Six people were on Thursday arrested from premises discharging raw waste water into sewers in Nairobi's Industrial Area following an inspection by Nema. Nema has been inspecting premises to weed out companies polluting rivers. In Machakos, Governer Alfred Mutua on Monday launched a crackdown on factories polluting rivers across the county. Most of the rivers affected by pollution caused by inappropriate dumping of industrial waste are in Mavoko, Yatta and Matungulu subcounties. Last month, Nema closed three companies in Nairobi's South B area over toxic gas emission.

Source: The Star May 02, 2019 13:53 UTC