By NATION TEAMMore by this AuthorThe preparedness of the Migori County disaster management team and the national government is being queried following rampant deaths at local goldmines. Only one of the bodies had been retrieved by Wednesday noon, according to Mr Elijah Odhiambo, the Migori County executive for Disaster Management. MINING“It took us a lot of time to retrieve the bodies because a rock had covered them and the level of the water also rose,” Mr Odhiambo said. Two months ago, two miners died at the Masara goldmine after its walls collapsed. “The mine owners know very well that it is unlawful to employ children in the mines but they still do it with impunity, exposing the youngsters to danger,” Mr Odhiambo said.

Source: Daily Nation November 16, 2017 20:00 UTC