A man in Kaganda village, Kiharu Constituency, Muranga County has made a name for himself after single-handedly constructing a road joining the village to a nearby centre.
Nicholas Muchemi is said to have embarked on the tough role that saw him turn a bushy hilly area into a one-kilometre road joining Kaganda village to the Kaganda Shopping centre.
Muchemi says it took him six days to do the job, all that time denying himself the money he would have earned at his job as a casual worker.
He says that his decision was fuelled by the area leadership's apparent inability to address the issue of transport problems in the area, forcing him to use his farm equipment to do it.
“I had made desperate appeals to the local leaders to have the road built but all in vain. It was then that I decided to build it using my farm tools for the sake of women and children and to save time,” he told the Nation.
Ironically, the road is about half a kilometre from area (Murarandia) Member of County Assembly (MCA) David Kiiru, one of the persons expected to initiate road projects in the area.
45-year-old Muchemi has suddenly become a hero in the area, with locals admitting that his efforts have indeed bettered the situation on matters transport.