The town's proximity to Tanzania makes it strategic for international trade. And with good roads and low cost of land it is developing into a real estate destination of choice in the South Rift, writes Allan Olingo
The air is cold but the wind is calm. Small, stunted trees grow crookedly in defiance of the bleak, windswept atmosphere. This small and dusty outpost about 75 kilometres directly south of Nairobi awakens slowly to a new day.