Clergy sets to block politicians from addressing the congregations in their churches in Murang’a, in efforts to tame hate speeches. Evangelical Churches Ministers led by Bishop Gilbert Maina, said they have been forced to take action following the Sunday incident where two lives were lost. Speaking after the clergy held prayers outside Kenol AIPCA…
A financial expert Julius Kaberere has thrown his interest to contest Kandara parliamentary seat. Mr Kaberere who contested Murang’a County Governorship in 2013 and lost to Mwangi wa Iria said he will be contesting the Kandara parliamentary slot in 2022. “I will be the Kandara parliamentary race and ready to work with all the residents…
Gatundu North MP Wanjiku Kibe has lost her parliamentary seat after the court nullified her election. High Court declared the seat vacant to allow IEBC to conduct a fresh by-election after her 2017 win was nullified. Justice Weldon Korir gave the order on grounds that Wanjiku was not eligible to vie for the slot,…
Tea farmers lobby groups have distanced themselves from the stand of Council of Governors’. The growers expressed their disappointment with the COG following their decision to rubbish the proposed tea reforms. The growers in Mt Kenya region, led by growers association Wambugu Gachunje and Samuel Njunu said the council was playing politics instead of coming…
Murang’a youth came in unity to denounce political violence that rocked Kenol market on Sunday. The youth in their hundreds brought Kenol town to a standstill as they mourned Christopher Kariuki and Peter Thothi who were killed during an encounter with a rival gang. The late Christopher Kariuki In the past youth received bloody…
Council of Governors has faulted the proposed tea regulations describing them as commercially unsound, demanding their withdrawal for amendments. The council called for fresh consultations, citing that there would be a rollback of the gain of economic liberalization. The county governments rubbished the proposal on the grounds it was not involved yet agriculture was…
Two Murang’a MPs Ndindi Nyoro and Alice Wahome said they will not honour the summons issued through twitter. They spoke after they defied to proceed to Central region DCI office in Nyeri following the chaos that rocked Kenol market on Sunday, they are implicated. At the same time, Murang’a leaders led by Governor Mwangi wa…
Hundreds of tea growers have boycotted plucking their green leaf as they called for the implementation of the regulations backed by the government. In a spot check across the country, hundreds of the growers have deserted their farms, with only a few plucking their green leaf saying tea has been their business for decades. …
National Police Service has ordered immediate arrest of MPs Alice Wahome and Ndindi Nyoro follow chaos at Kenol Market that led to death of two youth. In the chaos two youth were clobbered o death at the market centre hours before Deputy President William ruto arrved at Kenol AIPCA for a church service. Bodies of…
In what had been planned to be a peaceful church function in Murang’a turned chaotic after two political groups fought. A group arrived with four buses and dropped at Kenol before 8am and started burning tyres before chaos erupted. Between 9 am and 10am, the market centre remained a go Go Zone as the police…
