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[Nation] The shortest distance from Njoguini estate in Athi River town to the police station is about 2.5 kilometres. To get to the station from here you have to traverse dusty paths passing through the Kenya Meat Commission (KMC) staff houses and then cross a main road near a Catholic church.

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