OF THE DREADED MERCHANTS OF DEATH, OF THE ENDANGERED LIVES IN THE DESERT..... Ever since the hot news of people dying of cancer in Marsabit spread like wild bush fires to the global audiences, there has been a relative silence on who is responsible for the alleged toxic waste disposals on the remote desert lands of Chalbi, Kargi, and Kalacha. The most hard hit region is however Kargi which falls under the larger Laisamis Constituency according to preliminary reports submitted by experts to the authorities. Of great concern is however the questionable work carried out by the oil exploration companies that are carrying out their various works in this rural region. The case of the first prime suspect AMOCO OIL Company which was largely implicated in the Kargi cancer deaths that started immediately after the 1997 El Nino rains has since vanished to the unknowns. AMOCO is largely accused of leaving huge chunks and deposits of radio active material in Kargi without the knowledge of the residents after terminating its operations there. The rest has since been a tale of agonies, terrible sicknesses and funerals of people dying of cancer. At one point, the late laisamis MP Moses Ngoyoni raised this serious issue in parliament but nothing has since bore fruit with parliamentarians taking new twists in this debate. His successor Joseph Lekuton also raised the same issue in parliament but his efforts to find answers to this quagmire were also thwarted like what they did to the late Ngoyoni. A few weeks ago, more than thirty camels were reported to have died in an area between Laisamis and Logologo. This area was reportedly within the environs of another oil exploration companys prospecting activities. The camels died under mysterious circumstances with the camel farmers counting losses and equally left with myriads of questions on what caused the deaths of their camels. Up to date, we have not received any official reports from the authorities on what really transpired as far as the cause of the said mass deaths is concerned. The Marsabit county government which should have been the first to give an official communication of this serious disaster has meanwhile been displayed in the public list of shame for spending Sh 78 million in staff tea and flowers! Where is the National environmental Management Authority? Where is the Marsabit County government department of Livestock services? Were any postmortems carried out on the camel carcasses to ascertain the real cause of camel deaths? Have they started yet another of their secret death missions of dumping their toxic waste disposals in the unsuspecting yet a very revengeful desert which bites you back when it discovers your evil plans? Where is the senator Abubakr Harugura? where is the governor Ukur Yatani? where is Laisamis MP Joseph Lekuton? Where are the education empowered people of Laisamis? Could this be a creation of another cancer belt? Has anyone grilled the African Oil company for what really happened? Whatever the case, I am not personally ready to usher in another era of foreign companies carrying out their activities in communal lands without a transparent involvement of the innocent hosts. No one is against the presence of these oil companies in Marsabit county as they come with economic benefits mostly through the employment of the local people but as it is said, history always repeats itself. Let the people of Marsabit make merry with the seasonal windfalls that come with the labor payments from these companies but also observe a moment on the downfalls that come with the intake of these juicy morsels! The African oil company has since moved out of Laisamis and is reportedly in the upper Marsabit region prospecting for more oil. No one knows what is really going on but when we see the red flag then that is the time we will start throwing insults!! Cc Galgesa Stephen Basele Robert Lmeidimi Lechipan Eiizabeth Leitoro Peter Lkayo Simon Beilewa Kulamo Tina B David Timado
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 13:50:35 +0000
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