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How Kenol town grew from a lone roadside petrol station to a bustling gateway

A section of buildings at Kenol market, Murang'a. [Boniface Gikandi, Standard]

Thirty years ago, Kenol market had a single petrol station located along the Nyeri-Nairobi highway that also offered relief to motorists and their passengers for sanitary facilities.

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