Embu County News

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.

A section of Embu leaders has dismissed presidential ambitions by the former Cooperative Development Minister, Joe Nyagah. The politician has declared his intention to vie for presidency in the next general elections as an independent candidate. However, his move has spurred mixed reactions among the electorates and the leaders in the Mount Kenya region.     Jubilee's project A section of ODM supporters argue that Nyagah is a Jubilee project that is aimed at taming the losers in the just concluded primaries and electorates that had decided to vote for NASA Presidential candidate, Raila Odinga in the August 8 general election. Dividing Mount Kenya votes There is also a section of the leadership that argues that Nyagah is an opposition plot to divide Mount Kenya votes since most residents are President Uhuru Kenyatta’s supporters. However, DP and PNU gubernatorial candidates, Njagi Kumantha and Kithinji Kiragu respectively have bashed Nyagah. They...

Joe Nyagah has allegedly quit his President Kenyatta’s adviser’s position for what is considered as “something big.” So far, it is unclear what Nyagah is up to. However, there are speculations that the former Cabinet mister has been seen at the Registrar of Political Parties’ office at Lion Place, Westland.   Joe Nyagah Former Cabinet Minister Could Nyagah be planning to vie for a political position as an independent candidate in the next General Election? He has also been seen at the IEBC offices and it is rumored that he has acquired the necessary clearance already. Whatever the plan he has, it’s only a matter of time before we know what this man from Mbeere is plotting.