Boost for Residents as Factory Targets Ksh3B in Mining Revenue
The Voi Gemology center was launched on Saturday, February 27 in Voi, Taita Taveta County.
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The government will now generate more than Ksh 3 billion in annual revenue from value-addition and the exportation of gemstones after the launch of the Voi Gemology center.
The newly launched Voi Gemology center in Taita Taveta County will protect miners from exploitative brokers who they currently depend on to sell their gemstones, as well as regularize incomes for small-scale local miners.
During a tour of the Ksh 60 million facility, Principal Secretary Tourism Safina Kwekwe said there was no reason the center should not start processing gemstones as the concerned ministry finalized the modalities of official commissioning.