Kazungu says new mining laws to keep British firms in check

Kenya’s newly adopted mining law and policy will safeguard the country’s vast mineral deposits against exploitation by foreign entities, Mining secretary Dan Kazungu has said.

Reacting to a report published by a UK charity which depicted Kenya as among African nations losing their massive mineral and oil wealth to British mining firms exploiting weak laws, the Mining secretary said a raft of reforms in the sector will keep mining firms in the country in check to enable Kenyans to benefit fully from the country’s natural resource potential.