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    FACTORS LEADING TO CONFLICTS IN SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT: THE CASE OF DANDORA DUMPSITE IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
    (Tangaza University, 2019-08) KAMALA PIYABALO
    The purpose of this study was to explore the socio-economic factors leading to conflicts in managing solid waste in Dandora. Waste management has become a lucrative business for the survival of Kenyan society because of extreme poverty and social imbalance. This leads to a conflict of interest among stakeholders intervening in waste management. The study used social conflict theory and waste management theory. The study adopted a correlative research design and mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative) were used to present the relationship between socio-economic factors and conflict in waste management. The research used random sampling technique to select 359 participants responded to questionnaire survey because the number of waste collector and cartels is unknown and 40 respondents were interviewed. The researcher did 7 days observation on the dumpsite. The interview schedule and questionnaires survey were administrated to the local community, City County of Nairobi, interest and organized group, and waste collectors in the private and public sector. The SPSS package version 21 was used for the regression analysis to determine the relationship between socio-economic factors and conflict in waste management for quantitative data and thematic analysis was used to categorize different topics and determine major themes for qualitative data. The key finds for social factors are unemployment, weakness of authorities, and insecurity, social imbalance, and women rape, lack of awareness. The key findings for economic factors are conflict of interest, competition, corruption, and economic control, for instance, 63.1% of the respondents strongly agreed that the relocation of the dumpsite will affect them economically. And 60% of the respondents are against to the displacement of the dumpsite from Dandora and 37.5% want the dumpsite to be relocated because of its negative effect. For example, six respondents said that the dumpsite is a hideout for criminals who kill and commit robberies in the neighborhood. The hypotheses tested confirmed that socio-economic factors are the main causes of conflict in waste management. Therefore, the study recommends that the government should provide permanent security in the dumpsite, and offer the popular education and free education for the community living around the dumpsite of Dandora. The government of Kenya should provide decent and affordable housing system for the vulnerable household. The Nairobi County government should create job opportunities by introducing the waste management technology which will transform the dumpsite to waste industry. The government should elaborate proper policies in waste management and specifically Dandora dumpsite. For the action plan, the researcher plans the advocacy for social justice based on the equal access for free education for most of the vulnerable of Dandora. The researcher intends to reach County government of Nairobi and parliament to advocate for vulnerable street children of Dandora and victims of negative effects of the dumpsite of Dandora.