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BACKGROUND
On 16th August 2013, the Government appointed a Task Force to review licences that
had been issued during the period when government was in transition. During this
period, and as is normal practice during all periods of transition, a directive had
been issued stopping any signing of Contracts and Issuance of Licenses. The Task
Force that was appointed for this exercise comprised of distinguished professional in
Kenya, most of them imminent advocates and was led by Mohammed Nyaoga, a
respected Senior Counsel in Kenya. The Task Force submitted its preliminary report
in September 2013 and, subsequently, the Final Report in January 2014.
In some instances some companies had been issued with a Mining Lease for which
they had not even applied for.The licences reviewed were of the following
categories;
Total
4 No.
2No.
35No.
2 No.
43No.
In order to ensure that the process was fair and transparent, all the 43 Licence
holders/applicants were given an opportuntiy to demonstrate that the mineral title(s)
issued met the legal and technical requirements, through re-submission of
documentation that accompanied their applications. Out of the
43No.
iii.
One (1No.) company had gone to court and the committee deffered
iv.
v.
NAJIB BALALA
CABINET SECRETARY