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Thursday, August 28, 2003 - 03:00
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Environment [2]
Issue Number: 
121 [3]
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The Ministry of Water Development has been asked to help slow down water pollution in the Coast region instead of ignoring it. The Environment Trust of Kenya (ETK) wants the Minister for Water, Mrs Martha Karua, to rectify water contamination in the province to avert impending health disasters. The recent findings by Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (Kemfri) that water in the region is unfit for human consumption has continued to cause panic ...read more [4]

The Ministry of Water Development has been asked to help slow down water pollution in the Coast region instead of ignoring it. The Environment Trust of Kenya (ETK) wants the Minister for Water, Mrs Martha Karua, to rectify water contamination in the province to avert impending health disasters. The recent findings by Kenya Bureau of Standards (Kebs) and Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute (Kemfri) that water in the region is unfit for human consumption has continued to cause panic among the residents, ETK said.

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Land & Environment [5]
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Country: 
Kenya [7]

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