Chaos reigned during burial of road accident victims after a man was restrained from shouting at Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro. A youth who sat at the dias met wrath of the villagers at Nyakahura village in Murang’a county after he was cornered by the youth and questioned why he shouted at the MP. Alex…
Kirinyaga County Government in collaboration with the National Irrigation Authority (NIA) has started the rehabilitation of Mwea Irrigation Scheme roads targeting to cover 120 kilometers in one month. In an event held at NIA offices in Mwea, the County Chief Officer for Roads, Transport and Public Works, John Makumi, who represented Governor Anne Waiguru said…
Evangelical Bishops have told politicians to stop engaging in political meetings but instead should be involved in peace building activities. The Bishop led by Stephen Maina said it was unfortunate that Deputy President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga have been holding political meetings when the country was battling with challenges among them Covid…
Dwindling returns in coffee, pyrethrum and cotton, led most of them to diversify to end their misery after years of living in abject poverty. With poor and delayed returns saw hundreds of growers shifting to fast maturing crops. Efforts by the government to revive these crops are yet to bear fruits and this have…
Quarry miners in Kandundu, Murang’a got a reprieve after they were allowed back after a court order was lifted. The closure of the mine the biggest in the county was a blow to hundreds of youth, who depend on it for survival after many were sacked from their jobs following outbreak of Covid 19. Murang’a…
Auditor General office will be conducting a performance audit in 52 coffee cooperative societies in 18 counties. Also the team will be doing the same in 15 farmers cooperative unions in coffee belts in the exercise projected to take 84 days. Agriculture CS Peter Munya in April said World Bank will facilitate revitalization programme in…
Jubilee Party Vice Chairman David Murathe has disclosed the cooperation between President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga helped Irungu Kang’ata to cling to poition of Majority Whip. Murathe said Raila proposed Kang’ata to take the position when Jubilee party cracked whip on followers of Deputy President William Ruto from leaderahip positions in the…
Hired goons descended on a house of a retired Murang’a County Government employee and demolished it. The goons backed by armed policemen knocked off the doors and windows of the three-roomed house located in Kiharu estate. The neighbours of Francis Iregi Mwangi a former senior driver at the county government were blocked by the police…
Nurses in Embu have vowed to continue with their strike after a meeting to resolve stalemate collapsed on Friday last week. While issuing a press statement in Embu today the nurses blamed the health officials for lack of good will to address their grievances. Led by Joseph Ngwasi, Secretary to Kenya National Union of Nurses…
Kirinyaga rice farmers have received 13 tons of high-quality rice seeds from the government for this season’s planting. The donation that includes 10,000 kilograms of Basmati rice seeds and 3,000 kilograms of hybrid variety will be distributed among 1,000 farmers to be planted on approximately 1,000 acres of land. While speaking to Members of County…
