Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka and his nominated counterpart, Essy Okenyuri , Wednesday called for dialogue as means to ending cross border squabbles between communities living along Kisii-Narok border. The two issued statements hours apart as one cow and its calf that were stolen Friday from Kiango area, sparking skirmishes, were recovered and handed back to their owners. Two more cows are however, yet to be recovered, officials said. The single recovery early Wednesday appeared to revive fresh hopes of the recovery of two more others still on the loose. Earlier, elders from both sides had agreed that all three cows…
Author: Magati Obebo
Nyamira’s West Mugirango MP Steve Mogaka called on the government to give immediate salary increases to teachers in newly gazetted municipality zones of Nyamira County. Raising it in the National Assembly, Mogaka requested that the government roll out the 2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with improved house allowances for teachers working in urban areas. In 2021, the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) signed a CBA that provided for better allowances for teachers in municipalities. However, even after Nyamira County gazetted new municipalities in 2024, which include Nyamira Town, Tinga, Nyamaiya, Miruka, Kebirigo, Ekerenyo, and Keroka, teachers in these municipalities have not…
Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni Tuesday said investigations into the mysterious disease ravaging some parts of South Mugirango were still going on. At least 56 people have since been treated in various health facilities in the region of the infection. On Tuesday, Muthoni ordered for a temporary closure of a spring at the epicenter of the epidemic as samples go through further lab analysis. Some preliminary samples already taken from the spring early in the week had returned positive of fecal deposits raising suspicion that it helped trigger the break out. “We have established that this water is contaminated and…
Intermittent cross border raids marked the better part of Tuesday at the restive Kiango township along the troubled Narok – Kisii County border. A resident, Hesborn Oyagi,said fighting was still going on latevinto late hours Tuesday at some fertile valley outside Kiango township. Kenyenya Deputy County Commissioner William Bett, however, denied the claim saying no fighting ever takes place at night. “There had only been sporadic encounters between the two sides for the better part of early today,” said Bett by phone Tuesday night. He also disputed rumors that have been circulating online claiming to a student returning to school…
Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka Tuesday flagged former Kisii Polytechnic Tom Mulat for a probe on financial dealings at the insititution during his tenure. Mulat was hastily transfered from the insititution a fortnight ago following an outcry from the students and a section of the local political class. At the Senate Tuesday, Onyonka asked for enhanced accountability of the Polytechnic’s funds in the face of Mulat’s disgraceful departure. He especially queried the litany of discrepancies in the revenue collection by the Polytechnic in the short span Mulat was in charge. “Despite the increase in student enrollment from 11,517 to 13,017 in…
The government Tuesday rejected accusations that it was battering abroad local skills in the ongoing public facilitated labour mobility. Principal Secretary at the State Department Technical Vocational Education and Training, Dr Esther Mworia, however underscored the commitment by the state to improve service delivery in all of its technical institutes. “This notion that we are exporting labour should stop, we are only encouraging labour mobility. The same way our youth move from the rural to urban centres to look for jobs is the same way our people are encouraged to look for employment out there, nothing should stop them from…
At least two people were confirmed killed in the ongoing violent skirmishes at the restive Kiango border point at the Kisii-Transmara border. MPs Julius Sunkuli (Transmara West) said he had been briefed of two deaths so far. The MP and his Bomachoge Borabu counterpart Obadiah Barongo also convened separate barazas to preach peace to avert more possible blood shed. Speaking in Kilgoris, Sunkuli said the two fatalities were from his constituency. They succumbed as they were being attended to for arrow injuries at separate health facilities in Kilgoris Town. One was shot Saturday and the other Sunday as violence engulfed…
