a successful Clean-up and Awareness Campaign is a tedious affair. It involves making several phone calls, hosting several meetings, writing several letters, remaining online for several hours, traveling and all that.

It also involves serious thinking.

At The Clean Kenya Campaign, I must appreciate that Eng Courage was one of the first few people who saw relevance in what we were doing and he did give us support initially. Then, unlike Saul who saw light and transformed into a better person, Courage saw darkness and lost his tracks and confidence in the Campaign. But, we are so elated that ultimately, he has met his Damascus and he is firmly back with us in The Clean Kenya Campaign and offering us some very useful hints and advice.

We are hence appealing and inviting all of us, whenever we are, to all join in The Clean Kenya Campaign and ensure that we have a Clean Country come 1st June 2013.

If the People, the Government and the Councils are with us, we can stand in our way?

Let us all work for a Clean Kenya as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50.

Odhiambo T Oketch,
Executive Director,

The Clean Kenya Campaign-TCKC

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