{"id":786,"name":"Benard Ojwang","url":"","description":"Benard Ojwang is the current Ag. Director for Environment at the City of Kisumu (Kenya). Benard holds a MSc in Urban Environmental planning and management, a BSc in Environmental Health and a Diploma in Environmental Resource Management. He is an environmental specialist and is registered EIA\/SIA and Audit lead expert. His duties and responsibility entail: a) disseminating, implementing and ensuring compliance of the existing environmental policies, guidelines and manuals, laws and regulations in liaison with the County Director of Environment; b) oversee the implementation of policies on solid waste management, natural resource management and environmental quality control; c) promote environmental education and awareness creation; d) develop and implement Public Private Partnerships (PPP) guidelines for environmental services; and e) ensure compliance with various acts and regulations (such as the Environmental Management and Co-ordination act 1999  (Environmental Impact Assessment and Audit regulation (EIA\/EA), Solid waste management regulation and Noise and vibration Regulations).","link":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/author\/benardojwang\/","slug":"benardojwang","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-24x24.png","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-48x48.png","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-96x96.png"},"meta":[],"simple_local_avatar":{"media_id":32954,"full":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang.png","96":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-96x96.png","60":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-60x60.png","25":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-25x25.png","160":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-160x160.png","74":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-74x74.png","32":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-32x32.png","125":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-125x125.png","24":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-24x24.png","48":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-48x48.png","250":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-250x250.png","192":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/BenardOjwang-192x192.png"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thenatureofcities.com\/TNOC\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}