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The bodies of the Rumos Gold victims lie at the Morita trading centre in West Pokot Country on Friday 8, 2026. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]
As the world marks Mother’s Day with flowers, celebrations and messages of appreciation, residents of West Pokot County are mourning 12 mothers who died while fending for their families.
The mothers woke up before sunrise and descended into dangerous gold pits in Romos in search of a few grams of gold but they never made it out alive.
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