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Two people dead as 18 miners rescued after the collapse of a Kakamega gold mine

Artisinal miners and locals at Tumanini gold mine in Museno village, Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega County in a search and rescue mission after the walls of the mines collapsed on 20 miners.[Benard Lusigi ]

Two miners died while 18 others were rescued at the Tumaini gold mine in Museno Village, Shinyalu Constituency, Kakamega County after the walls of the mines collapsed on Monday evening.

Before the accident, the gold mine had 20 people and by Monday night eight people had been rescued before 10 more were pulled out of the mine on Tuesday morning.

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