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Vetting of lead poisoning victims completed ahead of court verdict

Verification exercise of victims of lead poisoning at Owino Ohuru in Mombasa. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Vetting of the 3,000 victims of lead poisoning in Mombasa's Owino Uhuru has been finalised ahead of the December 2 Court of Appeal verdict on a Sh1.3 billion award.

The victims were on Sunday optimistic that they will be compensated for pollution from a smelting plant that has since folded up.

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