The newly appointed National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) board toured Taita Taveta County this month for a boots-on-ground experience and promised to prioritize environmental protection among artisanal miners.
Led by NEMA’s incoming chairperson, Eric Wagithuku Mungai, the board was awed by the county’s riches in natural resources but cited a lack of policy for protecting the environment as an impediment that could derail success in the small-scale mining sector.
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