Snakebite Awareness Day: MPs call for reinstatement of compensation for snakebite victims
Maara Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Kareke Mbiuki and his Chuka Igambang’ombe counterpart Patrick Munene have called on the government to have the compensation of snakebite victims in the country reinstated. Speaking during the commemoration of the International Snakebite Awareness Day (ISBAD) at Mwenjeu Primary School in Tharaka Nithi County, the two petitioned for legislation […]
Mt Kenya East leaders break ranks with Mlima
Political leaders from Tharaka Nithi, Meru and Isiolo counties have announced a split from the larger Mt Kenya region political block to concentrate their energies on Mt Kenya East. Mt Kenya East is composed of Embu, Tharaka Nithi and Meru counties. The leaders who had attended the 6th Edition of the Ura Gate Cultural Festival […]
MPs summon Environment CS Tobiko over Mau evictions
A parliamentary committee has on Sunday summoned Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko over the Mau evictions. The summons come amid looming eviction of 60,000 people from the Mau Forest beginning on Monday, September 1, 2019. National Assembly’s Environment Committee Chairman Kareke Mbiuki said that the national government must put in place a post-eviction plan to […]