Abstract: The study sought to establish community participation in collection and transportation of solid wastes in Langas Estate, Eldoret Town. The study adopted descriptive survey design. The target population for the study consisted of 416 households in Langas estates, county government officers, NEMA officials and local area chief. The Sampling techniques to be employed in this study was systematic random sampling and purposive sampling techniques. Purposive sampling was used to select 2 staff of NEMA, 5 county government employees and local area chief and 191 residents. Questionnaire and interviews were the main instruments of data collection. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics.The study established that there are inefficiencies in household waste collection by the County government. Community members were more involved with household waste collection. The main household waste collectors were self-help groups. The households were paying for waste management services offered by individuals or groups. Failure by some households to pay for waste management services to stakeholder may lead to withholding of the waste management services by the concerned leading to inefficiencies in waste management. Domestic solid wastes were not collected on daily basis, this implies that there was pilling of wastes in the study area. The study recommended that there is need to separation of household wastes at the source to allow for efficient management of household wastes and also investing in efficient transportation of the stored wastes without delay to avoid heaps of household wastes at the storage areas.
Keywords: Community participation, Collection and transportation, Solid waste.
Title: COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE IN KENYA: CASE OF LANGAS ESTATE IN ELDORET TOWN
Author: Cheruiyot Stephen Kiplimo
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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