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Quarries expose Kitengela residents to chest problems, risks of getting cancer

An earial view of Kitengela town in Kajiado County. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

Kitengela in Kajiado County is famed for its meat eateries. And dust. While the meat is inspected, the dust, mainly from quarries, is another environmental health hazard altogether.

Add to the sprouting of factories and the air pollution only gets worse, turning Kitengela into one dusty hotbed of noise, air and even water pollution.

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