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Magarini MP inspects contaminated well. Thirty fresh water wells in the village near Indian Ocean have been abandoned due to contamination by seepage from nearby salt manufacturing activity. [Photo by Joackim Bwana/Standard]
One early morning, armed police stormed Msumarini village in Adu Ward to enforce a state decree on eviction of residents.
The government had allocated the land to a private investor in salt manufacturing.
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