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How EPRA, ministries dropped the ball on Embakasi death plant

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Aftermath of fire at Mraadi area in Embakasi, Nairobi. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

The firm that had been operating the cooking gas plant that caused a major explosion Thursday night at Nairobi's Embakasi was operating illegally.

It is emerging that the owners of the cooking gas storage and filling plant that was the source of the explosion were convicted criminals. The high court had last year found them guilty of operating the plant illegally.

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