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Parliament investigates toxic waste storage

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    The Rwandan parliament has decided to investigate allegations that the government embezzled funds intended for the disposal of toxic waste, AFP reported on Thursday. It said the government had failed to destroy the toxic remains of a cargo of 250 tons of pesticides donated by the European Union, despite an EU grant given in 1995 for that purpose. Members of parliament were "not satisfied with the reasons given by the government as to why what was left of the pesticides was kept in storage" in Kigali, AFP reported.

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