Youth volunteers from Embakasi, a division of Nairobi, joined forces with local police on July 11, in a community clean-up exercise.

Footage shows volunteers cleaning uncollected waste from the streets of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, a slum in the east of Kenya's capital.

The scheme, which has been running for two years, is organised in partnership with the Salvation Army, national government administration, and police.

A total of 200 volunteers took part in the clean up.

Among those leading the volunteers is David Abima, a County Police Commander, Martin Mugambi from the Institute for Social Accountability, and Stephen Okoth, the Community Policing Secretary.

Uncollected solid waste is one of Nairobi’s most challenging environmental problems, especially in low and middle-income areas, where there is no waste collection system in place.

According to local media, the Nairobi county government has acknowledged it cannot manage the 2,475 tons of waste being produced each day.

Embakasi south youth members in close co-ordination with the police engaged themselves in a community clean-up exercise, the exercise was geared towards bringing the community together to work with the police and to sensitize the public on the responsibilities and functions of community policing, loads of plastic were collected by the time the exercise ended

Who's behind the initiative? Is the city or an organisation?

The county Government of Mukuru kwa Njenga had partnered with many stakeholders including the county government of Imara Daima
, Salvation Army, National government administration, the institute for social accountability
and the community policing office Mukuru kwa Njenga location.

How many young people are taking part? Are they volunteers?

The whole point of the exercise is to give the youths a chance to build their community and to strengthen their relationships
with the police, Kindly Note that Mukuru Kwa Njenga area is a slum and is prone to many crimes by youths. The exercise
was open hence the participants were volunteers and they were more than 200

Is this happening across the city?

No idt does not happen across the city, it only happens in Embakassi constituency, iN Mukuru kwa Njenga which is a slum

There appears to be officials in the video, any names?
Yes there are, in the Video at 00:06 that's David Abima the county commander Embakassi constituency, also officials
who attended though not in the video were Martin Mugambi from the institute for social accountability and Stephen Okoth
the Community policing Secretary Mukuru kwa Njenga

How long will they be doing this?

It was a one day event they plan to do another one before January, It was started 2 years ago

Are local media covering? Do you have a link to an article?
I did not see any media house covering it, a colleague had tipped me of the exercise prior.

i hope this helps, sorry for the belated response
do have a nice time.