Politics

Former long serving KNUT Meru branch executive secretary and North Imenti MP Silas Muriuki is dead.Muriuki, who was a renowned trade unionist and politician during his life time died Wednesday morning after a long illness.The deceased passed on at around 5:30am at MP Shah hospital in Nairobi where he was undergoing treatment.He died at the age of...

Politicians in Meru and Tharaka Nithi counties have been ordered to stop politicizing the border dispute between the two counties, and warned that they will be arrested should they incite residents. Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithure Kindiki said politicians who incite locals against each other will be arrested and prosecuted and cautioned them against...

Imenti North MP Rahim Dawood has asked President William Ruto to make a tour of Meru and launch development projects, saying several of them had stalled.The MP said the President had gone to various parts of country where he commissioned or launched mega projects, adding that it was Meru’s turn.“We have seen the president in Nyanza and...

Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi and Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza have hit out at some Meru politicians over what they term as incitement to the public to evade tax. Speaking at Gitoro Showground, the two leaders noted that tax evasion would destabilize the economy and stall development of the nation. Mwangaza who fired...

Meru county Chief of Staff Nchamba Mbithi has come out guns blazing and defended governor Kawira Mwangaza over claims that she misappropriated county funds in the last financial year. This is after Meru Senator Kathuri Murungi addressed a presser in Nairobi alleging the governor misappropriated Sh 12.6 billion from the treasury and also failed...

Opposition leader Raila Odinga has sensationally claimed that he has the solution to the problems bedeviling implementation of the housing levy project and that he is only waiting for the Kenya Kwanza government to fail before coming to the rescue.Raila said he is the only Kenyan who has the secret and blueprint to the success of the...

Education CS Ezekiel Machogu has appointed former Meru county assembly speaker Dr.Joseph Kaberia Arimba as a member of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training curriculum Development, Assessment and Certification Council. Dr. Kaberia, a two term speaker is set to serve in the council for a period of 3 years. The...

The National assembly budget committee has reaffirmed that the budget will be 'mwananchi' tailored. Igembe South MP John Paul Mwirigi said the move is aimed at prioritizing the need of citizens. "We want to listen to the people and hear their views, what they want done or adjusted and be aligned...

The Meru MCAs on Wednesday stopped sittings indefinitely in solidarity with other county assemblies in protest to failure by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) to increase their salaries. The MCAs vowed not to conduct any legislative activities until the government addresses their demands of better pay and establishment of a ward equalization fund.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has banned Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza’s planned outreach programme meeting dubbed Okolea. The meeting was set to be held this Sunday at Kinjo area in Central Imenti constituency. Kindiki said the government will not allow anybody in Meru and Kenya in general to hold political meetings meant to...