@Benign_Overlord Meru is halfway to Mandera? Tangu lini?
Mandera is almost 1,100kma from Nairobi while Meru is only 227.
The bit from Isiolo to Mandera, which is 858kms, is almost all rough road.
A Meru MP is 4 hours away from his constituents while his Mandera counterpart is 2 days away.