THE STANDARD
KENYA
Most families in Kashiani depend on sand harvesting from the quarry. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]
A Standard Four pupil and a woman died earlier today at a quarry while they harvested sand in Kashiani area of Bamburi in Kisauni.
The girl has been identified as 12-year-old Samiha Mwalimu. She was a pupil at Kashiani Primary School.
The other victim who died was identified as Mwanajumaa Keah.
Samiha was at the quarry with her mother Salama Karisa who sustained injuries and is currently being treated at Coast General Hospital.
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Karisa sustained head, spine and limb injuries but her husband Mwalimu Yaa says she is in stable condition.