We visited the people who work in the quarry - these include men, women and their children. It is a very hard life as it is all done by hand! The stone is dug and crushed as small as possible. It is used for buildings and roads. It takes two weeks to crush 1 tonne and they would sell it for 700 Ksh (which is less than £5).
There is a company which has set up further up the road and they have machines to do the work and fetch far more money for their stone. The quarry people explained that they need to be quick getting their sacks up to the lorries to be able to sell their stone. Quite often they sell their stone and then this in turn would be sold on for much more. This seems so unfair but nothing can be done about it.
The children we met at Nanyuki prep school will often, when returning from the school, work in the quarries. You couldn't meet nicer people than these folk who spend so much time in the quarry.
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