At least two more youths sustained critical arrow injuries in the latest bout of skirmishes spiraling along the volatile Kiango area between Narok and Kisii Counties late Sunday. The figure of those injured on Kisii side has now climbed past six even as tension grow. Police said they had deployed more personnel to quell the skirmishes. Villagers said fighting was still going by Sunday night making a mock of the night patrols by police. More sugarcane farms were also torched in the revenge attacks by youth from Kiango side as skirmishes escalated into the night. Kenyenya Deputy County Commissioner William…
Several sugarcane farms were set ablaze as fighting between waring Kisii and Masai youths escalated late Sunday at Kiango along Transmara West, Bomachoge Borabu border. The loses were estimated to run into millions, officials said. At least four people were reported to had suffered arrow injures as the two sides engaged in vicious skirmishes in the open fields and farms. Tom Nyamasege, a resident, said at least six cane farms went up in smoke Saturday with several more torched Sunday. “As we talk the fighting is still going on and police are having hectic time controlling the violence. We are…
At least four people were by Sunday nursing arrow injuries following intense skirmishes along the troubled Kiango border flashpoint dividing Transmara West (Narok County) and Bomachoge Borabu (Kisii). The four were rushed to various hospitals in Magena and Kisii town for treatment. By late Sunday, armed youth were squaring it out in the open fields even as security chiefs from both sides were meeting in Kiango township to hammer out a peace deal. No fatality was reported by Sunday afternoon. Villagers said a spate of cattle rustling incidents between the two the Masai and Kisii had sparked the fresh tiff…
Former Kisii County Senior Administrative Executive Dr Alfred Ndemo would now be taking on Kitutu Chache North MP Japhet Nyakundi in the 2027 parliamentary poll. The announcement made Thursday scales down the early governorship bid he had earlier vowed to make. He promises dynamic political leadership in the constituency if elected. Kitutu Chache North, he said, continues to suffer a crisis of transformative leadership from the past and present leadership. He said he would be prioritizing on education and infrastructure as he starts to consolidate the Abagetutu vote if elected. “Yes, it is true i wanted to vie for Governor…
United Progressive Alliance party officials Wednesday said they would not allow Jubilee Party to grab Fred Matiangi from them and field him their presidential flag bearer. They said Matiangi was their member and would use it to run for the country’s top seat come 2027 and not Jubilee. “We have spoken this matter with Jubilee Party officials over the same and we are only here to re-affirm that Matiangi is our party member and would vie for presidency under UPA and not in their party,” Jacob Bagaka, party National Secretary,told journalists in Kisii. Matiangi is yet to declare his intention…
Africa Merchant Assurance (Amaco), Kisii branch was for the better part of Tuesday morning a scene of drama after an auctioneer forcefully stormed the premises to recover cumulative rent arrears from the Ruto linked firm . Police from Kisii Central Police Station, however, later retreated to ‘consult’ after a female staffer aggressively fought them back. She constantly threw epithets the auctioneer staffers and journalists who had turned up to cover the incident. At one point she hit a TV journalist with a stamp as he rolled his camera. Two officers from Betico Auctioneers were injured in a scuffle. Amaco is…
The government Friday said it redeployed Kisii National Polytechnic Principal Tom Mulat, caving in to two days of relentless pressure from the local political leaders. It was, however, not immediately disclosed where he was transfered to. A letter signed by the College Deputy Principal, Administration, Nyakoe George said he would do the handing early Tuesday. “Mr Mulat has been deployed elsewhere and a handing over-raking over ceremony has been scheduled on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, 8 00 am within the college.” “You’re hereby asked to prepare the necessary documents including departmental inventories in readiness for the handing over,” stated part…
Education Cabinet Secretary Migos Ogamba Thursday said he has already instructed a probe into the ongoings at the Kisii National Polytechnic. He spoke exclusively to Kahawa Tungu hours apart after the college’s embattled principal Tom Mulat chided those calling for his removal from office. “Am seized of the matter and my PS is already handling the matter,” Ogamba told Kahawa Tungu by phone Thursday afternoon. Mulat has been on the eye of a storm over arbitrary sackings of college staff sparking fury from the local political leadership. Two former Ward Reps Samuel Apoko (Kiogoro) and Kefa Mogaka (Kisii Central) Wednesday…