A sombre mood has engulfed a village in Pokot Central, West Pokot County, after four artisanal miners were killed in a goldmine.

The goldmine, domiciled at Kampi Karayi area caved in on the miners, who included a 14-year-old, on Thursday, October 2 at around 4 am.

According to one David Domongura, a National Police Reservist, said the deceased were buried alive at the mine, a site that had been abandoned.

Rescue efforts were led by OCS Marich and ASTU officers from Lous. The deceased are aged 14, 22, 30 and 35, with the bodies already retrived from the rubbles.

The bodies have been taken to Kapenguria Level 5 Hospital mortuary pending autopsy.