Voi,Thursday A storm is brewing at the Taita-Taveta County Assembly as female MCAs lock horns with their male counterparts over gender imbalance in various committees. Matters reached a head yesterday when the women MCAs protested within the precincts...
Read moreEditorial comment: Time to give women MCAs in Taita-Taveta county assembly the audacity of hope
VOI, SUNDAY In leadership, as it is in many spheres of life, gender issues are very emotive. Though most people, by and large, perceive gender issues as touching more on women than on men, the core of the matter is that gender agenda is about men and...
Read moreDiscord in Taita-Taveta county assembly as women MCAs protest over gender imbalance in house committees
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Voi, Friday A storm is brewing at the Taita-Taveta County Assembly as female MCAs lock horns with their male counterparts over gender imbalance in various committees. Matters reached a head yesterday when the women MCAs protested within...
Read moreThree killed in grisly lorry accident at Ndara near Voi town
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Voi,Monday Three people were today morning killed on the spot in a grisly accident when two lorries collided head-on at Ndara near Voi town along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The lorries involved in the crash were traveling in opposite...
Read moreGovernment to spend Sh 5.2 billion to revamp tourism sector in the country,says Ruto
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Voi,Monday The Government has allocated more than Sh 5 billion to revamp the tourism sector in the country with the Coast region set to be the major beneficiary. This will be a welcome reprieve for the region where the sector is the...
Read moreTime to deal dicisively with poaching and illegal grazing in Tsavo to restore the park to its former glory
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Tsavo National Park, one of the largest game conservancies in the country and Africa as well, is facing a serious conservation crisis. Even though reports from the park indicate that poaching is gradually going down due to enhanced...
Read moreTown profile:Maungu township growing fast to keep in step with the times
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO To a casual observer plying the busy Nairobi- Mombasa highway, the Maungu township is just a sleepy business outpost, with little business activities and a sluggish lifestyle. The scorching heat and the benumbing dust might also be...
Read moreFresh twist in Kishushe iron ore controversy as miner barred from transporting ore
Voi, Wednesday A fresh twist in the controversy surrounding the mining of iron ore at Kishushe, Taita-Taveta county has emerged after local residents stopped ten lorries from Wanjala Mining Company from transporting about 300 tonnes of ore from Kishushe....
Read moreVoi river faces imminent death as local leaders bury their heads in the sand
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Voi river, a key water source in Taita-Taveta County is facing imminent death due to excessive sand harvesting, block making and cultivation into the river banks. Even though the local communities living near the river rely on this...
Read moreRaila rails at enemies of devolution in government,says Okoa Kenya drive unstoppable
BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Cord Principal Raila Odinga has issued a scathing attack on what he terms “enemies of devolution” in the government who he said wanted grass root developments in counties to stall. Speaking at the Mwatunge grounds which are the Taita-...
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