State officials storm Changamwe lead factory after KTN's expose

National Environment Management Authority (Nema) officials from Mombasa outside the lead factory at Owino Uhuru slums in Mikindani, where they were locked outside for six hours. [PHOTO: GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

Mombasa,Kenya: Government officials yesterday stormed the alleged killer factory in Changamwe Mombasa, whose owners are accused of emitting lead effluent. This comes following a KTN expose’ of a lead poisoning scandal.

The entry took place after a six-hour standoff between inspectors from the National Environment Authority (Nema) and the management of the controversial Kenya Metal Refinery. But even as these developments unfolded, residents of the poverty stricken Owino Uhuru slum who have been afflicted by lead effluent, have said they would not relocate from the area despite documented evidence of lethal lead emissions from a nearby smelting factory.