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Four dead, five injured after gold mine collapses in West Pokot

Ongoing rescue mission at Karon Village, West Pokot County, where four people died after a gold mine pit collapsed on Saturday morning. [Irissheel Shanzu]

Four people have been confirmed dead and five others injured after a gold mine collapsed early Saturday morning at Karon village in West Pokot County.

Confirming the incident, West Pokot sub county Deputy County Commissioner Wycliffe Munanda said the miners had entered the pit around 3:00 a.m. when the pit caved  in, burying them under the debris.

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