KURA launches campaign to sensitize road users, targets bodaboda operators
The Kenya Urban Roads Authority (KURA) has flagged off a campaign in a bid to sensitize users on sharing of the roads.Director General Mr Silas Kinoti said many accidents occur depending on how safely the roads are used."We want to inculcate a culture of sharing the road between pedestrians, the motorists and the bodaboda operators. We have...
Stima Sacco pledges funding for affordable housing projects as it opens Meru branch
Stima Sacco has revealed its commitment to bridge shortfalls in the planned affordable housing projects.
Dr. Gamaliel Hassan, the Sacco CEO, said that they are equity seed shareholders of the Kenya Mortgage Refinance Company and would commit funds to finance members and partners involved in the housing projects.
"We are financing...
IG Koome ropes in Njuri Ncheke elders in fight against banditry in Igembe North
Security agencies are set to involve Njuri Ncheke Council of elders to try and resolve the reccuring issue of insecurity in Igembe North.
Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome who on Monday visited the area said that the police will work with elders to eradicate the vice in the area.
“We...
Defilement, domestic violence on the rise in Meru
By Lynette Kinoti
Defilement, teenage pregnancies and domestic violence are on the rise in Meru County amid enhanced campaign to contain the vices.
Speaking during a Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) reporting seminar in partnership with Meru Press Club, Ripples international legal officer John Baidoo said there was a need...
Meru court hears how Isiolo land rights activist was killed
A Meru high court on Monday heard that an Isiolo land rights activist Elizabeth Ibrahim Ekaru died after profusely bleeding when she was stabbed several times at a funeral she was attending.
Dr Mohammed Abdikadir who conducted the postmortem of the deceased at St Theresa Mission Hospital Kiirua on January 6, 2022 told the court that major...















