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How quarries changed fortunes of one rocky Murang’a village

A stone cutter imported from Italy at Kandundu quarry mine in Murang’a where the youth earn thousands of shillings daily for being part of the construction value chain. November 30, 2021. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

A settlement that had been abandoned near Murang’a town has now become the new gold mine for hundreds of youth employed in quarry mines.

Investors are also trooping in the locality to scout for land.

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