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‘My house caved in as I watched’: Why villagers dread gold mine

Widows crush gold stones at Rosterman mining site in Kakamega County [Mumo Munuve, Standard]

Elinah Lipeya, 67, is lucky to be alive. Sometime in November last year, as she prepared to go to bed at around 9.41pm, she noticed water seeping into her house.

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