Nema halts market project on disused Taita Taveta cemetery
Ongoing construction of Sh1.3 million market at Bura Ndogo area in Taveta, Taita Taveta County. Nema has stopped the project until the county government conducts an environmental impact assessment exercise. PHOTO | COURTESY
The Nema official said county officials must also show how they will dispose of the remains exhumed during the construction of the market.
She said if the officials fail to address these issues, the authority will take measures, including seeking a court order, to stop the project.
The national environmental watchdog has stopped the construction of a market on cemetery land in Taveta.
Nema has now ordered the Taita Taveta County government to conduct an environmental impact assessment before it embarks on the the Sh1.3 million stalls project in Bura Ndogo village.
