New details have emerged on former Machakos Senator Johnson Muthama’s quest to save his lucrative mining business.
According to Court papers, the NASA politician wrote a letter to the then Mining CS Dan Kazungu after he listed only three companies to undertake the mining and exportation of minerals in the nation. The vocal politician, however, claims Kazungu did not respond to his letter, despite having incurred losses following the decision to exclude his firm from mining.
The politician lamented that his firm, Rockland Kenya had been denied a license despite its firm grip in the industry at the expense of less known businesses.
This came after Kazungu in September 2017 wrote a memo to the Mining PS and the director of mines listing the three firms namely; Aurical Kenya Limited, Modogashe Agencies Limited and Match Electricals Limited.
“We fail to understand how the said companies, which are not known and or never made an impact in the mineral sector in Kenya, managed to get a head start over companies that have been in Kenya’s mineral sector for a period in excess of 10 years,” Muthama said in a letter addressed to Kazungu.
Muthama has since accused the government of political witch hunt and vowed to follow up the matter in court.
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