By COLLINS OMULOMore by this AuthorNational Environmental Management Agency (Nema) on Monday closed down all slaughterhouses in Kiamaiko, Nairobi, for not complying with various regulations, especially the management of solid and liquid waste. Nema communications manager Evans Nyabuto said the slaughterhouses, popular for goat meat from northern Kenya, were closed for not having waste water pre-treatment facilities. “We have ordered the immediate closure of Kiamaiko slaughterhouses because they do not have pre-treatment facilities. He said the slaughterhouses are a major source of pollutants to Nairobi River which is currently being rehabilitated by Nema, the Ministry of Environment and Nairobi County government. We realised that all Kiamaiko slaughterhouses are discharging their waste directly to Nairobi River,” he said.

Source: Daily Nation April 24, 2018 12:56 UTC