Kenyan firms to wait longer for renewal of mining permits
A titanium mining field in Kwale County, Kenya. Kenya’s mining portfolio may lie dormant from next month as firms wait to renew licences. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Kenya’s mining portfolio may lie dormant from next month as firms wait to renew licences, seven years after former Mining Cabinet Secretary Najib Balala revoked some permits.
The Kenyan government is yet to start licensing new companies, forcing them to only operate under a limited window of a gazette notice. In 2015, Balala revoked 65 mining licences through a gazette notice.
