Kindiki Orders Early Morning Closure of Businesses Across the Country

Kindiki Orders Early Morning Closure of Businesses Across the Country.

Kindiki Orders Early Morning Closure of Businesses Across the Country: Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on early Monday morning ordered the closure of all small illegal artisanal mining sites across the country.

Speaking from Migori County, The cabinet secretary ordered immediate closure of all unlicensed premises which not only are operating without proper registration, but they were also posing risks to Kenyans.

The Minister went ahead to reveal that two Kenyans had died in an illegal mining site in Nyatike, Migori County. Notably, An additional four lost their lives two months ago at a mining site in the Sango area.

The statement read,”To ensure regularised artisanal mining that meets public safety and environmental standards, the Government has banned all artisanal mining activities as well as unlicensed commercial mining,”

“The Migori County Security and Intelligence Committee (CSIC) is directed to enforce this directive immediately,” he added.

This comes days after Mining CS Salim Mvurya ordered the ban stating that highlighting that the ban would not be lifted until the sector was streamlined.

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