Evans Ajwala, Samson Odhiambo and Vincent Otieno at the Lumba village gold mine in Rarieda sub-county. They were mining with Kennedy Ouma who is still buried underground.
Photo credit: Kassim Adinasi | Nation Media Group Article RelatedThe 50-feet deep gold mine shaft, which collapsed in Lumba Village burying four artisanal miners, had never shown any signs of weakness for the two years it had existed, until May 6 when it caved in.
Evans Ajwala, 25, Samson Odhiambo, 22, and Vincent Otieno, 18, are lucky to be alive today after cheating death in the shaft that buried their colleague, Kennedy Ouma, 19.
It was just like any other day at the mine. There are usually five of us working inside the shaft, but on this fateful day, we were only four, explains Mr Ajwala, still shaken from the ordeal.
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