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We must protect interests and lives of gold miners
5+ hour, 40+ min ago (368+ words) Recent tragic deaths of artisanal miners at Lolgorian in Narok County are yet another painful reminder that, for thousands of Kenyans, the search for gold is a desperate gamble with death. This has happened not once in Ikolomani, Kakamega County,…...
Where miners have searched for gold for years, yet poverty and death continue to haunt them
1+ day, 15+ hour ago (1025+ words) A visit to the Lolgorian area of Trans Mara sub-county in Narok County would lead one to expect signs of wealth when passing through the villages and trading centres on the way to Kilimapesa Gold Mine fields. If holding large…...
Five killed as gold mine tunnel collapses in Narok
4+ day, 52+ min ago (313+ words) Five artisanal miners were killed after a gold mining tunnel collapsed at the Kilima Pesa mining site in Lolgorian, Transmara South Sub- County, Narok County, on Wednesday morning, trapping an unknown number of miners underground. The victims were buried alive…...
Matiang'i raises alarm over secret mineral concessions
3+ week, 5+ day ago (1061+ words) Former Interior Cabinet Secretary and presidential hopeful Fred Matiang'i has accused President William Ruto's administration of quietly giving away Kenya's vast mineral wealth through opaque concession agreements, challenging the government to publish every mining licence and reveal the beneficiaries of…...
Why US has beaten China to clinch Kenya's Sh9.7tr minerals deal
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (119+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Why US has beaten China to clinch Kenya's Sh9.7tr minerals deal America has struck a preliminary minerals deal with Kenya, securing a foothold in one of the world’s largest untapped rare earth deposits worth about $62.4 billion (Sh9.7 trillion). The…...
Minerals could decide Kenya's place in new global energy order
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (603+ words) standardmedia.co.ke Minerals could decide Kenya's place in new global energy order Every age has its strategic resource. Coal powered the Industrial Revolution. Oil shaped the politics of the 20th Century. Today, the world is turning to critical minerals: lithium,…...
Tharaka Nithi county banks on mineral deposits to spur growth
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (580+ words) Tharaka Nithi Governor Muthomi Njuki and Mining CS Hassan Joho address a press conference after the consultative and sensitisation forum on mineral development and national policy directions in the area on February 24, 2026. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] The government has stepped up…...
It's gold or death: Poverty pushes West Pokot miners into killer pits
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (88+ words) standardmedia.co.ke It's gold or death: Poverty pushes West Pokot miners into killer pits Members of the public at Morita gold mining site in West Pokot County where dozens died in a Thursday night incident, May 8, 2026. [Peter Ochieng, Standard]…...
Gold mine deaths expose failure in our governance
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (354+ words) The collapse of a gold mining pit in Romos, West Pokot, that has killed at least 15 people and trapped scores more beneath the debris is not merely a tragic accident. It is the latest indictment of a failed system that…...
14 dead in mine collapse amid despair as kin search for victims
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (672+ words) Families are battling grief, fear and uncertainty after a deadly gold mining accident. 14 people have been confirmed dead, while dozens are trapped beneath huge rocks and debris. The tragedy occurred at the Romos gold mining pits in West Pokot County…...