Residents set to petition Senate over sand dredging by Chinese firm

Residents of Kwale are planning to petition the Senate over the dredging of sand from Indian ocean by a Chinese construction company. South Coast Resident Association (SCRA), World Wildlife Fund (WWF), Kwale County Government and other meet today to start the process of collecting signatures for the petition.

The decision to petition the Senate comes after Governor Salim Mvurya raised the dredging issue with suspended Transport Cabinet Secretary Michael Kamau and President Uhuru Kenyatta when they visited the county early this year.