Tracking Africa Mining Vision in Kenya; Reflections from a CSO Consultative Forum
Participants in a recent forum in Nairobi were in general consensus that the Africa Mining Vision is good for Kenya’s extractive sector whose implementation should create linkages with the Vision 2030, Sustainable development goals and the extractive sector legislations. The third week of June, 15th and 16th, the Amber hotel in Nairobi hosted about 30 non-state actors working in the Extractive sector in Kenya. They comprised of representatives from mining counties where Haki Madini Kenya Coalition operates and Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from county and national levels working on land, human rights, tax and community organizing. The 2-day event aimed at; deepening understanding of the Africa Mining Vision (AMV) and it’s implementation tools; and building consensus on CSO engagement in…