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Kilifi county ordered to pay Sh50m for land used as dump site

Garbage truck

A lorry passes a pile of rubbish in Kilifi County. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Court says it will be the responsibility of the county government to ensure that the pollution it has caused on the land and the neighbourhood is remedied at its costs.
  • The judge noted that the county government failed to follow the procedure for the establishment of a dumping site as provided by law.

The county government of Kilifi has been ordered to pay owners of a parcel of land in Malindi where it has been dumping waste Sh50 million in general damages.

The Environment and Land Court further ordered the devolved unit to pay Ms Amina Said Abdalla, Omar Said Swaleh and Ahmed Said Swaleh, the owners, Sh5 million for continued trespass on the 36-acre parcel of land in Casuarina area.