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The farm Matiba runs expertly for Murang’a peasants

The livestock section of Wangu Embori Farm. [Darlington Manyara, Standard]

At the gate of the 12,350-acre Wangu Embori Farm near Timau in Meru County, all visitors' feet must be disinfected.

Motorists must alight from their vehicles, walk through a pesticide pool, then drive through another pesticide pool.

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