Three survivors in the Siaya gold mine collapse have narrated the ordeal they went through since the accident happened last week on December 2nd 2021.
While speaking to one of the local media stations, the three namely Benard Ochieng, Jack Onyango and Phillip Ogutu opened up on what really transpired in the Siaya gold mine.
According to Ochieng, he together with the other colleagues were squeezed between rocks. As a result, the rocks which left them with a little space were also bruising their bodies.
”When we were buried in the sand, we were unable to get space, we were squeezed, the rocks were bruising us,” he stated.
Another survivor identified as Ogutu noted that the rescuers came to their rescue despite the fact that the area had been closed with no space for air.
On his side, wOnyango revealed that while trapped below the rubble, they survived on dirty water from the underground relying on a hosepipe that came from the ground above, he additionally added that they used the pipe to communicate with the rescue team
“I am pleading with my fellow youth to stop going into shafts to mine because what I have experienced and lived to tell the tale, I will quit that work because it is very dangerous,” Onyango remarked.
Interestingly, Onyango confessed that the latest Siaya mine collapse was not the first one to collapse on him since the hole was not that deep.
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They recounted that the thoughts of their families gave them the hope to cling on. Onyango however admitted that he had lost hope in the hours preceding his rescue.
According to the medical officer who provided first aid treatment, the three are now out of danger with reports revealing that one miner is still trapped is in the process of being rescued.
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