Last Updated 14 years ago by Kenya Engineer
Residents of Mui basin celebrated success in stopping Fenxi Mining Industry Group mining company from going on with its works in the area after a High Court judge extended the injunction stopping the mining of coal in the area. The residents say the awarding of the deal giving mining concession to Fenxi was an infringement of the constitutional rights of Mui basin residents.
Fenxi, who are working on block C and D was awarded the tender in 2011 but there has been delay in begin of works due to approval procedures which included parliament approval. Fenxi is required to pay $3-million for block C and $500 000 for block D, in return for a renewable concession of 21 years, subject to approval by parliament.
In August, a court in Machakos granted an interim order stopping the Chinese firm from “exploring,evaluating,extracting,developing,processing,storing and disposing coal and coal methane” until the matter is concluded. The inter-party hearing is slated for October 16th this year.
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