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Only one gold dealer licensed, says Mining CS

Mining Cabinet Secretary Dan Kazungu displays a bar of gold produced at the new processing plant in Kilimapesa in Lolgorien, Narok County, owned by UK's Goldplat.

The Government is cracking down on firms and individuals illegally trading in minerals in efforts to clean up the mining industry.

The Mining ministry has said only three firms have been licensed to undertake mineral dealings in the country, meaning that dozens of companies that claim to have dealer’s licences are undertaking the trade illegally.

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