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RESIDENTS URGED TO TAKE PART IN CANCER SCREENING AS COUNTY ESCALATES EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE DISEASE.Oct 20 2019 - Meru County Secretary Dr. Rufus Miriti has called on Meru residents to come out in their numbers and be screened for cancer regularly, even as the County Government steps up efforts to contain the disease, following rapidly rising cases of cancer where Meru has been ranked top nationally in the disease prevalence. Dr. Miriti said that the…
Meru county tops in Eastern Region VTC ball games, Embu.Oct 18 2019 - By Elijah Gichunge & Leakey Gitonga Meru county has emerged the best in a two-day (16th & 17th, October 2019) regional ball games for Eastern region Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) The county was rated the best having won 5 out of 7 games. Nkubu VTC soccer men, Githongo men and ladies alike, overwhelmingly won both handball and valleyball in…
MERU AND THARAKA NITHI COUNTIES TO SEEK JOINT SOLUTIONS TO WATER PROBLEM.Oct 18 2019 - Governors H.E. Kiraitu Murungi of Meru and H.E. Onesmus Muthomi Njuki of Tharaka Nithi have this morning moderated over the Meru Water Dialogue Forum of all stakeholders in the Water and Environment sectors, at Hotel Three Steers in Meru town, where the Chief guest was the Moroccan Ambassador to Kenya, H.E. Dr. El Mokhtar Ghambou. The forum…
MERU COUNTY GOVERNMENT STEPS UP CANCER WAR.Oct 17 2019 - Meru County Government held a cancer screening exercise at Kanyakine, in its quest to diagnose, treat and completely eradicate cancer in Meru. The CECM Health Meshack Mutuma, said the County Government is focusing on preventive and promotive healthcare due to the recorded high cancer cases in Meru. He went on to assure residents that camps…
Meru Vocational Training Centers Shine in Eastern Region Ball games, Embu.Oct 17 2019 - Meru Vocational Trainees have indomitably shown their stance against 8 other counties, during the Eastern Region ball games championships for vocational centres that kicked off today, at Kigari Teachers Training College, Embu. The championships whose theme is "Nurturing a healthy, peaceful & cohesive society through sports for sustainable…
GOVERNOR KIRAITU MOURNS THE PASSING ON OF MERU SENIOR MUSLIM CLERIC.Oct 16 2019 - Governor Kiraitu Murungi has this afternoon, in a message delivered on his behalf by the Chief of Staff Hon. Gideon Kimathi, condoled with the family friends and relatives of late Sheikh Abdi Hassan Mzinza Mtirai, who was the Senior Sheikh of the Meru Muslim community, at a funeral service held at his home in Mjini area, Municipality Ward in…
COUNTY GOVERNMENT CONDOLES WITH FORMER DIRECTOR AFTER ACCIDENT.Oct 16 2019 - Chief of Staff Hon. Gideon Kimathi, this evening led a delegation of County officials to console and condole with the family of Simon Kobia, the former Director of Communication at Meru County Government, who were involved in a road accident at the notorious Subuiga-Matunda stretch on Subuiga-Isiolo highway two weeks ago, where four army…
RESIDENTS URGED TO PROACTIVELY PARTICIPATE IN DISASTER PREPAREDNESS IN THE ONGOING RAINY SEASON.Oct 14 2019 - Meru residents have been encouraged to proactively take part in disaster preparedness and management, during this rainy season. Chief of Staff Hon. Gideon Kimathi, speaking today at MCK Mbwinjeru in Central Imenti, said that due to changing trends in climate, it is imperative that residents take measures to ensure safety of where they live,…
Meru farmers to reap more as Governor distributes cheques worth 109 million to boost fruit and potato production.Oct 11 2019 - County government has disbursed sh.109 million to boost macadamia, avocado, banana and potato farming. The governor who addressed farmer groups at Thiiri Center, said this was just 40% of the total amount allocated to the program, through a partnership with the National Agriculture & Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP) He added that is…
MERU LEVEL 5 SET TO CONSTRUCT A OXYGEN PLANT FOR THE HOSPITALOct 11 2019 - Meru Teaching and Refferal hospital handed over the site for the construction of an oxygen plant as another milestone in investment by the county to ensure affordable healthcare. Phillips Multinational will also partner with the county to construct another oxygen plant for the Renal and ICU that is already under construction by the county.…