West Pokot residents want abandoned airstrip put to use

Cattle grazing at Kishaunet airstrip in West Pokot County. [ Irissheel Shanzu, Standard]

Amidst the verdant green of the local airstrip, built by the colonial government in the 1950s, signs of neglect are aplenty.

Right from the tens of cattle and donkeys grazing peacefully in the overgrown bushes, people and motorcycles trespassing on the land, or weeds over-running its 20 acres, the list seems to be endless.