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Cement firms jostle for Kenya's Kitui’s limestone

The vast mineral resources in Kitui County have seen several firms work overtime to elbow out their rivals in a bid to stake a claim to the billions of shillings buried underground.

The county is endowed with huge reserves of coal in Mui Basin, with a Chinese firm, Fenxi Industry Mining Group, winning the concession to mine it. There are also enviable iron ore deposits in the county’s Ikutha district.

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