"Five rescued from collapsed mining site in Kamonyi District", 31 December 2018.

Five people, all employees of African Minerals Petroleum, a mining company based in Kamonyi District were on Saturday rescued from a mining concession located in Rukoma Sector, Kamonyi District...Police Spokesperson, Commissioner of Police, John Bosco Kabera, said the survivors went into the mining concession on December 29, at around 10am for their routine mining activities only to be covered by a cliff which collapsed...CP Kabera challenged all stakeholders in the mining industry to always put safety measures by ensuring that their employees have all the necessary personal protection equipment to avoid loss of lives stressing that the life of a citizen comes first...At press time, the affected were reported to be in sound health and that they could be discharged from the Hospital very soon, according to police...Official figures indicate that by June this year alone, more than 30 people had been killed by mining accidents while in 2017 the number of fatalities from mining-related accidents was at 27.