New tarmac lights up idle towns in Makueni, Kitui

Road that took 57 years to build transforms regions.

Residents of Kitui and Makueni counties are about to realise a dream they have had for more than 50 years.

A key road that links the two counties is nearing completion, bringing the much-valued tarmac to a region that has longed for modern infrastructure since the country’s independence in 1963.