Uncertainty continues to dog the yet-to-commence Kitui coal mining project, with an NGO now calling on the contractors to update residents on the plans. Contracts to mine coal in the four blocks of the Mui Coal Basin were in 2011 awarded to two Chinese firms by the national government. In a report titled Summary Investment Chain Report: Mui Basin Coal Mines, the NGO says residents have remained in the dark nearly a decade after the initial concession for mining coal in the Mui Coal basin was awarded. The lobby said coal was found to be disastrous in the Lamu coal project and that the same environmental assessment finding should apply to the Kitui project. The letters should also be addressed to the possible financiers of the coal mining initiatives and shareholders of the respective mining firms.

Source: The Star October 22, 2020 18:56 UTC