Once vibrant Kandundu Quarry mines in Murang’a that have been operating in the past 20 years are shadows of their former self. The mines generates above Sh3.5 million per day, are today deserted after they were ordered closed by the department of public health, citing failure to comply with standards. A visit to the…
SECONDARY schools are in a state of confusion following contradictions on when payment to BOM teachers will be effected. In the confusion hundreds of BOM teachers have been camping at principals’ offices awaiting for their payment, after Education Administrative Secretary Zack Kinuthia gave assurance that payment will be effected. As the contradiction continues, the…
Burial of Gaturi MCA Kiiru Mwangi Mbembe was a unique one as he was given Gikuyu tradition honours. The ceremony presided over the elder from ‘mihiriga kenda muiyuru’ was buried in his ancestral Gaitheri village, Kiharu, Murang’a county. The police erected road blocks in the locality fearing those presiding the ceremony were members of…
Two notorious traffikers believed to be supplying tonnes of bhang in Murang’a have been arrested after police trailed them from their Weitethie hide out in Thika. The two were nabbed by police who had been monitoring their movement after their were identified as the major suppliers of bhang smoked in Maragua town area. They…
Agikuyu women clad in traditional regalia held demonstration at Kenol market, Murang’a castigating MPs Johana Ng’eno and Oscar Sudi over their insults targeting President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family. The women asked for apology from the two MPs for invoking the name of Mama Ngina Kenyatta when they hurled their insults at the President. Accompanied by…
KANJAHI residents in Mathioya have established a network to empower teenage girls, equipping them with menstrual education. Over Kanjahi 100 girls, through Mwangi Kifeti Foundation got tips career choice, personal hygiene among others. Mr Samuel Mwangi Kifeti The foundation brought together young girls in secondary and colleges, where they also got sanitary pads…
Coffee farmers in Mt Kenya region will receive farm inputs worth Sh 20 Million in an initiative to mitigate against the economic Impact of Covid 19 on the sector. Coffee Management Services (CMS) Managing Director, Kamau Kuria said the company would distribute the agro inputs to farmers through their cooperative societies. “We know that…
Operations in public health facilities were today paralyzed after health care workers downed their tools over several grievances. The health workers have made good their threat of going on strike after the county government of Embu failed to address their grievances which include delayed salaries for three months. The over 2, 400 workers including nurses,…
There is acrimony in Mt Kenya region with leaders pointing their anger on MPs Johana Ng’eno(Emurua Dikirr) and Oscar Sudi( Kapseret) over their incitement claims out to create a national crisis. They castigated the leaders, for insulting Mama Ngina Kenyatta, President’s Mother noting this is against the African culture. MPs Ngunjiri Wambugu( Nyeri Town) and…
The government should crack whip on those who looted resources meant to fight Covid 19 outbreak. Catholic Diocese of Murang’a Bishop James Maria Wainaina said it was pathetic that resources meant to prevent the spread of the deadly disease had been misappropriated by those entrusted. “There should be investigations to get the real culprits…
