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Karachuonyo where money-crazed sand miners don't spare graves

Stand-alone grave that has been spared at a sand harvesting site in Kobala, a village in Karachuonyo, Homabay County. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Pastor Joshua Ondori died on October 21, 1986 and was buried ten days later at his farm in Osodo village, Karachuonyo.

His remains lay in peace in a marked grave until sand harvesting craze hit Osodo and surrounding villages.

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