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Locals retrieve two bodies of minors buried in a collapsed sand mine

Sand harvesting site in Nyamasaria, Kisumu County where minors were buried. [Denish Ochieng/Standard]

Rescuers have retrieved two bodies of minors who were buried after a sand harvesting mine collapsed at Orongo, near Nyamasaria, outside Kisumu Town.

As it occurs, the minors were buried under the sand rubble when the underground pit collapsed around 10 a.m Saturday morning. The two are said to be related to the owner of the site.

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