ANOTHER decomposed body, believed to be one of the miners involved in the Sensele mine accident in December last year, has been found. The discovery brings the total number of retrieved mine accident victims at Sensele to 14, with one survivor. The retrieved body, along with the one discovered on Tuesday, has since been buried at Chingola cemetery. Speaking during the burial ceremony in Chingola yesterday, following the resumption of the retrieval mission, Copperbelt Permanent Secretary Augustine Kasongo said government would not relent in retrieving all the accident victims at Sensele. He added that the budget for the operation has been finalised and that a full scale retrieval mission will commence soon. “The Minister of Copperbelt Elisha Matambo had given...

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