Naivasha’s changing fortunes

Naivasha has had its fair share of bad history. But now it appears to have everything in its favour. The highway, lake, land and geothermal exploits make it a potential nerve centre for the entire county come the devolved governance, writes PETER MUIRURI

Until a few years ago, not many gave a hoot to the economic prospects of Naivasha, a town that was always in the news for all the wrong reasons. Murders, rapes and other forms of bizarre behaviour had tainted Naivasha, the first frontier to the expansive Rift Valley.