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Poverty reigns in Nyeri village sitting on precious clay

Gibson Kioge and Paul Maina stack ready energy saver jikos inside their makeshift warehouse at Mweru in Nyeri County. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

On the main road to Murang’a County from Mukurweini town is a small village sitting on what can only be described as a gold mine.

Oblivious of their luck, young men and women shovel and deposit large heaps of soil on the side of the road and sell it for a pittance.

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