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Teddy Kinyanjui
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On Sat, Nov 17, 2018 at 6:24 PM Crispin Pemberton-Pigott <
crispinpigott at outlook.com> wrote:

> Dear Teddy
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> We get and idea about the value of the technical analysis by the authors
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> “Additional recommendations include: installing fabric filters to reduce
> emission of fine dust particles, using electrostatic precipitators that can
> tremendously minimise the emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides and
> carbon dioxide.”
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> If they manage to reduce sulphur and nitrogen oxides and carbon dioxide
> with the use of an electrostatic precipitator, a large number of people
> would be interested to know how they did it.
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> In last weeks newspaper here in Kenya,
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> ''The residents are also able to use the readings from the sensors to
> advocate measures to improve the air quality. The sensors.AFRICA project
> was set up in Mukuru Kwa Reuben at Reuben FM, 330 meters from Accurate
> Steel Mills, a subsidiary of Bhachu Industries Limited. The readings from
> 330m away were high, and we were there to see what the sensors would tell
> us about pollution closer to the factories.
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> The data collected by the air quality sensors confirmed the residents’
> claims that the factories regularly release emissions between 2pm and 6pm.
> Using the World Health Organisation’s Air Quality guidelines, the data
> showed that over a seven-day period with data collected over 24hrs,
> residents living around the sensor at Reuben FM were seeing Particulate
> Matter (PM) 10 values higher than the WHO-recommended levels over a 24-hour
> period, four days of the week.
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> The values were so high, despite being over a quarter of a kilometre away
> from the factory. The Code for Arica team went on walkabout to take
> readings with a portable sensor closer to the factory.
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> Our first reading at Maendeleo Learning Centre at 2.59pm was 266 μg/m3
> for PM 10, well above WHO air quality standards. The factory with the
> chimney emitting to the right of the school was identified as Divani, but
> that could not be substantiated. Its chimney is visibly lower than the
> prescribed Nema guidelines, which is 40-50m high from the tallest building
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> An environment expert at the National clean air production Evans Nangulu
> said following latest assessments of the Bhachu factory, they had directed
> the company to raise its chimneys from 20m to at least 50m to increase the
> dispersion rate of the waste gases.
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> Additional recommendations include: installing fabric filters to reduce
> emission of fine dust particles, using electrostatic precipitators that can
> tremendously minimise the emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides and
> carbon dioxide.
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> On how these regulations are being enforced, Nangulu said: “The main
> challenge is that we have so many papers on policies and regulations in
> place, but enforcement and enactment remains a nightmare. When you go to
> the ground, you realise very little is being done.”
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> Adding: “Enforcing these regulations is not a one-off idea. It should be
> continuous, and if those in charge can tighten their ends to ensure both
> developers and factories follow the law, we can reduce the unfortunate
> situation that the people in Kwa Reuben find themselves in.”  Nangulu urged
> factories to adopt modern technologies to help them manage their
> emissions.''
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> https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2018/11/07/mukuru-fumes-put-60-asthma-patients-a-month-in-hospital_c1843071
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> Teddy Kinyanjui
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