IBM’s app to help Nairobi clear mountain of garbage

According to one of local  Daily Nation.They have said that IBM has designed a solid waste management system to help solve Nairobi’s mounting garbage menace.The IBM Research Africa project could be launched in a year, as the city stepsup garbage collection programme that costs an estimated Sh1 billion per month. IBM researchers will collect data of the five million residents in Nairobi County, map garbage collection routes and connect them to a mobile application monitored from a main office server. “This signifies how IBM as an American company is investing big in Africa with a focus on enterprise and job creation.“When you drive around in the garbage collecting lorry with a mobile phone that has our application, it will automatically monitor and tell traffic and driver behaviour. Through the system,we detect speed bumps and potholes. We also check fuel usage,” said IBM researcher Aisha Walcott Bryant while demonstrating how the app works at the firm’s lab in the Catholic University of Eastern Africa last week. The data collected by the laboratory could then be used by Nairobi County government to plan an efficient garbage collection schedule. “We partnered with Nairobi County on (developing) the system. Currently we are monitoring 10 of the garbage collection vehicles with our smart devices. On the first attempt, we were able to tell when all the vehicles were in the garage,” said Ms Bryant.She said the system checks the dump sites in the county to see if they are full and/or not treated. It also captures how long a vehicle takes in traffic and the time the vehicles take to collect garbage. Before embarking on the project, IBM conducted a research that revealed Nairobi as one of the most congested cities in the world. This is partly the reason why garbage collection has been a headache to the county. Despite several initiatives, the county government has been unable to effectively deal with mounting garbage. The population of the 32,000-square-kilometer city has grown from 325,000 fifty years ago to 3.1 million as per the 2009 census. The county government data shows that over five million people live in Nairobi currently. Nairobi County Executive Committee Member for Environment Evans Ondieki, who is playing a key role in the roll-out of the new garbage collection plan, says the initiative will give the city a new, gleaming face. “Our plan is to attract


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foreign direct investments through a clean, well organised city that knows how to manage solid waste and has proper planning,” said Mr Ondieki. An attempt to organize the city’s garbage collection in 2010 through a Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) funding failed Legal framework Jica, through the county survey, cited insufficient funds for the city’s failure to implement the clean-up plan. The agency also stressed the need for a legal framework for the public-private partnership investments. Jica outlined what must be done to make Nairobi “as neat and functional as other global capitals”.

The incentive that the IBM is taking is  good for our country not only for people of  Kenya but for world at large.The country capital city lock out many investors from investing in the country due to the pollution and dirty city.If we can have a good and clear policies and procedures put down to help in managing the collection of garbage it will be better.This app will help a lot in the collection of the garbage.This will improve the lives of the city residents and attract many investors.Which will help in job creation and increase of the GDP of the country.After the investors have shown in large number.

Lupita Nyong’o coming to kenya for elephant conservation

Lupita Nyong'o  coming back to her home country in that good motive is something us like people who love environment should celebrate.This is because she is not coming back to her home country for nothing less but Elephant conversation.This i can say it is a good idea.
 Lupita’s  homecoming tour is being supported by a number of local brands, including Safaricom, Kenya Airways, Simba Colt Motors, African Heritage, Villa Rosa Kempinski and luxury bag manufacturer Lulea. She will partner with Wild Aid  whose mission is to end the sale of illegal wildlife artefacts such as elephant tusks and rhino horns.“Our country’s elephants are a critical piece of the heart of Kenya and we need to take action now to save their population from the threats that continue to endanger their existence,” she said in a statement. Wild Aid is an organisation that seeks to harness star power to reduce global consumption of wildlife products by persuading consumers and strengthening enforcement unlike most wildlife conservation groups that focus on protecting animals from poaching.event to be held on Thursday, July 2, atthe Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi
  Having a dinner with the Oscar Award-winning actress only be Sh 10,000 per person or Sh100,000 roughly  about 100 dollars per person and 1000 dollars   for a corporate table for an exclusive event to be held on Thursday, July 2, at the Villa Rosa Kempinski in Nairobi. The actress, who seemed to give Nairobi and her Kenyan fans the snub, now appears set to make a grand entrance. Lupita will arrive in Kenya in a week’s time to conduct a homecoming tour that includes activities that aim to uplift the Kenyan arts community as well as raise awareness on elephant conservation efforts in the country.She will be the chief guest at an exclusive dinner bringing together conservationists, artists as well as the general public for an arts and fashion show by selected Kenyan designers and artists.

For those of you who do not know Lupita Nyong'o  she is a Hollywood actor.For more details Lupita Nyong'o celebrity.
This war should go on to reduce the number of cases that are there in kenya and world at large.i congratulate the Kenya hero for that huge idea that will help our country.If leaders and high profile people could have ideas like that of Lupita the world would be a good place.But many of those who have  high profile they have dirty mind filled by the ideas of corruptions,enriching themselves etc.Its time for us to change the world and do positive.

INCREASING TOBACCO TAX IS WELCOMED

The idea of the WHO(World Health Organisation) to encourage governments all over the world is welcoming.Tobacco is the main problem and cause of various deadly diseases.
 All the government should take this advise as this will reduce many diseases and many other problems that are brought due to use of tobacco.
  The government of Kenya has taken these advice and from the beginning of this month the prices of tobacco has risen.This is good indeed as it will reduce consumption of the tobacco.
 In  a duration of about 5 years ago government has tried it best to fight the tobacco usage.One of the things that government did is banning the advertisement of tobacco products in public i.e radio stations,T.v and i can say this has helped a lot  One of my friend  who is a tobacco user told me that he started smoking a local cigarette.When he was about 12 years old when he heard an advertisement.That " smoking make a person fill so high ".Now he is an  addict.
 Another thing that government has helped is controlling the smoking of tobacco from anywhere in the public.Some years back people could smoke cigarette from any environment in public.This was polluting the environment,from the research carried  out  by one of international organisation it  said that when a person smoke cigarette.The third party person is the one who will have high risk of been affected by the cigarette than even those who are smoking it.
 So government of Kenya constructed a Smoking Zone. This the smoking Zone area,Smoking in the public in Kenya is an offence.
The other thing that government helped a lot is establishment of NACADA. This is an organisation that help in   fighting drugs abuse.By holding up seminars and campaign against drug abuse.Also the introduction of outside cover been  printed a message like cigarette smoking can cause death,disease etc.This usually help those who are introducing themselves to this substance.

The prices should even be doubled to reduce the number of people who are using the substance.But big question arise that Economy of the world is also supported  by the tobacco.The Companies that manufacture the product pay government a lot of money and also have employed many employees from those who sell the product to the Customer(Smoker),Farmer who plant the Tobacco product to sell to these companies for his daily bread.If we ban tobacco produce where will the people go.
My opinion to these is that It should only be  increased the prices and not ban them completely.Those who will afford to use them let them use them.

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