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State response after gold mine accident lacklustre

Search and rescue efforts for miners who were trapped at a collapsed goldmine at Abimbo village in Bondo Siaya county. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Ten miners were trapped inside the Abembo gold Mine in Siaya County after the walls collapsed on December 2, 2021. Three days after the incident, a dead body was retrieved and six days later, three miners were rescued and taken to Bondo Sub County hospital.

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