The National Environment Management Authority has stopped the construction of a godown and backfilling of a Kilifi wetland by a sweet-processing company. Nema chairman John Konchella and his board inspected the wetland and ordered the construction to stop, accusing the company of not adhering to some conditions of its establishment. He ordered Mzuri Sweets to restore the backfilled section of the wetland to its original state within 30 days. Mzuri Sweets was supposed to create an artificial wetland of either the same size or bigger than the one they were to backfill. Ouma said the backfilling and the construction of an artificial wetland was to be done after the implementation of several safeguards.

Source: The Star October 14, 2020 18:00 UTC