{"id":5966,"date":"2026-02-28T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2026-03-02T08:54:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T08:54:23","slug":"sanitation-crisis-in-ongata-rongai-and-its-environment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/2026\/02\/28\/sanitation-crisis-in-ongata-rongai-and-its-environment\/","title":{"rendered":"SANITATION CRISIS IN ONGATA RONGAI AND ITS ENVIRONMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

This photo story shows the sanitation challenges affecting Ongata Rongai, focusing on poor waste management and its impact on public health. The images capture overflowing garbage, blocked drainage, open waste burning, scattered market waste, and poorly maintained sanitation facilities, showing how these conditions affect the environment and daily life.
\nThe issue matters because uncollected waste and stagnant water increase the risk of disease, air pollution, and unsafe living conditions, especially for children and vulnerable residents. During the shooting, I observed that garbage points were overwhelmed, drains were clogged with plastic, and some residents burned trash near homes.
\nOverall, the project highlights the urgent need for better waste management and collective responsibility to protect public health in Ongata Rongai.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A dirty flowing stream with waste disposal near Hellena Plots in Ongata Rongai, affecting residents living in Hellena plots, causing the spread of waterborne diseases.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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River Mathenge around Kware market in Rongai filled with plastics, old clothes and other waste materials, blocking the drainage causing stagnant dirty water that creates breeding ground for mosquitoes affecting residents and traders around Kware area<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Burning waste near royal plots around Meya road in Rongai releasing harmful smoke into the air affecting residents.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Uncollected garbage damped near olkario river around Blessed plots in Rongai, causing waterborne diseases affecting residents living around the area<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cows and pigs struggling to search for pasture in a poorly collected garbage near residential area at Olekasasi in Rongai rising risk of diseases in health of livestock around the dirty garbage.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dirty stagnant water and uncollected garbage on Mandazi road in Ongata Rongai rising risk of diseases and cleanliness of pedestrians and bodaboda riders<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A 16 year old John lemaiyan carrying a jerrican going to fetch water, passing near by poorly collected waste materials at Kware in Ongata Rongai during dry season, increasing risk of getting airborne diseases.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Pigs playing in stagnant water around uncollected waste materials at Gataka in Rongai increasing risk of pigs being affected by diseases<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

photos by Jefferson Asenekah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

MCS-133-039\/2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This photo story shows the sanitation challenges affecting Ongata Rongai, focusing on poor waste management and its impact on public health. The images capture overflowing garbage, blocked drainage, open waste burning, scattered market waste, and poorly maintained sanitation facilities, showing how these conditions affect the environment and daily life. The issue matters because uncollected waste […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[8],"class_list":["post-5966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo-story"],"authors":[{"term_id":8,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"webmaster","display_name":"Lindaberryll Boyani","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f1e85b96dae9632e98f1ea8f672cecd57a712905cc4e0128ac65f97b3b635684?s=96&d=mm&r=g","first_name":"Lindaberryll","last_name":"Boyani","user_url":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism","job_title":"Journalist","description":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6342,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/6342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mmu.ac.ke\/photojournalism\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}