This archive report was first published on 13 July 2020.
Published on July 13, 2020, Base Titanium, a Kwale-based Australian mining firm, has significantly increased its support to the Ministry of Health in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The mining firm has invested over Sh. 100 million in different Covid-19 response programs, including the provision of critical health supplies and emergency food distribution.
According to Pius Kassim, the Community Relations Manager at Base Titanium, the firm has scaled up its support to the Ministry of Health since the outbreak of Covid-19 in March.
"We have provided ventilators, test kits, and Personal Protective Equipment (PPEs) to help the government efforts in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic," Kassim said.
Base Titanium operates Kenya's largest mine, producing ilmenite, rutile, and zircon, and delivering significant revenues in tax and royalty payments over the life of the mine at the Msambweni sub-county.
The mining firm's support also includes programs such as the installation of sanitation points across Kwale county and Likoni sub-county of Mombasa, as well as emergency food distribution to vulnerable members of the community affected by the pandemic.
"We are also involved in the distribution of PPEs and thermometer guns and the training of frontline officers, including Health Care Workers and Community Health Volunteers in the two coastal counties of Mombasa and Kwale," Kassim added.
Base Titanium has also donated 100 High Flow Nasal Cannula Oxygen Therapy Devices and 1,330 test kits to the Ministry of Health in June to support its efforts in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.
"We are proud to have our Covid-19 mitigation initiatives recognised with an Uzalendo Award by President Uhuru Kenyatta during the Madaraka Day celebrations this year," Kassim said.
