The Nature of Administrative Process, Challenges and Possible Solutions in Waste Disposal and Pollution Prevention Policies in Eldoret Municipality-Kenya
- March 8, 2021
- Posted by: RSIS
- Categories: IJRISS, Public Administration
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume V, Issue II, February 2021 | ISSN 2454–6186
Abel Cheruiyot, Shadrack Kipkoech Sitienei
Department of History, Political Science and Public Administration, Moi University
Abstract: With the unexpected increase in population globally, especially in Sub Saharan Africa, waste management has been crucial for good health, good environment and aesthetics urban centers. This paper seeks to examine the nature of administrative processes, challenges and possible solutions to waste disposal management and pollution policies in Eldoret municipality in Kenya. The paper will be guided by the following objectives: To establish the nature of administrative process in waste disposal and pollution policy implementation and to find out the challenges and possible solutions facing waste disposal and pollution policy implementation. The paper will adopt a qualitative approach by getting response from the stakeholders through interviews and questionnaires, the respondents were chosen through purposive sapling technique. The geographical scope of the study was Eldoret municipality while the time scope covered the period 2012-2015. The findings were: Administrative process that exists in Eldoret includes both administrative politics such as mayoral office and councilors and administrative policy making such as rule-making and law enforcement. Challenges include: Waste from hospitals and industries are disposed of as untreated waste, the lack of adequate transport vessels and vehicles, low participation of households, management problems and operational problems. Possible solutions include: provision of large bins for all the residential areas and collection should be made compulsory, mass public emancipation, garbage pails should be provided and placed at strategic points open spaces, decentralize solid waste collection and disposal, necessity for a better solid waste management. This paper makes a conclusion that solid waste management is on decline due to inadequacy of modern equipment’s, financial misappropriation and bribery and corruption among the municipal employees. In order to adequately solve these not only in Eldoret-Kenya but in all urban centers facing such problems, the strategies employed by private sectors should be adopted and all other stakeholders in the waste management so as to make the whole system more proactive.
Key words: Municipal council, waste disposal, waste management, pollution, environment, policy.
