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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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