”His Excellency the president of Kenya, Hon. Kibaki and the Prime minister, Hon. Raila Odinga and the entire Republic of Kenya, I greet you all!
I stand here before you, feeling delighted for this great day, since we have to share all the sufferings we are going through as the citizens of Kenya.
I feel disappointed and I believe God too is disappointed. If we turn our heads and look at the environment surrounding us, the picture around us is not pleasing at all. We have destroyed the environment and it is no longer safe for both human beings and animals alike.
How can we change the situation?
Garbage being disposed off aimlessly in every part of the country should be avoided, construction of buildings on top of the sewerage systems, has proved to be unhealthy and risky towards many peoples health. How?
When flies infest the garbage that has been disposed off aimlessly, they tend to feed on the dirt and come and release those faeces on the food stuff we eat, hence leading t outbreak of diseases such as cholera, typhoid through dirty water.
When we experience heavy rains, it tends to flood and since most of the sewerage system has been messed up, it tends to flood, making the sewage burst, it ends up mixing with the safe water that we rely on, for domestic use, hence leading to other diseases like bilharzia.
It is a high time we got rid of these diseases through preventing them, to avoid the tendency of losing lives that has proved to be very rampant in today’s society. This can be achievable by making use of the waste through recycling them, especially the plastic and nylon wastes.
Organic wastes such as the vegetable wastes can be used for adding nutrients to the soil, especially manure, and this will enable farmers at large have better yields at the end of the planting season.
Let us love and treat the environment in a responsible way!
