Ruiru MP Esther Gathogo has urged the county government to provide fire engines to the sub-counties. Gathogo was speaking to the press after helping residents put out fire at an agrovet in Ruiru shopping centre where property worth thousands of shillings were destroyed. She said the trucks will prevent huge losses. “We called the fire engine in Thika because the Ruiru extinguisher is small and ineffective against a huge fire,” said Gathogo. “But we were unable to salvage many things because of the great distance from Ruiru to Thika. By the time the engine arrived, we had contained the fire.”...
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