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NEMA suspends officers over ill-fated Embakasi gas plant license

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Razed trucks at the Embakasi gas refilling plant. [Wilberforce Okwiri, Standard]

The National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) has suspended four officers over the licensing of the Embakasi gas refilling plant that killed at least three following an explosion on Friday night.

The move to discipline the officers comes after President William Ruto on Saturday ordered the Director of Criminal Investigation(DCI) to hunt down the owner of the ill-fated Embakasi gas plant.

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