Businesspersons running various petrol stations were apprehended on Thursday, May 11, following a raid by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA).
The ten proprietors were nabbed in a sting operation conducted in Nakuru County and its environs.
Defending the raid, NEMA indicated that the petrol station owners failed to apply for an Effluent Discharge License (EDL) special permit.
According to NEMA, the licence was critical in their operations, allowing them to dispose of waste liquids into the environment.
NEMA argued that the petrol stations contravened the Water Quality Regulations, 2006.
The Water Quality Regulations, 2006, prohibits effluent discharge into the environment contrary to the established standards.
"It further provides guidelines for discharging poisons, toxins, noxious, radioactive waste or other environmental pollutants," NEMA stated.
The latest raid came after NEMA scaled up operations over waste management in various parts of the country.
On Wednesday, May 10, NEMA raided various premises and apprehended different business owners possessing banned plastic bags.
The operation was launched after it was established that Kenyans had devised new ways to beat the system to allow the circulation of banned plastic bags.
“We have already arrested about four people mainly from bakeries, because we found that they are using these bags that are printed but are not cleared by NEMA," NEMA Regional Director for Rift Valley Njoki Mukiri stated.
"We have realised that they have been issued with clearance but are not adhering to the conditions that were issued, and that is why we have arrested them, and we are going to arraign them in the court of law,” she added.
She warned of imposing a Ksh2 million fine on traders found culpable.
