Medics in Embu County have issued a seven-day strike notice citing delay in release of their salaries for two months. Denis Mugambi, Chairman, Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) Upper Eastern Region said the medics have also stagnated in their current job groups for over 10 years without promotion. Dr Mugambi lamented…
A silent war is looming between members of the national steering committee on the implementations of tea reforms and tea directors following clandestine meetings taking place in tea growing areas. Three members Wanja Michuki, John Kamau and Irungu Nyakera have been moving around in tea areas holding meeting despite a court order by Justice…
Kirinyaga County is ready for a major economic turnaround after Kerugoya Kutus Municipality qualifies for a Ksh. 400 million donor funding to establish a rice husks factory. The municipality was selected among 12 municipalities that will benefit from the British Government funded Sustainable Urban Economic Development program (SUED). Speaking at a workshop convened by UKAID…
Hundreds of small scale traders within Rumuruti town, Laikipia have received allotment letters to develop their market stalls. The traders have been given specifications of the type of stalls they are going to put up in line with the County’s Smart Town programme. According to the County’s CEC in charge of Public Administration Rose…
Police at Kigumo Police Station in Murang’a, have continued living in pathetic houses constructed in 1950’s by the colonial administrations. A housing project which was to relief them from living in dilapidated structures remains a mirage after it stalled due to funding. Two years ago, Interior and National Coordination Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i ordered…
The Kenya Forestry Research Institute (Kefri) is constructing its 14th Regional Research Centre in Sossian in Laikipia. KEFRI Director Joshua Cheboiwo said the research station will serve counties of Laikipia, Samburu and Isiolo. The facility, Mr Cheboiwo said will be used to provide advice to counties in dry lands on species of trees to…
TSC orders heads to hand over schools Fourteen secondary school principals affected by transfer in Murang’a have a week to handover institutions to their incoming colleagues. The affected schools are Kirwara boys, Bishop Gatimu Kinyona, Kiruri, Mirichu, Gaichanjiru, Koimbi Boy, Kihuru-ini, Kariguini, Kamahuha, Gitige, Ithangarari and Makuyu boys. TSC CEO Nancy Macharia A communication to…
Ol Kalau town is set to get transformation upon completion of a water and sanitation project that will cost Sh684 million. The project facilitated by the Ministry of Water and Nyandarua County Government is designed to transform the town in Nyandarua, and bring to an end perennial water shortage and sanitation challenges. The project to…
A section of secondary school principals who have stayed in one station for long have been moved. In the reshuffle, several heads have retired paving way for energetic persons to take over leadership mantle top steer the institutions to greater heights. Among those who have retired is Abraham Githuka who had guided Mang’u Boys for…
Murang’a County Government has registered Wachuuzi Savings and Cooperative Society, an year after Governor Mwangi wa Iria championed for a Hawkers Bill. Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria In the Kenya Gazette Notice, the Governor has appointed a nine-member committee to be the management committee members of the society. Others are Economic expert Prof Muragu Kinandu,…
