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Health ministry confirms radiation

    NAIROBI

    Kenya’s Permanent Secretary in the ministry of health, Professor Julius Meme, last week confirmed that about 20,000 people may have been affected by radiation due to a 21 km section of road containing radioactive compounds in the Coast Province, the ‘Daily Nation’ reported. It is believed that the workers on the road in May unknowingly scooped tons of rocks containing thorium from the nearby Mrima hill, and used it to repair the road. Meme has directed that people who could have been exposed to the radioactive substance be medically examined.

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