Under the new law, the government will create market for the small scale miners," said the CS. The establishment of the mining school comes at a time when the country is grappling with shortages of mining engineers. The CS said the government will soon sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the university authorities to establish the National Mining School. Updated Mon, June 6th 2016 at 14:52 GMT +3TAITA, KENYA: Small scale miners will be the major beneficiaries of the new Mining Bill, which came into operation last week, Mining Cabinet Secretary Dan Kazungu has said. According to the Cabinet Secretary, the miners will receive financial support from the county and national governments to purchase equipment to effectively engage in mining activities"Access to market has been a major challenge to the small scale miners.

Source: Standard Digital June 06, 2016 12:00 UTC