Nation | by Anthony Kitimo
Long delays in adoption of mining laws are costing Kenya billions of shillings yearly as mining companies evade payment of royalties, impacting negatively on communities living within mining areas, according to experts.
Kishushe, Taita-Taveta County, where mining is being conducted, lies in a 60,000-acre land and is believed to have deposits of more than 230 billion tonnes of iron ore.
In the past decade, more than 100,000 tonnes have been mined annually in the area for export, according to the Kenya Mines and Geological Department…
