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Coffee factories in Kisii and Nyamira face closure over environmental pollution

Picture of dump the site. [Photo by Jonah Onyango/Standard]

Coffee factories in Kisii and Nyamira counties are at risk of being closed down or slapped with lawsuits for causing massive environmental pollution.

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) claimed coffee millers in the two counties have for years been responsible for water pollution.

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