A silent war is looming between members of the national steering committee on the implementations of tea reforms and tea directors following clandestine meetings taking place in tea growing areas. Three members Wanja Michuki, John Kamau and Irungu Nyakera have been moving around in tea areas holding meeting despite a court order by Justice…
Kirinyaga County is ready for a major economic turnaround after Kerugoya Kutus Municipality qualifies for a Ksh. 400 million donor funding to establish a rice husks factory. The municipality was selected among 12 municipalities that will benefit from the British Government funded Sustainable Urban Economic Development program (SUED). Speaking at a workshop convened by UKAID…
Hundreds of small scale traders within Rumuruti town, Laikipia have received allotment letters to develop their market stalls. The traders have been given specifications of the type of stalls they are going to put up in line with the County’s Smart Town programme. According to the County’s CEC in charge of Public Administration Rose…
Police at Kigumo Police Station in Murang’a, have continued living in pathetic houses constructed in 1950’s by the colonial administrations. A housing project which was to relief them from living in dilapidated structures remains a mirage after it stalled due to funding. Two years ago, Interior and National Coordination Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i ordered…
The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) is constructing its 14th Regional Research Centre in Sossian in Laikipia. KEFRI Director Joshua Cheboiwo said the research station will serve counties of Laikipia, Samburu and Isiolo. The facility, Mr Cheboiwo said will be used to provide advice to counties in dry lands on species of trees to…
