- Watchmen guarding the Amlight Resources Company fled when gangsters overpowered and knocked down a section of the wall.
- The incident happened on Tuesday morning in the North Ramba sub-location in Central Asembo.
Armed thugs raided a gold mining firm in Rarieda Subcounty and took off with equipment worth millions of shillings.
Watchmen guarding the Amlight Resources Company fled when gangsters overpowered and knocked down a section of the wall.
The incident happened on Tuesday morning in the North Ramba sub-location in Central Asembo.
According to the director of Amlight resources, Amos Barasa Mabonga, this was the fifth attack on his premises this year.
Mabonga said that in all the previous attacks, no action had been taken despite suspects being positively identified.
He spoke to the media at the company yard accompanied by his lawyer, Danstan Omari.
“The first attack occurred on January 25, this year and two lives were lost. As we speak, the case has never reached the courts,” Mabonga said.
He said whenever they make inquiries, they are informed that the file is still at the office of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
He said no action was taken against the suspects in both cases which has emboldened perpetrators of crime against his workers and property to launch similar attacks.
Amlight Resources worker, Charles Otieno Onyango accused some personnel and government officials of working in cahoots with a rival gold mining company operating in the area to frustrate Amlight.
Onyango said villagers are tired of persistent attacks and harassment, warning that unless action is taken to put a stop to the attacks, the area will become a bloodbath.
“We will no longer entertain these acts. We have endured enough and if the government cannot act, they will come to collect bodies,” he said.
Omari said law enforcement agencies lacked vitality in discharging their duties and were to blame for the perennial attacks on his client’s property.
Omari said a court order stopped mining activities in the area but invaders dug tunnels into his client’s land and were carrying out their activities illegally.
“This is a war where a Kenyan investor is being harassed by a foreigner,” Omari said.
He added the law cannot bend to protect foreigners at the expense of locals.
He vowed to take up the matter with the relevant offices, including the DPP and ensure all the perpetrators faced the law.