There is hope for Murang'a airstrip where locals grow nappier grass

A Boda Boda rider trespasses on the proposed Murang’a airstrip land in Kiharu. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

The 18 acres for the proposed airstrip at Marewa village in Kiharu, Murang’a County, is teeming with crops and nappier grass.

Residents stripped the barbed wire and chain link from the perimeter fence that was used to secure the land after it was identified when the late John Michuki was Transport minister in the Kibaki government in early 2000.