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The brutal mining conquest: Inside Devki's iron ore clash in Taita Taveta

President William Ruto breaks ground for the commissioning of the KSh11 billion Devki Iron Ore Pelletization Plant at Manga in Taita-Taveta County. [PHOTO EDWARD ALUSA/PCS. 3/12/2024]

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.

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