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Sad tales of ugly scars and death in gold mine villages

Job Otieno, 29, who survived when a mine collapsed at Osiri Matanda in Nyatike, Migori County in December 2016. Three people died in the tragedy. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard]

Thick dust rises from the gold mining pits doting the rugged terrains of Nyatike as diggers sweat in the sweltering afternoon heat.

They have to work hard and get something to sell to the waiting middlemen, or else their families will starve.

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