Kenya: Govt Revokes Licenses of 15 Mining Companies in Kilifi County

The Ministry of Mining has revoked the licences of 15 quarry operators in Kilifi County following non-compliance with mining regulations.

Speaking in Kilifi, the Mining Cabinet Secretary Hassan Joho, who ordered the revocation, said that the companies were using mining permits instead of mining licences as required by the law. 

Joho clarified that a company should have a green light from the community and the county government for it to be granted a mining licence.

“The first mistake that…