“Cant pee, wont pee..as potential soldier is disqualified for lack of urine”… Some strange things happen in Mavumbi town that really baffle yours truly, stuff that can actually make good fodder for human interest feature writers. But before I get to that...

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I have said before that if I was Jesus today, one miracle that I would be hesitant to perform was turning water into wine. Not that I would be worried that the tricks and inspiration to perform miracles would suddenly fail me, making me look like a confounded...

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Ikulu ndogo... The Taita-Taveta County government reportedly spent slightly over Sh 58m on travel allowances, despite the fact that only Sh 8 million can be accounted for, the report from the Auditor-General has revealed. This raises queries as to the...

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BY i-MPACT NEWS REPORTER The Auditor General has released a damning report on the massive corruption in Taita-Taveta County Government. From close confidants of governor John Mruttu, MCAs and county staff, the report exposes what most people have suspected...

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Nurses in Taita-Taveta County have suspended a strike they had planned to hold after one week after reaching an agreement with the county government on how to solve their grievances. The nurses representatives who held a six hour meeting with top county...

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A SECTION OF LEADERS in Taita-Taveta County have raised the red flag over increasing cases of defilement and early pregnancies in schools which are partly responsible for declining education standards in the county. As such tough measures are being proposed...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Voi, Thursday The Government has been asked to come up with radical policy reforms to save Tsavo national park from a looming ecological disaster. Flooding of illegal livestock both inside and outside the park, overstocking in the...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO A lot has been said about the mining sector in Taita-Taveta county. Besides being one of the key economic pillars of the vast county that is largely semi-arid, mining has remained largely a preserve of a few enterprising investors;...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO In traditional Taita society, just as it is today, issues to do with land were very emotive. And alongside this was the issue of boundaries. Boundaries, both internal(mbenge) and external(mwano ghwa weni kindo) were very sensitive...

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BY PASCAL MWANDAMBO Sometime back, a leader in Taita -Taveta County stirred the hornet’s nest when he asked members of his community to ditch family planning and reproduce in large numbers so that the number of voters could increase. The leader, who is...

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