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Cases / Chemical pollution · Kenya · 2023

Owino Uhuru lead poisoning (Mombasa, Kenya)

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 1 none on record · 1 insufficient · 1 not measured See the gaps

A record of lead poisoning at Owino Uhuru, Mombasa, with a compensation award reported to have been overturned on appeal in 2023. The research file for this case holds little verified material.

Sh1.3 billionCompensation figure in the headline of the Business Daily article
From the article headline; the award and its reversal are not independently verified.

Status As of June 2023 (latest source reviewed): a compensation award was reported overturned on appeal; this is not independently verified.

What?
Lead poisoning at Owino Uhuru, Mombasa, Kenya; the research file holds a reported compensation award that was reported overturned on appeal in 2023 (not independently verified). Business Daily Africa
Where?
Owino Uhuru, Mombasa, Kenya. Business Daily Africa
When?
Business Daily Africa article dated June 2023. Business Daily Africa
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not available in the sources reviewed.
How?
Not available in the sources reviewed.
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

The case concerns lead poisoning in the Owino Uhuru settlement of Mombasa, Kenya. The research file for this case holds very little verified detail on the poisoning itself, the source of the lead, the people affected, or the company or authorities involved.

Business Daily Africa published, in June 2023, an article headlined 'Owino Uhuru dwellers suffer blow in pursuit of Sh1.3bn poison pay'. The research file records it as the only source for the compensation proceedings.

The research file summarises the matter as a compensation award of 1.3 billion shillings, of which the state was to bear 70%, in connection with a lead smelter, overturned on appeal in 2023. The file marks this summary as not independently verified, so it is listed under what is unknown.

  1. 2023June: Business Daily Africa article, 'Owino Uhuru dwellers suffer blow in pursuit of Sh1.3bn poison pay'

How it looked

What was shown, beside what was recorded.

Shown

    Recorded

    • Business Daily Africa headlined an article, in June 2023, 'Owino Uhuru dwellers suffer blow in pursuit of Sh1.3bn poison pay'.
      Business Daily Africa

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • Insufficient Reported but not independently verified: a compensation award of 1.3 billion shillings (state share 70%) for the Owino Uhuru lead smelter was overturned on appeal in 2023.
    • None on record The research file holds no verified account of the number of people poisoned, the lead levels, the operator of the smelter, or the extent of any clean-up.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not determined in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not determined in the sources reviewed; a reported award was reported overturned on appeal and is not verified.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

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