Did a goat herder's lucky $200 nugget spark a gold rush in western Kenya?
While there is little doubt that some gold has been found in the area, questions remain about the size of the deposit in the earth and its commercial potential."I can confirm that small-scale gold traders told us they received an average of about 100 people every day," the deputy commissioner says - though whether the finds were actually gold is not known.
Kiarie reckons as rumours spread, the number and size of the discoveries were exaggerated - drawing in ever larger groups of people with little or no mining experience who hoped to replicate the reported early successes.
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