The President of Kenya, William Ruto, started a big project on Monday called the Nairobi River Regeneration and Engineering Works Programme. This project will cost 50 billion Kenyan shillings. It will create 40,000 new jobs, which is more than the 22,000 people who already work for the Climate WorX Mtaani Initiative. The project will also build a 60-kilometer sewer line and 50,000 affordable houses in the areas that they fix up.
The Nairobi Rivers Commission and the ministries of Housing, Environment, and Defence will collaborate on this project. President Ruto said the government will ensure that Nairobi stays clean and safe for the people who live there and visit. He called the project a "life-changing initiative" that will give...