Chief abducted in Mandera

Chief abducted in Mandera

A chief in Mandera County was yesterday killed by Al-Shabaab terrorists, hours after they pulled him out of a bus and took him to Somalia.

 The chief and other passengers were travelling from Elwak to Mandera Town when heavily armed gunmen stopped the bus at 7am.

 They ordered everybody out of the bus and checked identification documents.

The gunmen also robbed the passengers of money, mobile phones and other valuables. After they were done, they took the chief hostage and allowed everybody else to continue with the journey.

Laare Town: Police arrested a suspected seller of Canabis sativa.

Laare Town: Police arrested a suspected seller of Canabis sativa.

Police assisted by the people in Laare Market has arrest a suspected seller of Bhang, illicit brew and other illegal goods.

The suspect has been in custody at Laare police post and will taken to Maua law Court where He will answer the alleged accusations.

No final resting place for teen cancer victim

Father of 13-year-old boy who succumbed to cancer says he won’t bury him

Kevin Muriungi, who succumbed to cancer last week. His father has refused to provide a place for his burial, claiming he had sold all his land. But family members say the man has a small piece of land on which he leaves.

The burial of Kevin Muriungi, who succumbed to cancer last week, has been hit by controversy after his father refused to provide land for his interment.

The 13-year-old cancer patient’s story of suffering had been featured by http://www.merubusinessdaily.blogspot.com/ attracting well-wishers who sought to assist him before he died.

Jaguar’s 26 minute performance leaves Atlanta fans disappointed

 Musician Jaguar performing in Atlanta on Saturday morning April 18, 2015. Most of his fans were disappointed by his failure to keep time. He arrived five hours late and performed for only 26 minutes.

Kenyan musician Charles Njagua Kanyi – popularly known by his stage name ‘Jaguar’ – was scheduled to perform in Atlanta on Friday but did not show up until the wee hours of Saturday morning, leaving most of his fans disappointed.

The artiste, whose show was supposed to start at 10pm, took to the stage at 2.36am just as most of the revellers were preparing to leave the AR Lounge hall on Franklin Road, in Marietta, Georgia.

Meru bets on livestock to boost earnings

 Livestock at market

The Meru County government is seeking investors to establish leather tannery factories in the county to boost the earnings of farmers in the region.

The county is set to host an international investment conference in June to spur development.

Speaking to the Times, the County Director for Livestock Development David Kimenchu said the area has the capacity to host two tanneries.

He said Meru has a population of 250,000 beef cattle valued at Sh7.5 billion with more than 10,000 hides and skins produced every month.

Obama says ‘no greater threat to planet than climate change’

Obama says ‘no greater threat to planet than climate change’

WASHINGTON, April 18- US President Barack Obama said Saturday that climate change poses the world’s biggest single threat.

“Today, there’s no greater threat to our planet than climate change,” Obama said in his weekly address, which had an environmental theme to mark Earth Day on April 22.

“Climate change can no longer be denied, or ignored,” he added, noting that 2014 was the hottest year on record.

The United States is the second largest greenhouse gas emitter after China, and Obama has pledged to reduce US climate pollution by 26-28 percent from 2005 levels by 2025.

English Barclays Premier League | FIXTURES

Match Day Live

                                                                       All times CAT (SA, GMT+2)

Saturday 18 April 2015

Stoke City	v	Southampton	Britannia Stadium	16:00
Leicester City	v	Swansea City	King Power Stadium	16:00
Everton	v	Burnley	Goodison Park	16:00	Preview
Crystal Palace	v	West Bromwich Albion	Selhurst Park	16:00
Chelsea	v	Manchester United	Stamford Bridge	18:30	Preview

Sunday 19 April 2015

Manchester City

v

West Ham United

Etihad Stadium

14:30

Saturday 25 April 2015

Southampton	v	Tottenham Hotspur	St. Mary's Stadium	13:45
West Bromwich Albion	v	Liverpool	The Hawthorns	16:00
Stoke City	v	Sunderland	Britannia Stadium	16:00
Queens Park Rangers	v	West Ham United	Loftus Road Stadium	16:00
Newcastle United	v	Swansea City	St. James' Park	16:00
Crystal Palace	v	Hull City	Selhurst Park	16:00
Burnley	v	Leicester City	Turf Moor	16:00
Manchester City	v	Aston Villa	Etihad Stadium	18:30

Sunday 26 April 2015

Everton	v	Manchester United	Goodison Park	14:30
Arsenal	v	Chelsea	Emirates Stadium	17:00

Tuesday 28 April 2015

Hull City

v

Liverpool

The KC Stadium

20:45

Wednesday 29 April 2015

Leicester City

v

Chelsea

King Power Stadium

20:45

Chelsea show lack of respect to refs

Tracking technology fails to shield livestock farmers from cattle raiders 

Rumen boluses that contain radio frequency identification (RFID) microchips which are inserted in a cow’s reticulum for identification and traceability. Livestock farmers in pastoralist areas are still losing animals to raiders as the technology has not been properly implemented.

