Over 3000 Changamwe residents at risk

Nairobi – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has raised concern over increased poisoning of coastal residents and environmental pollution ...

Probe team found factory negligent

IN 2009, the Public Complaints Committee (PCC) under the Ministry of Environment found that Metal Refineries Ltd did not ....

The smelter is gone, but slum dwellers still paying

Residents of Mombasa’s Owino Uhuru area are suffering fatal health conditions due to pollution.

Struggle of a Kenyan village

Residents of a poor district in Mombasa accuse the government of ignoring their pleas for help after toxic waste from a nearby smelter...

The mother who defied threats

Families in a Kenyan slum were slowly succumbing to lead poisoning from a smelting plant until Phyllis Omido campaigned for its closure...

Kenya's victims narrate ordeal

Lives are at risk in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa after thousands were exposed to lead.