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Road that has been an election pledge since 1979 almost complete

A stretch of the Gatukuyu-Mataara road where it joins the Mau Mau road [Ndung'u Gachane, Standard]

Alongside Gatundu South and Thika town, Gatundu North was once part of the larger Gatundu Constituency represented in Parliament by first president Mzee Jomo Kenyatta.

Between 1962 and 1979, the area missed the thrill of electoral campaigns since nobody was brave enough to take on the president.

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