A digital tracking technology for tracking stolen animals has failed to tame cattle rustlers.

Mr Jacob M’Mwitari, a livestock farmer from Athanja Village in Tigania East, Meru County lost 47 cattle to raiders a year ago, never to recover them.

In one of his tracking missions with police in Wamba, Samburu, Mr M’Mwitari says he identified some of his lost cattle from hot iron brand marks but he could not take them.

For a farmer like M’Mwitari who has waited patiently to make money from his stock, cattle rustling is a big blow, yet justice is always elusive.

“I have recovered six cows only. It hurts so much because livestock is our livelihood.

"What will befall us if the government continues to neglect us like this?” Mr M’Mwitari poses in desperation.

He says 10 among the stolen animals had been installed with digital tracing devices by veterinary officers to help in identification in case of theft.

Cattle rustling has claimed hundreds of lives besides leading to loss of thousands of livestock in the recent past among pastoral communities.

Seven people have been killed and more than 400 cattle and goats stolen in cattle rustling incidents along the Meru-Isiolo border in the last one month.

Chiefs under fire over cattle rustling

Chiefs under fire over cattle rustling

You’ll lose your jobs if you don’t stop cattle theft, chiefs in Meru and Isiolo told

 

An inter-county peace meeting at Gambela attended by security chiefs, administrators, elders, herders and peace groups from Meru and Isiolo counties on April 14, 2015. Chiefs in areas affected by cattle rustling were put to task for sleeping on their job. 

Chiefs from parts of Meru and Isiolo counties hit by cattle rustling risk losing their jobs for abetting the vice.

Speaking during an inter-county peace meeting comprising herders, elders, security chiefs and peace groups at Gambela, Isiolo County Commissioner Wanyama Musiambo and his Meru counterpart Wilfred Nyagwanga vowed to bring perpetrators to book.

This follows rising incidents of cattle rustling that have left seven people dead and hundreds of cattle stolen in the last two weeks.

Some of the chiefs were put to task to explain why the crimes have continued unabated.

Man killed by sons in quarrel over sale of family land

A 65-year-old man was Tuesday killed by his sons in what was said to be a quarrel over land.

Josphat Kanunkiri was reportedly killed at Kabachi Location in Meru County after the two sons learnt that he had sold their family land without informing them.

The piece of land was a different one from that which the family members had built houses on and the old man had not sub-divided it to the two.

Shocked neighbours gather at the home of Josphat Kanunkiri at Kabachi Location in Meru County on April 14, 2015 following news that his two sons had killed him for selling family land without their consent.

Man killed by sons in quarrel over sale of family land

Assistant chief Tabitha Muthenya said that the two picked a quarrel with their father and started hurling stones at him.

The Great Wall Of Kenya

The Great Wall Of Kenya

Kenya has started to build a wall that separates Kenya and Somalia. This wall will be built over 1000km , i.e from Mandera to Lamu.

13-year-old cancer patient featured by 'Meru Times' dies just as help arrives

Meru Hospice Coordinator Gladys Mucee gives medication for pain relief to Kevin Muriungi at his home in Meru on April 8, 2015. Kevin succumbed to cancer on April 14, 2015 just as he was about to be taken to Kenyatta National Hospital for further treatment after the intervention by well-wishers.

Khat edulis

NEED TO REGULATE MIRAA PAPER PRESENTED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF KENYA TO THE PARLIAMENTARY SELECT COMMITTEE ON KHAT (MIRAA) PRESENTED BY REV CANON PETER KARANJA GENERAL SECRETARY ON 17 THOCTOBER 2013 AT CONTINENTAL HOUSE, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS

 Preamble The National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) appreciates this opportunity to make a presentation during this investigation on miraa by the National Assembly.

 We note that the mandate of this Select Committee is to make recommendations and proposals to the National Assembly on appropriate legislation to regulate the miraa industry so as to protect it as a cash crop.


 The Select Committee is also mandated to consider the development of a policy and legal framework to address the challenges facing the miraa industry.

Comrades honouring #147notjustanumber

KCA University students yesterday joined the rest of Kenyans in honouring 147 students killed by terror suspects at Garissa University College. The Candle Light Vigil event took place at the university graduation square between 6pm-8pm.

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