She added that the charcoal business is done by traders from all communities in Kenya and not one ethnic group. They lit bonfires at Kwambira area along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway and blocked the road with logs, alleging that Governor Ngilu was preaching negative ethnicity. SUPPORTMrs Ngilu reiterated her stand on the charcoal ban at the funeral of Michael Musambi, a county government staff in Mulango. TRADESpeaker Ndotto said those who want to engage in charcoal business should do so in their counties and not in Kitui. “The single biggest PSV transporter in Kitui County is a Thika businessman called Benson Njoroge of Benjo Travellers.

Source: Daily Nation February 11, 2018 12:56 UTC