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Make deals with mining firms public, Kenyan Government told

Kenya Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas Co-ordinator Charles Wanguhu.

The secretive nature of deals signed between and companies prospecting for minerals, oil and natural gas in Kenya could be exposing the country to major losses in future.

A local civil society group yesterday warned some of the firms have been getting concessions in the contracts, with the Ministries of Energy and Mining exercising discretion that might see the country get a raw deal during the commercial production phase.

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