What NGO Discovered About Uhuru’s 39B Project that Forced them to Petition Suspension of the Project

The African Center for Corrective and Preventive Action – a non governmental has filed a petition in the Mombasa Environment court seeking orders for the suspension of president Uhuru Kenyatta’s 39B Dongo Kundu Special Economic Zone.

The non governmental argues in court papers that it has made a number of discoveries about the project that should be of key concern.

The NGO argues that it discovered that the project will lead to massive pollution of the Indian Ocean as most of the wastes from the Special Economic Zone will allegedly be dumped in the water body.

The NGO says it additionally discovered that the project will involve excessive dredging and land reclamation likely to result in destruction if the indigenous tree species the endangered mangrove forests. The NGO also argues that the government has not produced any environmental impact if the project.

Due to the looming environmental disaster, the NGO wants the court to compel the government not to continue with the project

The government is yet to file a response to the petition. Recently, the government has expressed intention to fast track development of the project.

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