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I want to be the first Women Rep with disability in the country, says Taita-Taveta MCA
A nominated MCA in Taita-Taveta County is determined to be the first women rep with disability in the country. Rosina Kisochi who has spent virtually all her life on a wheelchair after she was struck by polio at the age of one, says she is determined...
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Mwatate:County headquarters lost in slums
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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Devolved corruption:Taita-Taveta county executive could have misappropriated Sh 50m as travel allowances-report
devolved corruption.... 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...
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Time to tame graft in Taita-Taveta County
That the monster of corruption has permeated all aspects of Kenyan’s lives is not in doubt, but when it comes to leadership, the matter becomes grave. Day in day out we are bombarded with reports about graft allegations, some of which end up being substantiated....
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Surrender unlawfully acquired land or else...Mwandawiro warns
Investors in Taita-Taveta county who are holding onto huge chunks of land acquired illegally have been asked to forfeit it to the local communities or face Mugabe- like invasion. Addressing wananchi at Mwatunge outpost in Mwatate sub-county during a harambee...
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Taita-Taveta politics:Fresh fallouts as political party primaries near
Fallouts in the major political parties continue to be felt in Taita-Taveta county barely a month before the party primaries in April. Among the casualties are the Jubilee Party(JP), the ruling coalition where a number of aspirants have bolted out to...
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Two former Voi mayors to wrestle with Lay for Taita-Taveta Women Rep
Two former mayors in Voi are among those challenging Joyce Lay as Taita –Taveta Women Rep. Pricillah Mwangeka who served as Voi mayor for ten years says she is determined to wrestle with Lay for the women’s seat in the county given her leadership record...
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Taita-Taveta nurses in strike threat over poor working conditions,remuneration
Nurses in Taita-Taveta County have issued a one week strike notice over a raft of complaints, chief among them being poor working conditions and lack of clear guidelines on remuneration and promotions. The nurses who number about three hundred, lamented...
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Taita-Taveta nurses suspend planned strike as county government promises to address their grievances
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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How graft is slowly killing Taita-Taveta county
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 all along: that the...
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Shot in the arm for macadamia farmers in Taita-Taveta
Macadamia is set to become a key cash crop in Taita-Taveta County, with four major companies buying over 240 tonnes of nuts from the county last year. Jungle Nuts bought 160 tonnes, Kenya Nuts(60 tonnes)Farm Gates(30 tonnes) and Ten Senses Africa(TSA)(20...
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Don calls for increased funds to boost education standards in county
The Taita-Taveta County government has been asked to increase budgetary allocation for education to Sh 200m as part of the ways to address the falling education standards in the county. Speaking during the county budget public participatory forum in Voi...
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Taita-Taveta CA in fresh bid to impeach Mruttu over incomptent CECs and chief officers
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 took the governor...
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Lobby against community land bill,Mruttu challenges Coast MPs
Coast MPs have been challenged to lobby against the proposed community land bill which if passed as it is, will lead to alienation of huge chunks of the regions’ land especially the ranches. Addressing the public in Mwatate during events to mark this...