At least four people died while several others were left nursing injuries after a Kisii -Nairobi bound nissan matatu veered off and plunged into a deep roadside ditch in Keroka, Masaba North Sunday. Witnesses said the crash occurred around at 11 am along a steep slope between Ichuni and Keroka town. It was carrying mostly Nairobi bound passengers which it had picked along the Kilgoris -Nyangusu-Gesusu -Masimba route when it lost control under unclear circumstances. Emergency responders were still on the scene rescuing those trapped in the wreckage. John Kebaso, a witness said the badly mangled vehicle had overturned and…
Author: Magati Obebo
Ex-Cabinet Secretary for Education Ezekiel Machogu was Friday accused him of waging a campaign to tarnish the reputation of other Gusii leaders. Daniel Manduku, (Nyaribari Masaba) now claims Machogu was sent packing from the government over dismal performance and lethargy. “You were sacked for incompetence, stop lecturing us, just enjoy your retirement in peace,” an irked Manduku said. Machogu was sacked during a cabinet reshuffle following fiery Gen Z protests against the William Ruto government. After year in silence, he resurfaced with a scathing criticism accusing the UDA MPs from Gusii of engineering his sacking by peddling cheap lies to…
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki Thursday fiercely defended the William Ruto government saying already fruits of the efforts invested in development are being reaped. The journey to full economic recovery especially after aftershocks of COVID 19, has been immense, the Deputy President observed. The economy, he stated, was initially lying on its death bed before Ruto entered office and begun resuscitation efforts. “Today, there are ongoing serious infrastructural projects, more others are being tendered and this doesn’t portray a government in slumber,” Kindiki stated. The primary focus by the administration has been and would be, development until the time the country…
Residents of Nyamache, Bobasi in Kisii are finally breathing a sigh of relief as repairs end on the long-damaged bridge that once served as a vital link between the main Sub-county capital and a key administrative suburb. The bridge was destroyed by storm floods three years ago. It has since remained unusable forcing the residents to take long detours and endure delays in emergency services, school transportation, and daily commutes. “It’s been a long time coming,” said a local John Arati. “We have been waiting for years, and it often felt like we were forgotten. This bridge is more than…
A political aspirant in Kisii has launched a virulent attack on Kitutu Chache South MP -Anthony Kibagendi- terming his continued stay in office a disaster. Ibrahim Nyangeso Junior claimed Kibagendi’s two and half years stay in office has largely been punctured by lethargy leaving the residents in a lurch. “It is pity he (Kibagendi )is not even picking any lesson from his counterparts elsewhere. Our people deserve more and better than rhetoric ,” Nyangeso stated. Nyangeso who is also a Nairobi based trader is seeking to unseat the MP in the upcoming 2027 general election. He has lately stepped up…
Tension is growing in a party grouping in Gusii following a controversial State House visit last week by the Kenya National Congress Party leader Manson Nyamweya, a member of the coalition. On Sunday, the chair Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Jeremiah Ongeri termed the visit ‘self serving and out of order’. “As a party we wish to distance and disassociated ourselves from the visit and we want to let our members know that at no time did we sit and agree on the same,” Ongeri told journalists early Sunday at a Kisii hotel. Oyongo was yet to respond to the access…
A former technical institution executive-Haron Maosa- is poised to chair the Kisii County Public Service Board following a vetting exercise Tuesday. He was unanimously approved by the Ward Reps after a brief house session. Maosa , a former Keroka Technical College Principal, would assume the seat after a swearing in by the Speaker Wednesday. He holds more than 25 years in the management of various technical institutions. During the Assembly session Tuesday, he received strong support with majority assembly members citing his experience, leadership skills, and longstanding commitment to improving public service management as reason they found his nomination tenable.…
A parliamentary hopeful Sunday publicly accused the sitting Nyaribari Masaba Member of Parliament Dr Dan Manduku of “chronic lethargy” and “failure to deliver on key promises.” The hopeful, Ben Momanyi further criticized the incumbent’s “disconnected leadership” and claimed that constituents were “left in the lurch” on critical issues such as infrastructure, employment, and healthcare. “For two years since he stepped into office, people have waited for development in vain, there is too loud silence and inaction,” said Momanyi who also unsuccessfully contested for the seat in 2022. “The people deserve a leader who listens, acts, and fights for their needs—not…
