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Alarm as wanton sand mining chokes village

A section of the lakeshore in Kanyibok village that has been destroyed following uncontrolled sand harvesting in the area. [Isaiah Gwengi, Standard]

Ms Florence Nekesa emerges from her house with a baby strapped on her back and a yellow plastic bucket ready for work at a nearby sand harvesting site.

Sand harvesting at Siungu beach in Bondo, Siaya County, is the source of livelihood for the mother of five.

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