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Despite the risks associated with going deep into mines in search of minerals, young people in Vihiga County will stop at nothing in their quest to find gold. The chairperson of one of the pits used for mining, Mark Bululu, says some of these sites have been in existence since 1950 and have been handed over from one generation to the next.
“People have been extracting gold from these pits for many years, although they have been neglected by leaders,” says Bululu.
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