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Conflict looming after Equator line is 'moved' at Ng'onyi

Equator line signpost at Kariene Ka Moi in North Imenti Sub-county. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]

The Equator imaginary line that divides the northern and southern hemispheres has literally put asunder a section of the Meru community.

The division has emerged over which area, between Gatimbi market in Central Imenti Sub-county and Kariene Ka Moi in North Imenti Sub-county, falls on the zero-degree latitude.

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