(Photo: Dennis Okeyo, Standard)The Council of Governors (CoG) representative to the Mining Rights Board is yet to be appointed, over six months after the county chiefs nominated lawyer Wachira Maina. On September 26, 2016, the CoG wrote to Mining Cabinet Secretary Dan Kazungu communicating the decision of the county chiefs to have Maina sit in the board. “It’s with this regard that the CoG nominates Mr. Wachira Maina to be a member of the Mineral Rights Board. The Council of Governors views this delay tactic as an attempt by the Mining Ministry to replace Mr. Maina through the backdoor," CoG Director of Communication Andrew Teyie said in a statement. Mining Cabinet Secretary Dan Kazungu told the governors to be patient alluding the delay to parliament’s failure to pass regulations to operationalise the law.

Source: Standard Digital April 30, 2017 11:47 UTC