Phyllis Omido is leading a landmark course action demanding a clean-up and compensation from a lead-smelting factory accused of poisoning local residents - including her own sonEight years after her baby was lead-poisoned through breast milk,Kenya’s most prominent anti-pollution campaigner is set to finally fetch her day in court in a case that the UN hopes will prove a landmark for environmental defenders across Africa.
Phyllis Omido has been threatened by thugs, arrested by police and forced into hiding for organising opposition to a lead-smelting factory in Mombasa, or which allegedly poisoned residents in the neighbouring shantytown of Owino Uhuru. Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk