Kenya’s mining industry is once again engulfed in a storm, one riddled with murky land deals, state-facilitated corporate dominance, and the systematic sidelining of local communities.
At the epicentre lies a familiar pattern—rich mineral deposits buried in neglected, peripheral regions where mining law can easily be ignored, land ownership records are deliberately kept chaotic, and where grassroots institutions, both the state and civil society, are too weak to resist exploitation.