Kigezi Iron Ore Artisanal Miners Up In Arms With Kamuntu I Aggrieved artisanal miners had caught red handed the rubanda west legislator’s iron ore manager who is also the lc5 councilor for mukatojo town council, ruba. A group of 60 landowners under their umbrella dubbed kigezi iron ore association are up in arms against kamuntu investments uganda ltd, a private company licensed by the ministry of energy and mineral development to mine iron in the kigezi districts of kabale and rubanda.
Iron Ore Mining Picks Up Steam In Kigezi вђ Chimpreports The mp owns kamuntu investments limited, a company with a mining license in kigezi region. during the belated international youth day celebrations held in kabale district on friday, a group of youth led by kabale district youth chairman tadea taremwa and brenda kiconco, from the national youth council praised kamuntu for championing the establishment of an iron ore smelting plant in rubanda. The miners had accused kamuntu of fraud and trespass, leading to years of legal battles and escalating tensions within the community. kamuntu, in a significant intervention, the minister of energy and mineral development, ruth nankabirwa, successfully mediated a long standing conflict between rubanda west mp moses kamuntu and a group of kigezi iron ore artisanal miners. Artisanal iron ore minors in the kigezi sub region accuses kamuntu investment uganda limited of hindering progress of the mining sector in the region. owned by moses kamuntu mwongyera, the rubanda west county member of parliament in rubanda district, kamuntu investment uganda limited was awarded an exploration license in 2015 to buy and sell raw iron ore. Rubanda district – a heated dispute over the ownership of iron ore mines in rubanda district has sparked tensions between artisanal miners and kamuntu investments ltd, a company owned by rubanda west mp moses kamuntu. in the midst of this conflict, minister of energy and mineral development ruth nankabirwa has stepped in, promising to grant a trading license to the artisanal miners.
Kamuntu Investment Uganda Limited Under Fire For Mistreating Artisanal Artisanal iron ore minors in the kigezi sub region accuses kamuntu investment uganda limited of hindering progress of the mining sector in the region. owned by moses kamuntu mwongyera, the rubanda west county member of parliament in rubanda district, kamuntu investment uganda limited was awarded an exploration license in 2015 to buy and sell raw iron ore. Rubanda district – a heated dispute over the ownership of iron ore mines in rubanda district has sparked tensions between artisanal miners and kamuntu investments ltd, a company owned by rubanda west mp moses kamuntu. in the midst of this conflict, minister of energy and mineral development ruth nankabirwa has stepped in, promising to grant a trading license to the artisanal miners. The kamuntu investments manager, mr bruno byereta, says they employ about 3,000 artisanal miners that are paid between shs150,000 and shs500,000 per week. he said mining in kigezi sub region. For the past two years, the kigezi iron ore artisanal mineral association, a community collective consisting of over 700 indigenous members has been entangled in a conflict with moses kamuntu, a.
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