COUNTY NEWS

IGAMBANG'OMBE RESIDENTS LAMENT OVER SORRY STATE OF THE WARD Residents from Igambang'ombe ward in Chuka Igambang'ombe subcounty are bewailing over sorry and pathetic condition of their ward in terms of development. Under the leadership of their MCA madam Njeri Kigwari alias Karinda and the area mp Hon. Patrick Munene, the residents complain of receiving iota development from the leadership of the duo and especially the MCA. Electricity connection to their households seems to be one of the major headache.For instance a resident of Kanthanje wonder why there is power available in mainlines but distribution in the rurals where most population live has never happened leave alone the targeted learning institutions."There is available power but Surprisingly it has never been surplied to us the residents and the schools meant to bennefit from the same",says the resident. Therefore,according to them life has become hard to navigate through especially this time all stu...

   SOCIAL MEDIA TURNED INTO A DEN OF SCAMMERS Online International and Kenyan Companies agents in social media especially in Facebook have become rampant. In almost all Facebook groups, one won’t scroll for five posts without noticing a post announcing for an online business slot for a `few available people’. Whether the people behind these posts are genuine or not, it remains a matter to find out. County News correspondent came across a university lady who had an unpleasant memorable encounter with these online company agents. Pauline which is not her real name, explains how she came across a post in a Facebook group that read, ``Stop wasting data on Facebook but instead use it to earn up to Ksh 5000 in a day, if interested reply how’’.Eager to know how one could make such an amount of money by just using a phone, she got into a serious conversation on what’s app after being provided with an account to use. Pauline did not know that she was just engaging to a scammer in...

"THERE MIGHT BE MORE UNDISCOVERED CASES OF COVID-19" WARNS HEALTH CAS DR MWANGANGI. Health chief administrative secretary Dr. Mercy mwangangi has urged kenyans to remain vigilant in fight againist Covid-19 pandemic. In a face book post, Dr. Mwangangi expressed her observation that the more tests are conducted,the more the cases are getting confirmed and hence need for kenyans to be extra careful. Health chief administrative secretary Dr mercy Mwangangi.photo/facebook  "Dear kenyans, i ask you to be alert and wise. As you have seen the trend,the more tests we carry out the more positive numbers we get. This means that there might be more cases out there that we have not yet discovered"reads part of the post. The CAS has therefore advised kenyans not to trust their neighbours' health status as they might be sick.Also try all means to be alive for the people that needs you alive,and above all stay at home as much as possible and if one must leave the door,...

COMOROS FINALLY CONFIRM THE FIRST COVID-19 CASE Comoros one of the few African countries that had not yet reported any case of Covid-19 has finally confirmed the first case. Comoros president Azali Assoumani. photo/courtesy According to their president Azali Assoumani, the victim is a male who came into contact with a Comorian French national and who had recently made a visit to France before getting hospitalised  on April 23. #SHALL OVERCOME

POLICE BRUTALITY HEIGHTENS AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC FIGHT A police officer in Chuka town TharakaNithi county is on spot for allegedly assaulting a private gurd from Pachaz security company attached to Magunas supermarket Chuka. According to the statement from the supermarket,the said gurd was on duty when the officer identified as Jodrean Mukami made her way into the facility.The gurd noticed that the officer's face mask was hanging on the neck and thus requested her to properly put it on before accessing the facility,being one of the measures put by the kenyan government through ministry of health to stem the spread of the corona virus in the country.   CCTV photo of the police officer battling a      gurd at Magunas Supermarket Chuka/ courtesy Instead of the officer heeding to the humble request given, she reportedly responded  by harassing the gurd through serious beating and was shortly joined by her husband in the fight. In the process,the gurd sust...

AFTER CLOSURE OF CLUBS,DJS ARE NOW SWITCHING TO ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT  Following shut down of clubs countrywide in bid to stem covid 19 came as a bad news to entertainment industry especially to Deejays who have been playing music in the facilities. However the lifes of these depedents to stay affloat and also cater for the bills has not been an easy task. Especially for the young upcoming and un established deejays, this may be the hardest moments. Since necessity is the mother of invention,the entertainment industry seems to be now switching to online platform.In a face book post on his wall, Tongola Mate(TM) a reggea MC has hinted of a newborn in town already giving TV stations a run for their own money. "All you need is stable WIFI or bundles to stream via face book.And the Djs are making good cash from funs both at home and abroad through Mpesa, wave,paypal etc."reads part of the post."A good example is the ever dynamic Rastyle republic that has taken the platf...

COMMOTION ERUPT IN KONGOWEA MARKET MOMBASA FOLLOWING DELAY OF MIRAA COURIERS IN THE MARKET There was a commotion at Kongowea whole sale market Mombasa following a delay by the Miraa and Muguka  lorries to get into the market on time as ussual. In normal circumstances,the stimulant couriers makes their way into the market as early as 8.ooam but they delayed up to around 10.oopm due to what the drivers said was  caused by traffic congestion on the way. This delay led to the long awaiting traders to move from the picking point to the main gate to wait for the scarce commodity,thus causing serious congestion at the market entrance .Also,other vehicles leading into the market had hard time to navigate through the crowded path way leading into the market. It took the intervention of police officers who lobbed teargas at the rowdy traders in an attepmt to ease the human congestion and to pave way for other motorists and cats to get into the busy market.Traders who spoke said t...