EXTREMES

Are we still a family? June 11, 2010

Are we creating a new family where pigs and people will live together? And if we are, should we also let them walk together with us on the streets?

photo byrickykinyanjui

It’s all about the biggest dumping place in Kenya and the second largest dumping site in Africa and you never know the rank that it has around the world, MUKURU. This dumping place has created a refuge for pigs, dogs and all kinds of birds, of all shapes and size and not forgetting our fellow country men and women and also young children. At times I see it may become a tourist resort for bird watching.

Look at it in this aspect that the dumping site is almost covering the road I live in nearby that place and at times I see that very soon the road is going to be blocked and there will be no way through.

photo by Ricky kinyanjui

Beside the dumping site being a haven for pigs and innocent men, it has also created a haven for all kinds of robbers and very dangerous gangs.

At times I also think that if one of the government officials were living there or even if the state house was situated around that area what could have been done? There is one thing that I really like a lot in matters that affect our community like this, is that one should really put him/herself  in the other persons shoe and see him/her self in the same situation and see how much the community or the individual is being affected.

The government together should really come up with a plan to help these people. The roads are also being destroyed by the water flowing from the dumping site to the roads. Hear the people’s cries for help, save our roads and mostly our health.