Ban on quarry mining shrinks jobs, stalls projects in Mandera County

The miners in Fiqow quarry did not have time to pack their belongings when the ban was imposed. Interior ministry says the ban will be reviewed once the region is secure. [Evelyne Kwamboka, Standard]

 

Truckloads of building blocks and concrete once snaked their way out of the busy quarry as stone crushers pit their minds against the rocks.

Today, the songs, whistles and sound of mallets crushing stones that used to welcome one to the mines have been replaced with silence.