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Air pollution claims 19,000 lives in Kenya each year, study shows
A section of Industrial Area in Nairobi. The air in the city is so polluted that it may be causing serious ailments including heart and lung diseases as well as cancer. PHOTO | SALATON NJAU
Kenya loses Sh200 billion each year as a result of premature deaths brought about by air pollution, suggesting that dirty air could be killing more people in Kenya than malnutrition.
A new study by a global policy forum has made the first major attempt to calculate both the human and financial cost of Africa’s pollution, concluding that an average of 19,000 deaths in Kenya arise from air pollution each year.
