Gachagua to Duale: You don't own pastoralists

Jama said Isiolo International Airport, which was constructed during the administration of President Kibaki to help in the export of miraa and horticultural goods from the Mt Kenya region and livestock products, mainly meat and hides, lies idle because the expansion of the runway from 1.

Despite his little contribution to the Kenya Kwanza administration's victory, Gachagua said Duale was appointed as the only CS from northern Kenya but had ended up doing nothing for the region and pastoralist communities.

In response, Gachagua said the airport was meant to create employment and wealth, but the Kenya Kwanza administration had instead left it in ruin deliberately, claiming the move was aimed at sabotaging the economy of Mt Kenya and pastoralists’ economies.