MPs from Kakamega want residents paid by mineral mining firms

Aggrey Mulayi, a gold miner enters a shaft in Rosterman, Kakamega County. [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Members of Parliament from Kakamega County have petitioned the government to ensure locals are compensated before gold exploration companies are allowed to operate in the area.

MPs Bernard Shinali (Ikolomani), Ayub Savula (Lugari) and Emmanuel Wangwe (Navakholo) said families living along the Liranda Corridor that stretches from Shinyalu to Ikolomani sub-counties and part of Vihiga County ought to be compensated because gold mining companies have been exploring the mineral on their ancestral land.