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KPC pays Thange Oil spill victims Sh11m
EnviroServ, the company cleaning oil-polluted Thange River in Makueni County, technical manager Nicholas Kipchirchir gestures as he makes a point to Makueni Senator Mutula Kilonzo Junior (right) and Kenya Pipeline Company Managing Director Joe Sang at an inspection trench near the condemned river on July 5, 2017. PHOTO | PIUS MAUNDU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Sang ordered SGS, a Japanese contractor, to inspect the quality of air in the affected area following complaints by locals that they were inhaling petroleum fumes.
- Farmers and the local leaders decried of KPC's "slow pace" in compensating the residents and cleaning the polluted environment.
- Senator Kilonzo and Ms Mbalu read foul play in KPC’s apparent slow pace in addressing the Thange oil spill disaster.
Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) has disbursed Sh11 million to compensate 111 victims who were affected by oil spillage in Thange valley, Makueni County, Managing Director Joe Sang has said.
Mr Sang said that some Sh10 million more was about to be released to the oil spill victims.
