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Africa-Press. <\/strong> <\/span>La socie\u0301te\u0301 e\u0301nerge\u0301tique britannique BP fait face a\u0300 une action en justice concernant l’enfouissement de de\u0301chets toxiques au Kenya, spe\u0301cifiquement dans deux villages situe\u0301s au nord-est du pays, ce qui aurait cause\u0301 des cas de cancer chez des centaines d’habitants et la mort de milliers de te\u0302tes de be\u0301tail.<\/p>\n

L’action en justice, intente\u0301e par des centaines d’habitants locaux, accuse BP d’avoir de\u0301verse\u0301 des substances toxiques ayant entrai\u0302ne\u0301 la contamination des eaux souterraines dans les villages de Kargi et Kalacha, situe\u0301s dans le comte\u0301 de Marsabit, au nord du Kenya.<\/p>\n

Bien que BP n’ait pas mene\u0301 de missions d’exploration pe\u0301trolie\u0300re entre 1984 et 1990, pe\u0301riode durant laquelle il est alle\u0301gue\u0301 que des de\u0301chets dangereux ont e\u0301te\u0301 laisse\u0301s, la socie\u0301te\u0301 a acquis en 1998 la compagnie pe\u0301trolie\u0300re ame\u0301ricaine Amoco, qui avait re\u0301alise\u0301 ces ope\u0301rations.<\/p>\n

De\u0301tails de la plainte<\/b><\/p>\n

Les avocats des plaignants ont officiellement soumis des documents de la plainte a\u0300 la socie\u0301te\u0301 britannique par l’interme\u0301diaire du ministe\u0300re des Affaires e\u0301trange\u0300res, apre\u0300s que BP ait pre\u0301ce\u0301demment conteste\u0301 l’affaire pour des raisons proce\u0301durales.<\/p>\n

La plainte indique: “Le comte\u0301 de Marsabit a connu, au cours des trois dernie\u0300res de\u0301cennies, une augmentation des taux de cancer, ainsi qu’une mortalite\u0301 continue du be\u0301tail et des maladies associe\u0301es.”<\/p>\n

L’avocat Kelvin Kobai a de\u0301clare\u0301 a\u0300 une source locale que BP est poursuivie parce qu’en acque\u0301rant Amoco, elle a “he\u0301rite\u0301 des actifs et des obligations ensemble”. Il a ajoute\u0301: “British Petroleum est poursuivie en raison des activite\u0301s historiques d’Amoco.”<\/p>\n

Kobai a explique\u0301 que les documents judiciaires, auxquels une source locale a eu acce\u0300s, montrent que pre\u0300s de 200 plaignants sont de\u0301ce\u0301de\u0301s, la plupart d’entre eux souffrant de diffe\u0301rents types de cancer, et que des membres de leurs familles les repre\u0301sentent actuellement dans l’affaire. Il a de\u0301crit ce qui s’est passe\u0301 comme un “ge\u0301nocide environnemental”, avertissant que le nombre de personnes touche\u0301es pourrait e\u0302tre plus e\u0301leve\u0301 et continue d’augmenter.<\/p>\n

Te\u0301moignage des plaignants<\/b><\/p>\n

Asunta Galgitele, la principale plaignante, a de\u0301clare\u0301 qu’elle avait pris soin de plusieurs de ses proches qui sont de\u0301ce\u0301de\u0301s par la suite a\u0300 cause du cancer, soulignant que la cause e\u0301tait la contamination des puits d’ou\u0300 ils tiraient leur eau. Elle a ajoute\u0301: “C’est la premie\u0300re fois que nous sommes entendus, cela a pris beaucoup de temps.”<\/p>\n

Des me\u0301dias locaux ont e\u0301galement rapporte\u0301 la contamination des eaux souterraines dans le village de Kargi, y compris un incident survenu en 2000 ou\u0300 environ sept mille te\u0302tes de be\u0301tail sont mortes.<\/p>\n

Une e\u0301tude mene\u0301e par l’Universite\u0301 de Nairobi a re\u0301ve\u0301le\u0301 que “les niveaux de nitrates dans l’eau potable e\u0301taient cinq a\u0300 dix fois supe\u0301rieurs aux limites recommande\u0301es par l’Organisation mondiale de la sante\u0301”. Les plaignants ont cite\u0301 d’autres e\u0301tudes scientifiques dans les documents soumis au tribunal.<\/p>\n

BP n’a pas encore commente\u0301 l’affaire, tandis que l’avocat Kobai a de\u0301clare\u0301 apre\u0300s l’audience de jeudi: “BP sera contraint de fournir des re\u0301ponses officielles a\u0300 notre plainte.”<\/p>\n

Le tribunal a fixe\u0301 au 16 juin prochain la date pour de\u0301terminer si la socie\u0301te\u0301 a officiellement rec\u0327u les documents de la plainte.<\/p>\n

Retrouvez plus d\u2019actualit\u00e9s et d\u2019analyses sur l\u2019Afrique<\/span> sur le site Africa Press<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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