The first 13 years of gold mining in Geita, where Namatovu went for benchmarking, were a mess. Despite reaping about $100 million dollars in taxes each year, Geita endured poverty, with just few tarmacked roads, an acute shortage of clean water, with many water sources contaminated by the hazardous components like mercury and cyanide used by miners.
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