Category Archives: studies

Cheetahs at work

…it is an informal settlement, not an illegal.

We had approached the mayor with a detailed baseline study of all problems, sorted to their priority and asked him for help. He replied that “it’s an illegal settlement”. – “No”, I …

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bribes

source: Understanding Small Scale Providers of Sanitation Services: A Case Study of Kibera, WSP, Nairobi, Kenya.

Found this in a very nice & detailed & straight forward + honest field note on SSPSS in Kibera, published by the WSP.

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Dear Nairobians,

Ever wondered what happens to your *waste*?

 

…and that’s just Dandora.
Now, since an agreement to form a great coalition gov. has been found, maybe the Deputy of the Deputy to the Deputy Vice Mheshimiwa will eventually put this on the …

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sanitation wars

One of the most tiring aspects within the field of sanitation are endless debates about the sustainability of sanitation.

On one hand there are those who are interested in conventional waste water treatment, and who are making a living out …

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Manning Strickler & Co.

Oh my, I urgently need to free? my head of this hydromechanics stuff.

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And there’s so much more happening outside of this microcosm. Now that’s what you get when you’re procrastinating duties from one season to the next. Damn.

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