[Robert Menza, Standard]The High Court has allowed Base Titanium to decommission its heavy machinery after winding up 16 years of mining in Kwale County amid protests by locals over environmental degradation. Justice Lucas Naikuni allowed Base Titanium to continue with the decommissioning process and rehabilitation of the said mining site at Msambweni, Kinondo Village, Kwale County. The judge ordered base titanium to ensure that there are disclosed, clear, transparent, and accountable decommissioning and rehabilitation activities speimplementation plan. However, NEMA's Director of Environmental Compliance, David Ong'are, said that the authority had issued a licence for the mining and transportation of titanium to Base Titanium on June 30, 2005. Vickers said the rehabilitation process has resulted in planting more than 1,060,702 trees drawn from over 370 indigenous species.

Source: Standard Digital April 05, 2026 10:18 UTC