President William Ruto now says that all enablers of river pollution will pay dearly for their bad behaviours.
Speaking on Thursday, Ruto said they must all be ready to be held accountable for their actions.
He said this, is in the spirit of extended producer responsibility.
The Head of State insisted those responsible for pollution must also be ready to take responsibility so that the rivers in the country can be kept clean.
He added that if they behave badly, they will have to pay for the bad behaviour.
“Those entities that are polluting our rivers will be held responsible. The raw sewage coming from our public entities, the solid waste that is in this river coming from different places, on the basis of extended producer responsibility; each and every one of them will be held to account.
“All of us, if you pollute the rivers, you must prepare to make sure that you are held to account and you pay for it so that we can keep the river clean and everybody becomes responsible for their behaviour. If you are not in good behaviour know that you are going to pay for bad behaviour,” Ruto stated.
He spoke during the launch of the Nairobi River Regeneration Project, Korogocho on Thursday.
The project dubbed Climate WorX Mtaani is a National Government climate action and livelihoods initiative that will engage approximately 200,000 youth in environmental sustainability programmes including the 15 Billion National Tree Growing Programme.
Ruto was accompanied by Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale, Principal Secretaries Festus Ng'eno (Environment and Climate Change), Gitonga Mugambi (Forestry), Raymond Omollo (Internal Security and National Administration), Teresia Mbaika (Devolution), Charles Hinga (Housing and Urban Development) as well as UN Resident Coordinator in Kenya Dr. Stephen Jackson.
