Gov’t moves to compensate artisanal farmers in arid areas
For six years, Ms Sau Mangi, 35, has never had a decent harvest. When the rains came, she would toil in her one-and-half acre farm at Kishushe village in Wundanyi sub-county
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Taita Taveta
Sh88-million water project commissioned in Mwatate
At 61, Mama Grace Malemba knows too well the true definition of living at the heart of a water-insecure land, what with the thirst, parched land, empty water containers and the long tedious
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The rising burden of Non-communicable Diseases
Taita Taveta has been ranked 16th nationally in the Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) mortality rate in a recently released national health survey. The county’s NCD mortality stood at 46 per cent, a
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Mega water projects easing water distress in Taita Taveta
Taita Taveta has been dubbed as the theatre of the wildlife, the place of idyllic views, and the land of natural extremes. For the latter rightly so because of the extremely
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MP financially supports ‘boychild’ to marry
The celebrated author Jane Austen has something to say about young men and marriages. In Pride and Prejudice, the author held that ‘it is a truth universally acknowledged that a single
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