Kiambu VTCs now make cabro: Muguga first, machines for every sub-county
Key points
- Kiambu County began installing cabro-making machines in vocational training centres in March 2025.
- Muguga VTC in Muguga Ward, Kabete Sub-County, is now laying its own blocks on campus.
- Governor Kimani Wamatangi said machines are already at Kamirithu, Ruiru and Juja Farm VTCs, with installation aimed at least one centre in every sub-county.
- Resident Mary Muthoni of Kahuho said traders want the same paving in nearby markets and streets (Kahuho, Waruku).
The first customer for Muguga’s new cabro line is Muguga. Vocational trainees in Kabete Sub-County are paving their own compound with blocks they made on a machine the county planted in March 2025, KNA reported on 17 August 2026.
Governor Kimani Wamatangi said the same kit is already at Kamirithu, Ruiru and Juja Farm VTCs, and that the plan is at least one machine in every sub-county. The pitch is double: keep young people in a paid-adjacent skill, and feed rural markets and walkways with locally made pavers instead of buying every stone from outside. At Muguga the next destination named is nearby trading centres. Mary Muthoni, a Kahuho resident in Kabete, said cleaner, firmer market ground is what traders are waiting for: “We are eagerly waiting for the cabro installation in the marketplaces and streets to keep the grounds clean.” Kahuho and Waruku are the shopping centres the report flags. A campus path is not a county roads programme. The March 2025 start date and the four named VTCs are the hard facts; how many square metres have left Muguga’s gate, and who pays for the market jobs, is not in this KNA note. County should publish a delivery list if the “every sub-county” line is more than a speech.
A machine in a workshop is not a paved market
Kamirithu, Ruiru, Juja Farm and Muguga need output numbers — blocks per week, markets booked — or this stays a photo opportunity.
Kenya news: Kenya News. Verified March 2025 start, four VTC names and Muthoni quote from KNA.
County education should post the machine inventory. Public works should name the first market to get Muguga stone.
Traders in Kahuho should ask for a works order, not only the campus demo.
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Based on KNA reporting of the Kiambu VTC cabro programme. Market roll-out had not been dated in that account.
