MPs Push For Countrywide Ban of Asbestos Roofing
Lawmarkers urged that all asbestos roofing in public institutions be removed within one year...
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Kenyan Members of Parliament are urgently pushing for the nationwide removal of all asbestos roofing due to significant health risks, despite a ban implemented decades ago. The call follows a public petition highlighting continued use in public facilities and the material's links to severe respiratory illnesses.
- Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale confirmed that NEMA surveyed 19 counties and issued safe removal guidelines, noting slow replacement in public facilities.
- The committee directed NEMA to identify all asbestos-roofed buildings in the remaining 28 counties and develop a national disposal plan within 6 months.
- Wajir MP Ibrahim Abdi's petition on September 28 highlighted the use of asbestos in schools, hospitals, and police stations, despite Kenya banning it in 2006, following 55 other countries.
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