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Disused airstrip that carries the dream of future generations

The dormant Laikipia Airstrip, parallel to the Kinamba-Rumuruti road. [XN Iraki]

Laikipia is a fascinating county. It straddles modern and traditional ways of life; airstrips and manyattas coexist; ranches and small-scale farmers survive side by side. And so does affluence and poverty.

It is a melting pot, multiracial and multi-ethnic. It has been that way for more than 100 years. Settlers were finding their way into this county even before World War I.

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