Highway that brought tears, losses to locals

A group of residents of Kabeche market near Chogoria in Tharaka Nithi on July 23, 2018.

An old Thames Trader truck parked at Kabeche market near Chogoria town, Tharaka Nithi County, tells you the settlement had its heyday before the dreams faded into oblivion.

Just two kilometres from Chogoria on the tarred road to Kiangwa and on to Marimba, Katheri and looping on to Meru town, the market, which was the centre of commerce for the Mwimbi community, has many sad reminders that modernisation does not always bring development.