Miners decry Kenya govt’s giving China mapping tender
The survey to map Kenya’s mineral resources is expected to cost $70 million and take 30 months to be completed. PHOTO | FILE
Miners in Kenya have put the government on the spot for withdrawing $28.5 million in public funding for a survey to map the country’s mineral resources in favour of financing from China.
The Kenya Chamber of Mines fears dusting off a controversial pact signed in 2013, which gives China’s Geological Exploration Technology Institute (GETI) exclusive rights to do the geophysical survey with funding from Beijing, amounted to ceding control of the country’s resources.
