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VOI, SUNDAY Patients in public hospitals in Taita-Taveta county should brace themselves for hard times following the decision by nurses in the county to begin a countywide strike starting midnight today. The decision was reached today at the Moi County...
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Sometime back, a Tanzanian medicine man captured the attention of the world when he proclaimed that he could cure diverse diseases and ailments using a unique plant that later became the famous loliondo herb. Thousands of people with different afflictions...
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Taita ancestors could be turning in their graves when they witness, with utter dismay, the high handedness of the Government security agents as they crack down on the so-called illicit brews in Taita-Taveta County, and more so on m’bangara, a local brew...
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Mwatate town, the designated county government headquarters for Taita- Taveta is among the Coastal towns that require a master plan to guide its expansion to address the various challenges facing it. The town has in the recent past seen an increase in...
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Taita-Taveta Water and Sewerage Company(TAVEVO). Tavevo water and Sewerage Company(TAVEVO) was contracted on 6 June 2006. Before then water and sanitation services were maintained and operated by the then Voi Municipal council . Water supply serves a...
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WUNDANYI, Wednesday The Taita- Taveta County Assembly has threatened to start a fresh move to impeach governor John Mruttu over his failure to discipline and sack incompetent and corrupt county executives and chief officers. The county assembly particularly...
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It’s midday at the sleepy Kitivo village in Mwatate sub-county, Taita-Taveta County. A slightly elderly woman laboriously sweeps her compound. After a few rounds, she holds her waist, sighs deeply and slowly walks away to sit under a mango tree shade....
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William Shakespeare, the renowned bard of all times once intimated that “a rose would still smell as a rose even if it was called by another name”. The poet was attempting to answer the hackneyed question: “What’s in a name?” However, Shakespeare’s line...
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In traditional Taita society, just as is the case in modern society, matters to do with diseases and healing were taken very seriously as they could mean life or death. Illness was not just a family affair but an issue that riveted the whole community....
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There was excitement and ululations in Taita- Taveta as rally cars battled mud and the hilly terrain in the ongoing Kenya Airways East Africa Safari Classic Rally. In Mwatate, where these photos were captured, the battered, muddy but determined little...
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