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Jobless graduates try their luck in prospecting for gold in river

Eric Bulinda and Bryson Ambani leads their colleagues in process of looking for deposits of gold in river Isiukhu on September 16, 2022. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

The four energetic young men prospecting for gold work the river bed in pairs. Two appear to be standing on the floor of the river, submerged in water up to their waists. The other two remain on the river bank holding receptacles into which sand and mud scooped from the river bed are thrown by those in the river.

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