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42-Years of Crushing Stones for Survival; The agony of a widow in Arua

Santina Ayikoru now 62 Years Crushing Stones at Ayelembe Quarry Site on Monday. Arua, Uganda | URN | At 18 years of age, Janet Eyotaru, now 62, joined male artisan miners at the Ayelembe stone quarry site after getting married in the same area at the age of 16. After giving birth to her first child, Eyotaru was forced to join a group of men who extracted stones from underground and crushed the boulders into smaller pieces for concrete work. Seat…
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The Independent Uganda: broke the news on Sunday, March 29, 2026.
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