by Communications Kenra | Mar 7, 2018 | Blogs
Brief introduction Marble is a rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals. In geology the term “marble” refers to metamorphosed limestone, but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone. Marble is commonly used for...
by Communications Kenra | Feb 13, 2018 | Blogs
In 1973 about 1400 families living Kerio valley, Elgeyo Marakwet County, Keiyo South, were rendered landless, when the Government set apart 9070 acres of their ancestral land to pave way for Fluorspar Mining, upon which the Government would give them full, just and...
by Communications Kenra | Feb 12, 2018 | Blogs
Flourite or flouspar is the mineral form of calcium fluoride, a commodity chemical used to produce a wide range of materials. This case study, conducted by Coast Rights Forum (CRF) in collaboration with KeNRA, highlights the impact of the Kenya Fluorspar Company (KFC)...
by Communications Kenra | Nov 8, 2017 | Blogs
The global campaign is a network of over 200 social movements, organizations, networks and affected communities resisting the land grabs, extractive mining, exploitative wages and environmental destruction of transnational corporations in different global regions,...
by Communications Kenra | Nov 8, 2017 | Blogs
By Regina Kimanzi From an international view, Kenya is a low forest cover country considering that it has less than 10 per cent of total land area classified as forest as recommended by the United Nations.The country’s forest cover is now said to be at 7% having...