Friends, Sweden, through prudent management of waste. has run out of garbage and they are now importing the same from Norway- http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/recycling/blogs/sweden-runs-out-of-garbage-forced-to-import-from-norway There is also a Town in China that imports waste from a neighbouring Town. These are just but examples to show-case that waste can never be an issue the way we are making it look. Today in the morning, officials of Pumwani Youth Groups Networks- PYGRON, paid a Courtesy Call on us at our offices. The Team was led by their Chairman Mr. Ramadhan Maingi, Secretary Mr. Steven Singano, Mr. Superior Mudaala from the St John's Community Centre and Mr. George Otieno from Angola- an affiliate member of PYGRON. The TCKC Team comprised of Odhiambo T Oketch and Otieno Sungu.  Seated L-R; Mr. Superior Mudaala, Mr. Ramadhan Maingi and Mr. Stephen Singano. Standing L-R; Oto, Mr. George Otieno and Mr. Otieno Sungu
We are looking at how to show-case Sofia Area in Pumwani as a waste free area by engaging in Practical Steps that would make this a reality. When we first hosted a Clean-up Campaign at Sofia in July 2012, we realized that the residents were not as enthusiastic as they were this time around on the 27th Oct 2012. Many Mothers came out on their own to help clean their immediate neighbourhoods and it was encouraging. We now want to move a step forward and introduce a Training Programme at Pumwani on the 15th Nov 2012 focusing on Waste, Waste Management and the Conversion Processes. We will be inviting the residents to isolate all milk packaging materials and all the plastics and flimsy papers. In partnership with the Ministry of Environment and Mineral Resources, Tetra Pak Eastern Africa and EcoPost, we will reclaim these three items from the waste stream in Sofia area. Again, we are inviting the cement manufacturers to also join with us and donate cement that will help us pave the whole area of Sofia. We will plant Trees in the area and each household will take personal responsibility to ensure success of the Programme. Lastly, the Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation had promised us waste Receptacles. We will be following this with them to ensure that Sofia Area becomes the first beneficiary of this programme. All this needs discipline and leadership. And we are happy that PYGRON and her affiliate members are showing this. It all means, a Clean Sofia is Possible. Let us all work for a Clean Kenya and a Clean Africa as a Transformative Deliverable as we turn 50 in Kenya.
Otieno Sungu, Director; Programmes and Communication
The Clean Kenya Campaign- TCKC
The Clean Kenya Campaign is an Initiative of The KCDN Kenya | 
Seated L-R; Mr. Superior Mudaala, Mr. Ramadhan Maingi and Mr. Stephen Singano. Standing L-R; Oto, Mr. George Otieno and Mr. Otieno Sungu
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