Kenya: PS Mwangi Directs Mining Firms to Draft Environment Restoration Plans & Present Them to Ministry

Mining Principal Secretary Elijah Mwangi on Friday directed firms to formulate comprehensive environmental rehabilitation programs and present them to the ministry for fastracking.

Addressing stakeholders in Kilifi during an extensive inspection of cement manufacturing companies in the area, PS Mwangi ordered firms to include the duration they would use to rehabilitate the section of the environment destroyed during the process of mining.

While acknowledging significant progress towards…