The County Diary

By MAXIMILA WAFULA Today the Leading retailer Naivas Supermarket makes a grand maiden entry into Meru town. The retailer  opens its door to this 86th outlet at Greenwood Mall in Meru Town. The new outlet foodmarket and the first Naivas outlet in Meru County, covers 34,000 square feet of trading space. The foodmarket concept guarantees an aesthetically pleasing shopping experience in line with Naivas mission of offering a world-class shopping experience. Left to Right ( CEO Mwenda Thuranira , Executive Director Real estate Fusion Capital James Maclean, Chief Guest CEO, Meru Central  Kenneth Gitonga and Naivas Top Management CCO Willy Kimani “You requested, we heard you and we are finally here. They say good things take time, this branch has been a long-standing request by our shoppers, and it is for this reason we had to take our time to deliver an outlet that not only speaks to the needs of Ameru people but one that will exceed each one of their expectations. For us, it is not...

 By MAXIMILA WAFULA Today Naivas Supermarket  launched its annual Festive Season Campaign referred to as Kikwetu. This year’s Kikwetu is the 12th edition since its inception in 2011. Over the years, the retailer has endeavored to remain authentically Kenyan while delivering memorable experiences to customers through thematic campaigns during the festive season and this year is not any different.  This is the first festive season where Kenyans can host events and congregate with loved ones without any restrictions whatsoever since 2019 and to top it all we have the Fifa World Cup 2022, a major sporting event that drives global excitement and you can bet that this year’s Kikwetu is going to be bigger and better! The campaign this year is dubbed “Team Naivas” with the tagline being “You Will Never Kula Choma A lone”. The campaign this year is also phased out and today we go to market with the first phase,  “Kikombe Kikwetu” which pays homage to a global football event. ...

By PATRICK KIMANZI/COUNTY DIA Budding Nguni Ward politician and philanthropist Elias Mwanga, currently based in the UK has received rave reviews after his benevolent donation of Ksh 700,000 to the starving elderly residents in NGUNI. Several elderly persons from Nguni ward in Mwingi Central, Kitui benefited from food donations exercise in the area. The Sh700,000 initiative is funded by his Mwangaza Food For The Elderly Initiave, The COUNTY DIARY reported Saturday. "I am aware that my fellow residents have not had any harvests for the last three years have not benefitted from any relief food and that is why I took it upon myself to chip in" said Mwanga, a hotelier speaking from his base in UK. “We urge the President to handle drought in Mwingi, Kitui with a lot of seriousness as people are on the verge of dying if the situation persists,” he added. “A considerate government stops all developmental projects to address drought

  By PATRICK KIMANZI / COUNTY DIARY Former Kitui Woman representative aspirant Hon Esther Kalunda Ndile wants Tourism CS nominee Peninah Malonza nomination to be upheld. "Malonza passed all the tests including integrity and stands at the pole position in all aspects of professionalism" said Ndile. Her sentiments were echoed by other elected leaders in Kitui. "We will do whatever it takes to ensure Peninah Malonza's nomination is approved. Even if it's moving a motion to amend the report on CS's nominations, we will do it. Lazima kieleweke."~ Hon. Nimrod Mbai said speaking to TCD. Their sentiments were echoed by their Kitui Central counterpart Dr Makali Mulu who quipped that "anything that promotes community interests must be supported irrespective our our political affiliation" said Mulu. "I want to categorically make it very clear that we will stand very strong and very firm to defend our own daughter Peninah Malonza to stay in the cabine...

 By  KIMANZI / COUNTY DIARY Former Kitui Woman representative aspirant Hon Esther Kalunda Ndile wants Tourism CS nominee Peninah Malonza nomination to be upheld. "Malonza passed all the tests including integrity and stands at the pole position in all aspects of professionalism" said Ndile. Her sentiments were echoed by other elected leaders in Kitui. "We will do whatever it takes to have Peninah Malonza's nomination is approved. Even if it's moving a motion to amend the report on CS's nominations, we will do it. Lazima kieleweke."~ Hon. Nimrod Mbai said speaking to TCD. Their sentiments were echoed by their Kitui Central counterpart Dr Makali Mulu who quipped that "anything that promotes community interests must be supported irrespective our our political affiliation" said Mulu. "I want to categorically make it very clear that we will stand very strong and very firm to defend our own daughter Peninah Malonza to stay in the cabinet of Presi...

By PATRICK KIMANZI / COUNTY DIARY You will no doubt agree with me on the fact that, very many young people within the greater Mwingi region  in particular and Kitui County in general have a lot of great talent in every sense of the word. Unfortunately, nearly each and everyone of them has been struggling on his / her own.  It is because of this reason that some of us have approached Tyaa Wendo Gardens- Mwingi for a physical platform where, we the youth from  this part of the world could regularly be showcasing our various talents. To this end, we have picked Sun. the 6th November 2022 as the day we will try to live our dreams. Depending on the outcome of this first event, our goal is going to be to  keep on doing it untill  such a time that many of us will be able to  humanely  realize our dreams. However, for us to succeed we need the support of  each and every key stakeholder interested in the betterment of our youth ( Judges, coaches, prizes, s...

 By MAXIMILA WAFULA President of Atheists Society in Kenya  Mr. Harrison Mumia, the Vice President Madam Moureen Temba led other Atheists members of the Society in today  press briefing at Metro hotel Nairobi  calling for the religion inclusivity in  government functions.  They thanked the President of Kenya His Excellency Dr. William Somei Ruto for appointing the six judges who were nominated by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) , they are also happy that comrade Miguna Miguna is back in the country thus upholding the letter and spirit of the Constitution.  We are coming from a history where government officials refused to obey court orders. Government must respect court in orders to preserve the fabric of our constitutional democracy. The Atheists Society in Kenya was registered under the society's Act on February 17, 2016. The registration was vehemently opposed by some Churches at the time . In particular, the Kenya National Congress of Penteco...

  By MAXIMILA WAFULA UNDP Youth Sounding Board Mr.Ngatia Muhoya with other Stakeholders  Millennials Speak, today launched the Badilico Digital Platform in partnership with Hanna Seidel Foundation at Villa Rosa Kempiski.  Mr. Ngatia speaking at the launch In his keynote address, Ngatia posed that majority of youth distrust political systems aren't in touch with most of their leaders where we are changing that . We have created a first of a kind mixed reality digital platforms known as Badilico. It is a gamification of fantasy politics. The platform aims to be the premier platform that unites youths and leaders in Kenya as it  creates opportunity to learn more a bout the design and development of Badilico Game and engage you on what best strategies we could explore to ensure we achieve our overall goal / objectives to proactively engage youth in the political decision -making process .  Mr.Ngatia, emphasizing that the youths hold the demographic advantage said th...

By MAXIMILA WAFULA / COUNTY DIARY Group CEO Dr. Githinji Gitahi, today led the Nairobi county health review taskforce stakeholders forum held at Hilton garden Inn, in transforming the Health Sector of Nairobi County. While addressing, he emphasized that there  are existing challenges in the health systems, which  must also be  identified the possible way solutions to the system bottlenecks and opportunities for achieving universal health coverage in Nairobi County ~ Dr Githinji Gitahi.  Health reforms in Nairobi County has garnered momentum following the hosting of the Nairobi County Health Reforms Stakeholder Engagement Forum.  The one- day forum organised by Amref Health Africa, Nairobi County and HENNET brought together over two hundred stakeholders from Nairobi County including NGOs, CSO, youth, community health workers, private sector and the business community, which  aimed at highlighting existing gaps in the health sector and reviewing service deliv...