Emali

There are two major supermarkets, Mulleys (permanently closed) and Eden Mart. There are several petrol stations: Shell, Total, and other independent stations. There is a mosque and several churches as well as hotels and restaurants. construction of fresh produce market is almost finished, this will change livelihood and business as well.

Financial institutions with a foothold in the town include Kenya Commercial Bank, Kenya Women Finance Trust, Sidian Bank, Posta Bank and lately Equity Bank. Emali owes much of its prosperity to the fact that it sits at a cross roads and straddles an area occupied by two communities practicing different economic pursuits, the pastoral Maasai and the crop cultivating Kamba. The most outstanding business venture in Emali Town is the 24 hour trade of fruits, vegetables and assorted cash crops e.g potatoes, water melons, onions, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, butter nuts, pumpkins etc as you drive along the major Nairobi- Mombasa highway. As a result, many other related establishments that support each other have sprung up including restaurants and rental apartments.

Despite being located at a highway, the villages surrounding Emali town lacks access to power and clean water, road access to villages serving matiliku town are only passable during the dry season, power distribution network is tedious.^{[citation needed]}