The National Environment
Management Authority (NEMA) has flagged 29 companies within the Nairobi
metropolis, among them Uhuru’s Brookside Milk company, accusing them of
pollution of the Nairobi River.
In a statement, NEMA noted that
the discovery was made during an inspection of the river in January.
As a result, the companies
were directed to clean the water body within the next 30 days.
Some of the companies that were
listed by NEMA include Brookside Dairy Limited, Ndhiwa Sukari Industries
Limited, Pearl Dairy Farm Limited, Kenya Tea Packers Limited, Mini Bakeries
(NRB) Limited and Mjengo Limited.
Others were Unilever Kenya
Limited, Kapa Oil Refineries Limited, BAT Kenya, Yemken Trading Company
Limited, Kilimambogo Millers Limited, Dawa Limited, UDV (Kenya) Limited, Meru
Central Dairy Cooperative Union Limited, Softcare Kenya Company Limited and
Sunveat Foods Limited.
Fabrique Par; Promasidor (Kenya)
Limited, Bidcoro Africa Limited for Suntory Beverage & Food Kenya Limited,
Weetabix East Africa Limited, Laboratory and Allied Limited, Beta Health Care,
Mars Wringley Confectionery Kenya Limited, Global Mark Food Limited, Premier
Food Limited, and Gold Crown Beverages (Kenya) Limited.
NEMA also flagged the Githunguri
Dairy Farmers Cooperative Society, Kinangop Dairy Milk Limited, Kamili Packers
Limited and. Kensalt Limited
Additionally, apart from
cleaning the river, the companies were directed to file a report on the
cleaning exercise.
The Kenyan DAILY POST.
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