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Govt investigates rogue mining operations amid residents’ health concerns in Kilifi

Sacco ReviewOctober 28, 202406 mins

Residents of Kilifi County especially those residing in mining-dominated areas have in the recent past come out to air their dissatisfaction with the operations of some investments in the area. The move has forced the Cabinet Secretary for Mining and Blue Economy Ali Hassan Joho and the National Assembly departmental committee on Environment, Forest and…

Mining association wants hiring of more staff in regional sites

Sacco ReviewAugust 30, 2024August 30, 202402 mins

The Vice Chairman of the Artisanal and Small Scale Miners Association, Patrick Ligami, has urged the government to fund regional mining offices and deploy more staff, especially engineers and geologists to serve the sites. Ligami, while speaking to one of the local dailies yesterday, revealed that there are fewer staff than required in the 13…

Joho affirms Govt commitment to streamline mining sector

Sacco ReviewAugust 26, 202402 mins

Mining, Fisheries and Blue Economy Cabinet Secretary (CS) Hassan Joho has announced that the government intends to streamline the mining sector. Speaking in Kisumu when he met mining officials and artisan miners from Rift valley and Nyanza regions recently, the CS said that the government seeks to introduce reforms in bid to improve the sector….

Small co-operatives to reap big in affordable housing projects, says PS

Sacco ReviewJanuary 3, 2024January 5, 202402 mins

The government will use small-scale mining cooperatives to supply construction materials for the affordable housing projects across the country. Mining Principal Secretary (PS) Elijah Mwangi said that his department has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Housing Department for the miners to provide over 60 percent of the materials required for the projects. Speaking…

Siaya residents protest eviction from ancestral lands over mining

Sacco ReviewOctober 13, 2023October 13, 202303 mins

A section of Gem residents have vowed to stop a mining company from forcefully evicting them from their ancestral land in order to pave way for the extraction of gold. Through a Community Based Citizen Forum, the residents accused the ministry of mining and local leaders of coercing them into leaving their ancestral land without…