The COVID 19 pandemic has severe impacts on the Kenyan economy and society as a whole This report analyzes the impact of COVID 19 on businesses in Kenya based on a nationally representative Business Pulse Survey implemented by the World Bank between June and August 2024
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Get PriceSand Mafias Environmental Harm Corruption and Economic Impacts This post captures insights from a TNRC virtual panel on June 14 2024 in which speakers from Kenya and India discussed an understudied yet environmentally devastating trend the unsustainable mining of river sand facilitated by corruption that feeds the global construction
Get PriceIn the mining sector there is a structure of inequalities and discrimination in access to resources skills and the market which impact negatively women more than men The Gender and Development GAD notion views women as mediators of change rather than as passive receivers of progress efforts Sadan 2024
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Get PriceIn February 2024 Cortec Mining Kenya Ltd submitted an EIA to NEMA for Niobium and rare earths mining in Mrima Hill which was rejected Nature Kenya and Kenya Forest Working Group had objected to the EIA on grounds that Mrima Hill was declared a Nature Reserve and National Monument because of its natural and cultural riches ant therefore exploitation of its mineral riches should be strictly
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Get PriceSep 11 2021Corona impacts Kenya s mining sector as earnings drop The country made Sh22 7 billion last year down from Sh24 1 billion in 2024 In Summary •Most of the major minerals recorded a decline in
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Get PriceA survey on the impact of Covid 19 on women in the artisanal mining small scale sector in Kenya covering six counties shows half of women experienced gender based violence GBV
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