Conflict and Crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya

This paper explores conflict and crime in the context of municipal solid waste management in Mombasa and Nairobi

Abstract

Among the issues that stunt the move towards proper solid waste management, and which have received little research attention is the role of conflict and criminal activities in the sector.

This paper begins to fill that gap by exploring conflict and crime in the context of municipal solid waste management in Kenya’s two major cities of Mombasa and Nairobi, with Nairobi dominating the evidence base given the entrenched cartels in the city’s solid waste management sector.

This is an output from the Urban Africa: Risk Knowledge (Urban ARK) programme

Citation

Muindi, K., Mberu, B., Aboderin, I.,Haregu, T. and Amugsi, D. 2016. Conflict and Crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya, Urban ARK Working Paper 13

Conflict and Crime in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya

Published 31 December 2016