BRafr-September2017

MINING
locals, 65% of these employees are
drawn from Kwale County. A clear
barometer as to the effectiveness of its
training programmes is the reduction
by 50% of its expatriate complement
over the last three and a half years.
“All this feeds into our succession
planning. By empowering people
with the right skills and experience,
Kenyans are progressively taking
over most technical and management
roles from expats,” Schwarz says.
“It’s a clear illustration of the success
of our investment in training to
empower the local community
and Kenyans in general.”
Mining needs to be at the forefront of
economic growth if Kenya is to achieve
its Vision 2030 goal of becoming a
middle-income country in the next 13
years. Schwarz says. “We fully support
the endeavours of the government to
transform the mining sector into an
increasingly significant contributor to
employment, exports and the socioeconomic
growth of the country.”
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