Former Gaturi MCA Rosemary Wakuthii is the Jubilee Party candidate for Gaturi ward in Kiharu, Murang’a. The party nomination was contested by Esther Mwihaki who came second and polled 1,257 vote. winner garnered 1,720 votes. In the third position was Joshua Mwangi 1,041 votes and Samuel Mwai polled on five votes. The seat fell vacant…
Tea factories are back to operations after plucking boycott came to an end with growers plucking 4.428 million kilogrammes of green leaf, up from 3,994,000 kilogrammes of green leaf registered last month. In Murang’a county, farmers affiliated to KTDA factories have produced 906, 005 kilogrammes of green leaf, up from 594,294 kilogrammes harvested last…
Maendeleo Chap Chap party leader, Alfred Mutua has challenged political leaders drawn from upper Eastern region to shelve national politics and redirect their efforts towards addressing economic issues affecting the local people and especially the marketing of Miraa and tea. Mutua who addressed a forum of Democratic Party leaders at a Meru hotel Friday morning…
Jubilee party nomination for Gaturi Ward, Kiharu, Murang’a started on a low note after the polling centres opened late. By 11 am some of the polling centres among them Kibuu had not received the ballot materials from the Jubilee headquarters. The party by election has attracted Esther Mwihaki Kamau, Joshua Mwangi, Esther Wakuthii and…
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) got a green light to conduct directors’ elections, after a petition by the Ministry of Agriculture to suspend directors elections was thrown out. Judge Antony Mrima ordered the agency was free to conduct the elections. In the suit contested by KTDA managing 54 tea factories, Ministry of Agriculture and…
