A group of 298 residents from remote villages in Marsabit County, northern Kenya, is suing BP and the Kenyan government over 1980s oil exploration waste, which they claim has caused a cancer cluster responsible for hundreds of deaths.
On Thursday, Kenya's High Court ruled that a class action lawsuit against multinational oil and gas company BP, accusing it of decades-long toxic waste disposal that contaminated drinking water in northern Kenya, can proceed.
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