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State seeks to streamline mining sector

Mining CS Salim Mvurya. [Denis Kibuchi, Standard]

The Mining, Blue Economy, and Maritime Affairs Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya has announced plans to hold talks with his counterpart in the Environment Ministry over the gazettement of Macalder region as a forest.

The CS wants the two ministries to collaborate with artisanal miners allowed to continue mining at the gazetted mineral-rich land in Migori County.

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