Embu County News

2017 will be John Gitonga Mwaniki’s year if the latest opinion poll by Embu County News is something to go by. In the poll, voters were asked “Who will you vote for as the MP for Manyatta Constituency 2017?” The results of the online opinion poll that mainly targeted Facebook users in Embu County, Mwaniki is leading in popularity. By the time of publishing this news story, Mwaniki was leading in the poll having garnered 75.76% of the cast votes. John Muchiri, the current Member of Parliament for Manyatta, garnered 15.15% of the votes while Kinyua Wa Mugo and Engineer Mbogo RN Corado garnered 4.55% each. It is evidently clear that Embu youths, who are the major Facebook users, are fully behind their fellow youth. The poll comes shortly after the exit of the former Manyatta Member of Parliament, Emilio Kathuri, from the race. Kathuri withdrew from the race to be the running mate of Lenny Kivuti, a gubernatorial candidate in Embu County. Since making the announcement that...

Farmers in Embu County are set to fetch higher prices for their crop this year after international coffee buyers from eight countries that process coffee expressed interest in milled coffee from the county. Speaking in the County, a delegation of Thailand, United States, Columbia, Canada, Ukraine, China, Australia and Brazil coffee buyers hailed the high quality of the coffee from Embu County. The delegation assured farmers that their coffee has a ready market. According to the buyers, coffee farmers in Embu County stand to earn a minimum of shs100 from each kilo of their coffee if the deal between the Specialty Coffee Association of America and the Embu County government goes through.   The association intends to purchase the already milled coffer at international prices, process it, package and brand it in their own countries. Speaking in Embu County, Lisa Pacini, the sales manager of the association said that the global coffee demand has increased and the deal i...

Embu County Governor, Martin Nyaga Wambora, has said that Embu County supports insurance proficiency. Speaking today, while hosting the Insurance Regulatory Authority at his office, the governor said that his government is committed to supporting The College of Insurance and the Insurance Regulatory Authority in their mission in the county. Governor Martin Wambora hosting IRA officials in his office The I.R.A officials are currently in Embu County to train 120 insurance agents who operate within the county. The Insurance Regulatory Authority is an agent of the state whose mandate is to regulate, supervise and develop the Kenyan insurance industry. Governor Wambora said that his government is committed to supporting the agency in training, examining and ensuring that every successful participant is issued with an Executive Certificate of Proficiency in Insurance. The course is aimed at increasing Kenyans’ knowledge about services that are offer...

Senator Lenny Kiviti hosted more than 5,000 youths from Embu East at his residence in Kanyuambora over the weekend. The youths were ferried to his posh residence where the official launch of his gubernatorial campaign was held. Senator Lenny Kivuti addressing youth at his residence in Kanyuambora Some of the youths, led by the Kyeni delegation leader, John Muriithi, started arriving at the senator’s residence as early as 7 am. While addressing the youths, Kivuti said that he was not aware of any pre-election MoU between the Mbeere and Embu leaders.  He added that county leadership positions should not be shared by leaders on the basis of tribal groupings. Instead, the senator said that a democratic process should be followed as laid out in the constitution. The senator also talked about his recent altercation with Cecily Mbarire, the Runyenjes legislator. Kivuti said that he had forgiven Mbarire.   The two legislators are vying for the gubernatorial seat...

John Gitonga Mwaniki is perhaps, the most youthful political aspirant in Embu County. Born in 1987 in Rugumu village in Manyatta Constituency, Embu County, this youthful aspirant promises to bring the much needed change in the constituency. But does he have what Manyatta constituents need from a representative in the National Assembly? Mwaniki is the fourth born of Mwaniki Ethanus and Teresia Ruguru. As a child, Gitonga dreamt of becoming a scientist. He went to Nguviu Boys High School before joining the University of Nairobi  where he studied Industrial Chemistry. Many people have questioned the allegations that he owns a company. Embu News went a step further in the attempts to substantiate these allegations.  John Gitonga Mwaniki (Manyatta MP Aspirant 2017) So, does John Gitonga Mwaniki own a company? A quick research by Embu News has revealed that Gitonga actually came up with the idea of starting his own company while still at...