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Kenya
$70m battle erupts over fluorite mining project

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Kenyan President William Ruto (left) and Cabinet Secretary for Treasury John Mbadi.
Kenyan President William Ruto (left) and Cabinet Secretary for Treasury John Mbadi. © Benoit Doppagne/Belga via AFP ; Tony Karumba/AFP

Senior Ruto allies are locked in a dispute over compensation for 4,000 residents displaced by the revival of a fluorite mine. The Treasury is resisting payouts, while the cabinet secretary for the interior is seeking to shore up support in his political stronghold.

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