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Replacement of asbestos roofing yet to be implemented for lack of funding decade after ban

One of the asbestos-roofed Government houses in Machakos town. The National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) has sounded a warning over disposal of the dangerous material. [Photo:Erastus Mulwa/Standard]

The county government lacks money to replace asbestos roofing sheets on its houses and other public facilities.

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