Locals raise alarm over chemical spill from gold mines into streams

Public health officers take samples from a stream which is suspected to have been contaminated by chemicals from leaching plants in Macalder, Nyatike Sub-County. [Anne Atieno, Standard]

Migori residents have raised concern over the spilling of dangerous chemicals from gold mines into water sources hence putting lives at risk.

Residents said their cattle have been dying because of the spillage that comes from the leaching plants at the gold mines in the region.