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Acacia Mineral Company worker at work at their site in Ikolomani in Kakamega County on Feb 28th, 2007. PHOTO: CHRISPEN SECHERE/STANDARD.
Reports that a UK firm has found high grade gold worth Sh171 billion in Liranda, Kakamega, have sparked excitement in the remote mining fields of Macalder in Nyatike.
As the gold miners at Liranda eagerly wait for a piece of the proceeds from the massive find, their colleagues in Migori can only pray that their overworked Macalder mines can produce a similar fortune.
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