An arrest warrant was issued by a Mavoko court in March after the managers failed to appear in court to answer to charges of environmental pollution and failing to improve the working conditions of their workers. RIVER ATHIThe managers were at pains explaining why they had not complied with the law, five years after the Chinese company was constructed. FOLLOW THE LAWThe committee established that the water was causing health and economic challenges to people living along the river. Some high-end estates in the area were also put on notice for dumping raw sewage into the river. All the raw sewage is poured into the river and it has caused ill-health to people downstream.

Source: Daily Nation May 01, 2019 08:19 UTC