The rehabilitation of the Voi River in Taita-Taveta County has rekindled optimism amongst residents in the region that the endangered resource will be protected from further degradation resulting from destructive human activities. Mr. Charles Kuria, Kenya Forest Service (KFS) Eco-System Conservator in Taita-Taveta County, said the long-term rehabilitation program will entail intensive planting of indigenous […]
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The government has reported a breakthrough in arbitrating over the protracted Lake Jipe’s water dispute pitting fishermen and farmers in Taveta sub-county against a private investor who had blocked several ancient streams and canals that drain floodwaters into the border lake. The move by the Ministry of Water through Water Resource Authority (WRA) has been […]
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When Mr Albert Nyati, 34, walked out of the heavily fortified gates of Manyani Maximum Security Prison in Voi Sub-county on Monday morning, he was a free man. He had served his five-year jail term for manslaughter. He was going back home to the sleepy rural Mwanda village in Wundanyi where his blood-chilling deed on […]
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The county government of Taita Taveta has lifted the ban on livestock movement in and out of Mwatate sub-county after containment of Foot and Mouth disease in the region. The department of agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and irrigation reported that the ban has been lifted, effective 30th March 2021. “The department wishes to inform the public that […]
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The Business Community in Taita Taveta County have complained to the area County government over piling garbage in major towns in the area which sometimes remain uncollected for over a week . The traders among them restaurant owners, shopkeepers and boda boda riders in Voi, Mwatate and Wundanyi said uncollected garbage have become an eyesore […]
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