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Nema orders closure of Kibos Sugar Company over pollution

Residents of Kibos in Kisumu County during a demonstration against pollution, September 26, 2019. PHOTO | ONDARI OGEGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP

By  Victor Raballa

Senior Reporter

What you need to know:

  • Order will affect all associated factories, including the distillery, paper plant, gas plant and sugar miller.
  • Nema said the restraint order will remain until Kibos installs an effective air pollution control system at its boilers.

The National Environment Management Authority (Nema) has ordered immediate closure of Kibos and Allied Sugar Company in Kisumu County over pollution.

The order will affect all associated factories, including the distillery, paper plant, gas plant and a sugar miller.

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