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    AN ASSESSMENT OF THE SUSTAINABILITY OF SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS OF KENYA: (A case study of Rusinga Schools in Nairobi County)
    (Tangaza University, 2024-07) BEATRICE NABURI NAKHOLI
    The aim of this study was to establish the sustainability of managing solid waste in schools in Kenya using Rusinga School as a case study. The study was steered by four objectives namely: exploring the factors that enhance sustainable waste management in schools, assessment of students’ involvement in sustainable waste management in schools, examining the contribution of government policies to enhancing sustainable waste management in schools and an assessment of the contribution of various resources to enhancing sustainable waste management in schools. A descriptive research design with qualitative and quantitative approaches was used in the study. Data was collected using self-administered questionnaires and face to face interviews with a target population of 330 students, 7 staff members of Rusinga School, 9 from County Government of Nairobi and 4 from Taka Taka solutions. The sampling procedure was guided by both probability and non-probability sampling techniques. Findings showed that factors that enhance sustainable waste management included knowledge and skills reported by 69.9% of the students. Of the students who took part in the study, 16.4% indicated to be knowledgeable of sustainable waste management (SWM) procedure, 16.4% said they lacked training on SWM while 13.6% were indifferent to having had SWM training. With regards to their involvement in sustainable waste management, 71.4% of the students were not directly involved or actively playing a role in the SWM process. However, from the qualitative responses, it was affirmed that there was an enactment of Government policies on SWM although schools are struggling to implement them. Subsequently, 60.7% of the student responses refuted the existence of a structured SWM system and qualitatively the respondents affirmed a lack of adequate resources to managing solid waste among other challenges. The study recommends that awareness creation on waste and training on SWM to enhance knowledge and skills of learners and other stakeholders be carried out. In the long term, the study recommends the introduction of the waste literacy curriculum aimed at behaviour change of students who will then influence the entire community within the community.