Machakos County is home to the Kituluni Hills where the rules of gravity do not apply.
The odd area that covers one square kilometre has become a tourist attraction site as people flock to marvel at poured water and other items go uphill.
[caption caption="Tourists pour water at the Kituluni Hill site where gravity rules don't apply."]
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As a way of proof, tourists switch off their cars and park at the side of the road with nobody in sight and they observe that it immediately begins to move up the hill at a speed of approximately 5 kilometres per hour.
A report indicates that: "Halfway round the hill, regardless of the speed at which the car might be moving, it is always jerked forward and suddenly moves faster without any discernible change on the speedometer."
Their observations with water or an empty water bottle are that for about 20 metres, the water flows uphill until it changes course and flows to the side without ever flowing downhill.
It is believed that the anomaly was discovered by a white settler who had parked his car along the winding road to fetch water for his engine from a nearby stream.
He would later be surprised to find his car having moved about 50 metres uphill.
[caption caption="Poured water flowing uphill at the gravity-defying Kituluni Hills."]
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The local Kamba community has a legend that tries to explain the oddity as well as the name that was given to the location - "Kwaume" meaning "The Men's Place".
The myth goes that there once was a beautiful woman who was married to two men - Kyalo and Mwilu - and she used to rest by a stream that separated the men's homes to decide which man she would visit each night.
When the two men died, they were buried uphill and due to the rivalry between them, over the said woman, they still fight in the after-life causing a strong pull toward the uphill side.
The location has since been renamed to "Kyamwilu", a portmanteau of the names of the men in the myth.
