Nyandarua Governor Francis Kimemia unveilled projects worth Sh 21 million which were meant to benefit the youths from the region. This according to the governor was meant to sustain them during this period the country was grappling with Covid 19 effects. During a ceremony to celebrate International Youths week, Kimemia launched the newly established music…
Rehabilitation of the Nanyuki- Nairobi railway line is complete. The rehabilitation exercise on the 240 kilometres stretch has been completed with Kenya Railways started transportation of petroleum products to Shell Vivo Energy Deport in Nanyuki town. Several government officials have travelled with the train to Nanyuki ahead of the launching of the project by President…
Over 25,000 needy residents of Kirinyaga County are set to benefit from a relief food aid program led by Governor Anne Waiguru. The food distribution drive is the second phase of a program that kicked off in May to shield needy and vulnerable families from the effects of Covid-19 pandemic. The first phase…
Employees at a flower farm in Nanyuki, Laikipia are appealing to the Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) to rescue them from an impending layoff at their place of work. This is after the management of Kongoni River Farm issued them with letters on a three months’ unpaid leave only to declare them redundant when…
Maternity wing at Engineer Hospital has been converted to an Isolation ward exposing expectant mothers to danger. On Wednesday night, health workers at the facility claimed there were six drivers and three conductors from Public Service Vehicles placed under observation after they developed symptoms related to Covid 19. Residents in Engineer area in Kinangop expressed…
Kenya Roads Board has disbursed Sh59.3 billion to the agencies and county government for maintenance of highways. In the disbursement for the year 2019/2020, Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) got Sh24.6 billion, Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) Sh 13 billion and Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) Sh6.1 billion. In the allocation the board disbursed to…
A legal tussle has emerged in Nanyuki between Laikipia County Government and plot owners in Muthaiga estate. The tussle followed declaration by the county government that the houses were sold unprocedurally to the present owners. Plot owners, Francis Ndegwa, Stephen Gakuu, Esther Wanja and Peter Mukora moved to Nanyuki court and obtained orders restraining the …
Kiambu County Assembly Speaker Stephen Ndicho says will answer all allegations levelled against him by a section of MCAs. “We shall reply to every query raised. We are waiting for them to bring it on,” said the Speaker on a motion by MCA Daniel Ngugi. The draft motion seeks to impeach the Speaker…
Eight commercial banks have set aside Sh338 billion to support construction of houses through President Uhuru Kenyatta Agenda Four Programme. Housing and Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga said the amount from the bank will be challenged to facilitate the housing programme. Without naming the banks that will fund the low cost houses, Hinga said, individuals…
Police in Kiambu are pursuing a gang that raped and sodomised a mother of three in Gatundu North sub county. The police are using intelligence to pursue the gang that raped a woman who was left bleeding with a torn uterus among other injuries in Kang’oo village over the weekend. The mother of three who…
