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Bushenyi Gold Mine Temporarily Shut Following Deaths of Five Miners

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The body of a 32-year-old gold miner who had been trapped in a pit in Kayanga Village, Kibazi Parish, Kyamuhunga Sub-County, Bushenyi District, was on Wednesday retrieved after a 24-hour search operation. The victim, identified as Sansio Twijukye, a resident of Kayanga Village, is among five people who were reportedly buried alive while illegally mining gold on Tuesday. Twijukye’s body was recovered at around 12:30 p.m. following intensive searc…
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thesource.co.ug broke the news in Uganda on Wednesday, February 25, 2026.
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