An exclusive interview with Moses Njiru Njeru , Chief Executive Officer , Kenya Chamber of Mines . The Chamber is an industry partner of the upcoming Kenya Mining Forum and Mr Njeru will deliver a guest keynote in the session on “ Perspective of the mining sector . Is the sector for the young population ?”.
Give us a brief introduction to the Kenya Chamber of Mines The Kenya Chamber of Mines , a business member organisation , was formed in the year 2000 to represent the interests of players in the development of the mineral sector of Kenya . The players may include : miners ; explorers ; prospectors ; mineral processors ; manufacturers of mineral based products ; mineral traders ; mineral transporters ; equipment and machinery suppliers ; legal service and financial service providers and professional service Providers within the mineral development value chain .
The Kenya Chamber of Mines seeks to associate the interests of its members with national and local community interests , and to engage other stakeholders in order to promote business within the mineral sector while ensuring safeguards to the environment and human beings are factored in all business models .
Why , despite having a diversity of mineral wealth , has Kenya ’ s mining sector remained largely underexploited ? Kenya is blessed with good arable land and suitable climate for agriculture . It also has a diversity of wildlife and well managed national parks and other interesting sites for tourism . Therefore , these being the low hanging fruits , the country embarked on developing these opportunities for its economic support . Other ventures of economic
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