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Illicit liquor brewery found at Gioto dump site

The Gioto dumpsite in Nakuru is always a bee-hive of activities. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/standard]

A nasty breeze irritates road users and people who live near the Gioto dumpsite located at London estate along the Nakuru-Kabarnet road. The stench is unbearable.

It is early morning and lorries can be seen ferrying waste from residential homes. As this goes on, marabou storks fly over the location searching for food, competing with the buzzing flies that converge at the site. Children, youth and women can be seen going through the heaps of trash in search of treasure.

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