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| A gold mining site in Nyatike Photo: Peter Orengo |
It is ‘money come, money go’ for residents of Nyatike in Migori, who ironically live in extreme poverty and on the fast lane, despite sitting on one of the country’s largest gold deposits.
In nearly all homesteads, you’ll find huge mounds of earth, makeshift caves and mines, proof of the local people’s hit-or-miss search for the precious metal.
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