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Blow to slum dwellers as court overturns Sh1.3b compensation

Owino-Uhuru slum dwellers and activists during a past procession in Mombasa. [Robert Menza, Standard]

It was a blow to hundreds of Owino-Uhuru slum dwellers after the Court of Appeal overturned a Sh1.3 billion damage award for lead poisoning.

Justices Gatembu Kairu, Jessie Lesiit and Pauline Nyamweya also set aside a Sh700 million fine to the respondents of the case to clean the environment affected by lead poisoning in the area.

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