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MPs push for probe into Thange oil leak compensation

By Stephen Nzioka | 6yrs ago

A section of excavation area in Thange village, Kibwezi, Makueni County where there was an oil spill. [File, Standard]

National Assembly Environment Committee has called for investigations on CIC Insurance Group Limited for failure to compensate Thange oil spill victims in Kibwezi East Constituency.

The House team observed that the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) insurer, CIC, had spent a lot of time in the verification process of victims of the 2015 oil spill.

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