Embu County News

Embu Water and Sanitation Company has assured Embu residents quality of the water that the company supplies to them in the wake of cholera outbreak in the county.   According to Doris Njiru, the acting managing director at EWASCO, the company has elaborate mechanisms in place   that are aimed at ensuring that the supplied water meets the highest quality standards. The company has noted that its officials are conducting careful analysis to ensure that locals get quality water. After a thorough analysis of the water, the company officials have reported that the water meets high quality standards. They have assured the locals that there are adequate measures in place to ensure high standards in water provision, sanitation, and waste disposal. According to Rittah Kanamba, the officer in charge of water treatment, EWASCO has adequate, quality mechanisms in place to enhance efficacy. The move by EWASCO to assure residents of the quality of the supplied w...

Kithinji Kiragu, a Gubernatorial Candidate in Embu County, has decried the increasing sexual offence cases in the County. Kithinji has called on religious leaders to lead a behavioral change campaign in the County. He attributed many sexual offense cases in Embu to poverty and child neglect. The Gubernatorial Candidate noted that criminals entice young girls with money after which they fall prey to these sex pests. Mr. Kithinji called on all stakeholders to carry out a sensitization campaign and stem the vice from the area. He noted that the act ruins the future of innocent girls. Watch the video here .   Meanwhile Kithinji has continued his campaign across the County. On Sunday, Kithinji held a major campaign rally at Kibugu Market where he urged the residents to come out in large numbers and vote for him come August 8 th . The Gubernatorial Aspirant was accompanied by his running mate Mr. Elias Kathiga.  Video courtesy of Daily Nation. ...

Lenny Kivuti, the current Embu Senator has claimed credit for the upgrade of the University of Embu . The senator said that the University would not have been established were it not for his efforts in fighting off a saboteur. Kivuti said that the construction of the University, that is now more than 5 years old, would have been sabotaged by a government official during the Mwai Kibaki’s regime.  Kivuti added that he joined effort and formed a forum with three legislators from the County to ensure that the people of Embu benefited. The Senator noted that this forum negotiated numerous development projects including the University of Embu during the regime. The Senator added that a senior officer in the government tried to stop the upgrade of the varsity from the then Embu Agricultural Staff Training College. “During the December holidays when the officer was on leave, I maneuvered my way and had a map for the university drawn and completed other documentary ...

Justin Muturi, the National Assembly Speaker, has asked Members of Parliament who emerged victorious in the party primaries to treat their colleagues who lose with compassion. Muturi made this appeal as the House began the last lap of its last leg.  The smiling Speaker avoided his usual digs that he makes while correcting MPs. Perhaps, that’s because he has lost in an election in the past. “Even as you make references to what happened to your colleagues, do it with compassion. It is not good to be told to your face that you have been massacred,” said the Speaker.  Muturi intervened in his effort to protect the nominations losers after Johana Ngeno, the MP for Emurua Dikirr, mocked his colleagues who lost in the primaries while contributing to a parliamentary debate.