Nairobi, 16th July 2025
Mobility and Works County Executive Committee Member Mr. Ibrahim Auma has unveiled plans to align urban mobility initiatives with air quality monitoring efforts as part of Nairobi County’s strategy to transition to cleaner, more sustainable transport systems, which will contribute directly to improved air quality across the City.
Speaking at CLEAN AIR FORUM 2025 held at Safari Park, Mr. Auma indicated that air quality is deeply connected to land use, transport, waste management, housing and digital governance.
“Today’s session on Air Quality Monitoring and data ecosystem is both timely and essential, as air pollution remains one of the most serious and under-reported public health challenge across African cities, yet the data needed to inform effective, evidence based action real time, location, publicly accessible air quality data remains limited, inconsistent or altogether absent in many contexts. “He noted.
Mr. Auma acknowledged that while technology plays a crucial role, it alone cannot bridge Africa’s air quality data gap, adding that the breakthrough lies in partnerships between Cities and researchers, governments and civil society, local innovators and global platforms.
” Here in Nairobi County, we are working with partners to develop a City owned air quality data ecosystem – one that is decentralized, transparent and accessible to the public with regulations anchored in the Nairobi City County Air Quality Act, 2022.” Announced Mr. Auma.
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