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Institutional Arrangements in Kenya’s Mining Law

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Institutional Arrangements in Kenya’s Mining Law

The Mining Act of 2016 (Mining Act) has fundamentally changed the administration and institutional arrangement of mining in Kenya.

23 Mar 2021 1 min read Article

Our Kenya Managing Partner, Sammy Ndolo, had his chapter on the administrative and institutional Framework recently published by the Strathmore University Press in Kenya’s premier text on this new mining law.

Click here to read the chapter.

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