PlanningGazette notice
Gazette Notice No. 7428 of 2025
The National Environment Management Authority invites public comments on the environmental impact assessment study report for the proposed Kakamega Gold Refinery.
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Whole issue, from Kenya Law. This notice starts on printed page 3050.
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Items 2
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KAKAMEGA/IGUHU/2658, KAKAMEGA/IGUHU/2659
Link- Parcels
- KAKAMEGA/IGUHU/2658, KAKAMEGA/IGUHU/2659
- Issuing authority
- National Environment Management Authority
- Proponent
- Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs
- Project
- KAKAMEGA GOLD REFINERY
- Place
- LIDAMBITSA, Kakamega South Sub-County, Kakamega County, R. Yala (The mitigation measures call for avoiding construction in areas bordering R. Yala.)
- Report
- Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report
- Project description
- a Gold Refinery facility comprising of 1No. Storey administration block that shall accommodate offices, equipment store, 1No. block staff accommodation apartment with 20No. units and 2No town houses, gold processing plant, staff canteen, police post, associated facilities and amenities
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Public comments 2
Link- Issuing authority
- National Environmental Management Authority
- Body
- Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty (The full report is available for inspection at the Principal Secretary's address during working hours.)
- Office
- Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty (Report inspection location (a).), Director-General, NEMA (Report inspection location (b); recipient of oral or written comments.), County Director of Environment, Kakamega County (Report inspection location (c).)
- Place
- Kakamega County (County Director of Environment's location.)
- Comments
- 30 days, as printed
- Comment period start
- the date of publication of this notice
- Inspection hours
- during working hours
- Inspection location a
- Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty, NHIF Building, 12th Floor, Ragati Road, Upper Hill, Upper Hill, P.O. Box 30126–00200, Nairobi.
- Inspection location b
- Director-General, NEMA, Popo Road, off Mombasa Road, P.O. Box 67839–00200, Nairobi.
- Inspection location c
- County Director of Environment, Kakamega County.
- Report download
- www.nema.go.ke
- Comment submission
- oral or written comments
- Comment email
- dgnema@nema.go.ke
- Comment purpose
- to assist the Authority in the decision making process for this project
Schedule 12 rows
| Negative Impact | Mitigation Measures |
|---|---|
| Air quality degradation | • Watering of fugitive dust sources. • Minimising surface and land disturbance. • Speed control of construction and material transporting vehicles. • Use of bag-house filters for air pollution control. • Use of ultra-low sulphur diesel in vehicles, machinery, generators, among others. • The suction hoods should adequately cover the furnace mouth and ensure that all fumes are trapped. • The cooled emissions to be pass through series of filters which trap the air - borne particulates before going to scrubber • The scrubber units should have alkaline solution spray to neutralize acidity if any in the fumes, strained through filters in the chimneys to remove solid particles before being released in the environment. • Monitoring the quality of the scrub solution as well as avoiding accumulation of sludge in the scrubber tanks should be practiced ensuring efficiency of installed scrubbers. • Stack emission sampling to be done frequently by NEMA licensed laboratories and proponent obtain emission licenses annually. |
| Oil leak and spill | • Motor vehicles and machinery must be keenly observed and maintained to prevent oil leaks. • Maintenance services must be carried out in a designated area (protected service bays) and where oils are completely restrained from reaching the ground. • Use oil absorbent materials to manage oil spills. |
| Soil erosion | • Avoid unnecessary soil excavations and landscape after construction. • Use of permeable pavement materials to improve seepage. • Minimize land disturbance. • Interim reclamation. |
| Solid waste | • Integrated solid waste management system. • Hazardous wastes to be handled with cared on the site before disposal. • Waste disposal by a licensed entity should be at an approved dumping site. • Provision of labelled waste bins at strategic locations. |
| Aesthetics and visual resources | • Minimize land disturbance. • Conduct interim reclamation. |
| Surface water quality | • Proper erosion control measures. • Minimization of land disturbances. • Treatment of domestic wastewater before release. • Minimize potential of filtration from tailings impoundment. |
| Vegetation loss | • Minimize land disturbance. • Compensate affected trees by replanting others elsewhere. • Avoid chemical contamination of soil or directly on vegetation covers in the area. • Interim reclamation. |
| Fire hazards | • Provision of firefighting equipment and hydrant points. • Display emergency fire evacuation procedures and emergency numbers. • Provision of sufficient fire exit points and fire assembly points. |
| Climate Change Resilience and adaptation | • Proponent to actively participate in tree planting activities and improve carbon sinks in the area. • The proponent to consider using renewable energy sources like solar as part of climate change adaptation measures. • Practice Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) from gold refining plant and store it underground can prevent its release into the atmosphere. • Provide civic education to local community about climate adaptation practices through practicing sustainable agriculture like reducing fertilizer and pesticide use, shifting to organic and regenerative farming, and integrating trees into farms (agroforestry) to reduce emissions from agriculture. • Avoid construction in the areas bordering R. Yala, which is a wetland and can as carbon sink. |
| Socioeconomics | • Maximize opportunities for women. • Maximize number of employees hired from the region. • Maximize potential for local purchases and potential development of small to medium enterprises to support the operations. |
| HIV/AIDS & other Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) | • Efficient implementation of the HIV/AIDS and STI prevention programme • Increased awareness to translate into attitudinal changes • Facilitate information sessions at worksites and allow selected workers to attend training courses • Contractor to allow selected workers to be trained and, once trained, to conduct information sessions • Trained health workers to be engaged in STI treatment • Identifying and implementing measures to ensure availability of good quality condoms to construction workers and the community • Contractor to cooperate in allowing patients to be treated • Local clinics and medical centre to cooperate in treating patients at affordable costs • Encouraging young people to abstain from sex till marriage and avoid extra marital sex in order to curb sexually transmitted disease. |
| Sexual exploitation, harassment and abuse | • All personnel to be sensitized about risks of sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment. • Effecting an organizational culture of zero tolerance; create and nurture an organizational culture based on accountability where there is a zero tolerance for sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment, where rights are recognized, promoted and protected and where violations are actively prevented. • Reporting mechanisms that are safe and trusted; empower and support workers and partners to feel safe to report violations and to feel safe that reports will be handled in a manner that respects due process and other human rights. • Swift and credible investigation and sanctions; ensure a fair process for swift and credible investigations and sanctions for violations by the contractor and actively promote swift and fair investigations and sanctions by the government. • Survivor-centred response; provide survivor-centred assistance and support that is timely, predictable, sustainable and adequately resourced. • Engaging partners in the fight against sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment; engage and equip individuals and local administration as allies in preventing and responding to sexual exploitation and abuse and sexual harassment. |
Everyone named
| Signed by | MAMO B, MAMO, Director-General |
|---|---|
| Places 4 | LIDAMBITSA · Kakamega South Sub-County · Kakamega County · R. Yala |
| Offices 3 | Principal Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty · Director-General, NEMA · County Director of Environment, Kakamega County |
| Issuing authorities 2 | National Environment Management Authority · National Environmental Management Authority |
| Parcels 2 | KAKAMEGA/IGUHU/2658 · KAKAMEGA/IGUHU/2659 |
| Proponent | Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs |
| Project | KAKAMEGA GOLD REFINERY |
| Body | Ministry of Environment, Climate Change and Foresty |
| Law | Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act |
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Kenya Gazette Notice No. 7428 of 2025, Vol. CXXVII No. 119, 5 June 2025, p. 3050.Permalink funua.com/notices/2025/7428/.
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Filed under: Planning, 2025 · June 2025 · Vol. CXXVII No. 119