Three years after the signing of a concession agreement to award a Chinese firm exclusive rights to mine coal in Kitui County’s Mui basin, the investor curiously went quiet, leaving residents and their leaders baffled.
On numerous occasions since the signing of the contract between the national government and Fenxi Industry Mining Company (FIMC) in December 2013, the county leadership has tried to seek information on the status of the multi-billion coal project without much success.