Town bears burden of terror strikes

A young man at Kwamahugu Quarry at Chaka Market in Nyeri. A number of young men who work at the quarries later head out to other areas such as Mandera in search of better wages. PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU

Chaka town, a dusty roadside centre along the Nairobi-Nanyuki highway in Nyeri County has more than once been left mourning whenever there are terror attacks in Mandera.

The town has had a large number of people killed in the Al Shabaab attacks.