40,000 makeshift bridge offers temporary relief to residents of Murang'a villages

Residents of Kamwaha village in Gaturi in Mathioya, Murang'a County, use a makeshift bridge that was made by one of them across Mathioya river. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

A man in Kamwaha village in Gaturi in Mathioya, Murang'a County, has become a darling of the residents after making them a makeshift bridge across a major river that has proved to be helpful.

Peter Waithaka,30, used locally available materials to make the 20-meter wide bridge across Mathioya river that is now benefitting residents of Kamwaha, Karia-ini, Kigetu-ini, Kamwaha and Kabuta villages.