• Access to KCM database of members for member ’ s business projection and / or benchmarking
• Participation in networking forums and seminars attended by likeminded participants , a boost to member ’ s venture ;
• Listing on KCM website , which help to market member to a wider range of clientele ;
• Being a member of KCM , a business member organization , helps to offer members the industry good will ;
• Participation in meetings and opportunities to make presentations and therefore catch wider attention ;
• Participation at discounted rate in any minerals and mining forums organised by KCM ;
• Participation in forums and activities , organised by other business member organisations , providing greater networking support opportunity for members business .
KENYA CHAMBER OF MINES
Acting Commissioner of Mines and Geology , after which I exited the public sector back to private sector , Kenya Chamber of Mines in April 2016 .
Within this period I worked in the Department of Mines and Geology , in the Ministry of Mining , we identified various issues in the then Mining Act Cap . 306 of the Laws of Kenya , put in place in the 1940s . These did not offer clear guidance on various aspects of mineral development value chain . Key among them was discretionary powers to Commissioner of Mines and Geology in matters of granting mineral rights , the duration of an exploration project , aspects of reporting on findings and announcements , granting of mineral rights to artisanal miners , and mineral processing . The discretionary powers provided for then through the Mining Act were subject to abuse and did not offer any sustainable stability to investment in the mineral sector .
This was the realisation that informed the repealing of the Mining Law . Currently the country
BENEFITS ENJOYED BY KENYA CHAMBER MEMBERS
• Access to KCM database of members for member ’ s business projection and / or benchmarking
• Participation in networking forums and seminars attended by likeminded participants , a boost to member ’ s venture ;
• Listing on KCM website , which help to market member to a wider range of clientele ;
• Being a member of KCM , a business member organization , helps to offer members the industry good will ;
• Participation in meetings and opportunities to make presentations and therefore catch wider attention ;
• Participation at discounted rate in any minerals and mining forums organised by KCM ;
• Participation in forums and activities , organised by other business member organisations , providing greater networking support opportunity for members business .
36 October 2017