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Phyllis Omido

Kenyan Environmental Activist

Phyllis Omido dubbed the “East African Erin Brockovich”, is a Kenyan environmental activist.

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Phyllis Omido dubbed the “East African Erin Brockovich”, is a Kenyan environmental activist. She was one of 6 people to be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize in 2015. She is known for organizing protests against a lead smelting plant located in the middle of Owino Uhuru, a slum near Mombasa. The plant was causing lead poisoning by raising the lead content in the environment, killing residents, in particular children, and harming others, including her own child. The plant was ultimately closed.

She is the founder of the Centre for Justice, Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA). Omido is on the TIME 100 Most Influential People of 2021 List.

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