The contribution of the mining sector to the gross domestic product (GDP) has for years stagnated at 0.7- 0.8 percent despite proven deposits of titanium in Kwale, oil in Turkana, gold in western Kenya and coal at Mui Basin in Kitui.
With the country also believed to hold significant deposits of copper, niobium, manganese and rare earth minerals, stakeholders project the sector’s contribution to the economic output could bump more than 10 times if the resources are exploited.
