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State ill-prepared to monitor small miners - Auditor General report

Auditor General Nancy Gathungu. [Samson Wire, Standard]

An audit by the Auditor General has revealed that the Ministry of Mining and Petroleum has not developed sufficient measures to monitor artisanal mining operations across the country.

In the recent incident in Sigalagala mining shaft in Ikolomani, Kakamega County, nine miners escaped death by a whisker while three were trapped.

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