Dinah Chesister, 34, a mother of four, spends the better part of her day crushing stones in a small quarry on Makutano-Lodwar highway at Sebit in West Pokot County, occasionally joining other women as they sort and display the ballast on the roadside for sale to potential buyers.
This is a common activity for many women in Sebit and Ortum along the highway, forced by tough economic conditions to abandon their traditional household care duties and venture into the backbreaking trade.
