By EUGENE OMILO
Mombasa
governor hopeful Suleiman Shahbal today joined hundreds of Maweni residents
within Mombasa County for a cleanup exercise that will see an unpopular dumpsite
in the area converted into a play ground.
Accompanied
by Nyali constituency hopeful Said Mabruk, Shahbal led the residents in raking
and picking up litter within the estates’ neighbourhood as hired bulldozers and
trucks ferried away heaps of rotting garbage from the
site.
While
addressing residents after the exercise, Shahbal lashed at the Mombasa municipal
council for failing in its duties yet officials are keen to increase
rates.
He
urged the residents to cease from wanton dumping as destroying the environment
would affect their own health.
Maweni
youth leader Vincent Obuya said youths in the area had pitched the idea to
Shahbal to reclaim the site so that it can be converted into a community
football pitch.
Earlier,
there was evident tension amongst those who turned up for the cleanup exercise
as word went round that a group of youths had been hired to disrupt the
exercise.
Last
week, the aspirant’s convoy was attacked by unknown people while he visited a
nearby market where traders were demonstrating against new rates introduced by
the Municipal council.
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