Meru Governor H.E. Kiraitu Murungi is determined to combat and control the Cancer menace in the County, where the statistics of the disease are ranking high globally. Speaking today at Kagaru P.C.E.A. Church in Abogeta East South Imenti, at the funeral ceremony of late Evelyne Nceri Kiambi who succumbed to cancer disease, Chief of Staff Hon. Gideon Kimathi said that the Governor has in the recent days intensified the efforts, where he has secured partnerships of big corporates like Nation Media Group, Equity Bank Foundation, Co-operative Bank of Kenya among others, in the upcoming Meru Mount Kenya Running Championship, which is aimed at raising funds to establish Meru Cancer Institute. The cancer institute bill has already been passed by the County Assembly and gazzeted.

Hon. Kimathi called on all Meru residents to register in large numbers for the run which will take place on February 22nd, 2020. Registration can be done online at https://mtkenyarun.co.ke/.

He also announced that the County Government of Meru is in full support of the Building Bridges Initiative, popularly known as BBI, whose discussions and forums are ongoing across the country in order to foster peace, and avoid post election skirmishes which have plagued Kenya, adversely affecting the economic development every five years. The Chief of Staff said that the County Government under the leadership of Governor Kiraitu, has fully embraced the BBI process and has taken its position as a key player of the initiative.

Also at the funeral was Abogeta East MCA Hon. Mwirigi Karinga and Assembly Majority Leader Victor Mutuma Karithi.
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