A Chinese company is on the spot for ignoring orders restricting quarrying activities in Kedong, Naivasha. Following the impunity, irate members of the public stormed the facility located off Moi South Lake road accusing the investor for massive air and noise pollution. Carrying placards and twigs, the over 300 demonstrators who included parents from a nearby school vowed that they would be holding weekly demonstrations until the investor abided by the law. For the last two months, the company has been illegally involved in quarrying activities with dust and blast affecting nearby homes and institutions. According to Caroline Wanjiku from Longonot Vista Resort, the quarrying activities had paralysed their operations leading to massive losses. She said that the Ministry of Mining and the National Environmental Managment Authority (NEMA) had served orders to the foreign company to stop quarrying activities but this had been ignored. “This is impunity of the highest order and we are wondering if a Kenyan can do the same in China and at this time the government stamped its foot on this issue,” she said. Wanjiku further noted that the loud blasts and dust had health complications among residents adding that they would not be deterred in their fight. A parent Margaret Kusa from Longonot DEB Prima school said that their children were complaining of chest pains since the quarrying acti...
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