Some Ward Representatives in Kisii Thursday voiced concern saying more still needs to be done to eliminate female genital mutilation from the rural regions of the country. In Kisii and Nyamira regions, the vice is still practised in remote villages making a mock of the government efforts in checking the vice. Female nominees Lilian Gor, Edna Kwamboka and Dolphin Bwari want urgent action to taken curb the illegal practice irrespective of locality. Gor said what is needed at the moment are not more laws but enforcement of those already enacted to protect the girl child from the vice. “It raises…
Nyamira Ward Representatives Tuesday claimed stumbling on used condoms and beer cans within the chamber premises as the standoff between two rival camps continue to persist. The discovery Tuesday sparked both fury and consternation from the majority of MCAs allied to Assembly Speaker Enock Okero. Okero has been presiding the sittings away from the official chambers following skirmishes between two rival camps. Ward Reps who turned up in Keroka during a Bunge Mashinani sitting, fingered the anti Okero band for the Monday night debauchery of the Assembly chambers. Assembly Deputy Speaker Abwo Mose, also Magwagwa MCA, who presided the sitting…
A political advocacy group in Kisii Sunday warned a party affiliated to presidential hopeful Dr Fred Matiangi, the United Progressive Alliance, against embracing dubious characters now flocking in from rival parties ahead of the presidential poll in 2027. Group officials Judy Kemunto, Edna Moraa and Ensari Mache described some of those decamping into UPA were turn coats and political cons who should not be allowed to soil the reputation UPA was already enjoying. “We are already very worried that what we are seeing is going to dilute the party’s values and affect the popularity of Matiangi in not checked and…
At least 600 patients were attended to Thursday during a free medical camp organised by Kisii University at the campus grounds. Several more residents, especially from the local neighbourhoods in Mwembe and Menyinkwa were still streaming in by afternoon. The university’s Department of Medicine in conjunction with local healthcare providers, among them Inka group offered free consultations, diagnostic services, and medicines. Blood pressure checks ups, diabetes screenings, and general health consultations were done during the exercise. There were specialists in pediatrics, gynecology, and dermatology for more targeted care. Kisii University Deputy Vice Chancellor Prof Frederick Wanyama said the free medical…
Kisii County Assembly Ward Representatives Wednesday moved to pass legislation aimed at cushioning the local coffee farmers from exploitation and enhance productivity. The legislation further seeks to protected them from brokers reaping from them. House Minority Leaders Denis Ombachi in a motion tabled in the assembly Wednesday also the county to play a vanguard role in supplying farmers with better and quality seedlings as part of the broader process of safeguarding the crop farming from collapse. It pains, he stated, that some struggling farmers were now abandoning coffee farming due to low support from the authorities. “Kisii had been a…
Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo is in the eye of a storm of alleged deteriorating services in the troubled devolved unit. Governorship hopeful 2027 James Kemoni spoke of worsening state of public services across the region since Nyaribo came to power. “Healthcare facilities are quickly crumbling, the roads, even those within the County capitol, Nyamira town, are in a bad state yet he is doing nothing, it just appals the conscience,” said Kemoni. He was speaking at Nyangoso Catholic Church Monday. He said provision of essential services has been on the sharp wane during the governor’s tenure. Kemoni further accused the…
Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi Friday officially confirmed his intention to vie for president, bringing to rest the anxiety that has gripping the nation for months. He said he was ready to heed to the voice of the majority Kenyans wanting him to president and steer the country in the right political direction. “I have heard you,am back at home and would not let you down,” he spoke in Kisii late Friday. Similar pronouncements were made in Kijauri, Keroka and Keumbu during a flurry of stop overs. The former powerful CS set off his first ‘meet the people tours…