Our team camps at the Mlolongo Weighbridge in Athi River the whole night. We are in a mission to unearth the goings-on at this famous freight station, dubbed the gateway to Nairobi and Western Kenya.

The Athi River flows across the Kapote and Athi plains, through Athi River town, taking a northeast direction where it meets the Nairobi River. Near Thika, the river forms the Fourteen Falls and ...