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Construction players protest state's bid to tax mining sector

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Mining PS Elijah Mwangi addresses the press in Kitere, Rongo, on April 25, 2024. [Anne Atieno, Standard]

Players in the construction industry have protested the government's move to introduce taxes in the artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) sector.

This follows the Mining Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs Ministry directive to all artisanal miners to form cooperatives.

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