Oloitokitok: From wild bushes to food basket and back to the ruins

Agnes Mweni, a farmer at Rombo in Oloitokitok, Kajiado County, sorts tomatoes at her farm. [Peterson Githaiga, Standard]

Oloitokitok is traditionally known for pastoralism, where the Maasai and their livestock roamed the wilds.

But over the years, irrigation has transformed the area into a food basket of sorts, where farmers mint millions of shillings every season.