Kazi Mtaani programme transforming Thika slums, with calls for its sustainability

The  government is making efforts to ensure the recently launched Kazi Mtaani programme, meant to cushion youth in Counties most hit by Covid-19, is sustainable post covid-19. The  Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary (PS), Charles Hinga said the government will weigh its impact after the virus is contained, before deciding on its progress or […]

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Police on high alert to curb terrorist’s entry through Highway

Police  in Kiambu County have intensified surveillance to combat possible entry of terrorist gangs to the country’s capital and other parts using the Thika–Garissa Highway. The  Kiambu County Police Commander (CPC), Ali  Nuno  said they are on high alert and have so far arrested three suspects believed to be Al Shabaab in the last three […]

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FGM feared to be creeping up in 2 sub-locations in Kiambu County

Some  unscrupulous people purporting to be traditionalists in Ndumberi and Ting’ang’a sub-locations in Kiambu County are secretly exposing girls to Female Genital mutilation (FGM). The  Kiambu County Commissioner (CC), Wilson Wanyanga warned that the practice is outlawed and anybody found forcing it on innocent girls in the 2 sub-locations will face the full force of […]

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Only 2 families relocated graves to pave way for construction of Karimenu dam

Only  2 families have relocated graves of their loved ones in readiness for the construction of Karimenu dam whose construction has begun in Gatundu North in Kiambu County. Eng. Emily Kilongi in her report to Kiambu Development Implementation Coordination Committee (CDICC)  on Saturday said work on the mega dam had begun and that it would […]

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