A lobby group in Nakuru on Tuesday presented a petition to the county assembly clerk Joseph Malinda seeking to have them ban plastic bags in the region.
The petition, which is spearheaded by Street Nakuru, a community based organisation, seeks to have the assembly pass a bill that will see plastic bags of below 100 microns banned in the county
It contained more than 1,000 signatures by Nakuru residents requesting the county to spearhead the debate as soon as possible
While welcoming the move, Malinda challenged youths to come up with sustainable projects that will ensure plastic bags are currently recycled before they pass a bill seeking to control their production and distribution.
Malinda who spoke in his office pointed out that the plastic bags were an environmental menace but raised concern that it can take years before its passed into law.
“We have to understand that a law can take years before it is passed,” he added
James Wakibia, the brain child of the project, said the county could prevent a lot of waste if it took care of the plastic bags menace.
“Even the current cholera problem in the county is as a result of the drainage problem which occurs as papers are stuck inside the sewer system,” he added
Wakibia pointed out that Kisii and Meru counties were already looking into possibilities of banning the plastic bags
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