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Ikolomani constituency in Kakamega County got its name from the corruption of the English words gold mine. The people of this area have made a living digging up the rare metal from the ground often using rudimentary tools. Unfortunately, this has not changed their lives' prospects. The discovery of high grade gold therefore offers great hope for the residents of Ikolomani.
Some will be offered compensation to move out of their land once mining proper commences while others will secure the much-sought jobs to work in the mines and other clusters. This is welcome and care must be taken so that more than anyone else, the residents benefit from the resource underneath their feet. That includes formulating an agreeable revenue-sharing formula that ensures the gold deposits are a blessing, rather than a curse. Across Africa, numerous resource finds have turned out to be curses rather blessings to the communities.
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