Meru youth beats odds to become a star dancer

Elvis Kubania watches his friends dance for three minutes.

Like the group, he slowly starts snapping his fingers and nodding to the beat.

He counts one, two, three in his head.

He shifts his weight to one leg and raises the other.

And, as the rest of Alpha Dancers Crew, he breaks into freestyle dance—throwing his hands in the air and shaking his torso and bottom in perfect synchrony.

For over 20 minutes of the musical action, nothing makes Elvis different from the rest of the dancers practising new dance moves at Nteere Park in Meru Town.

It is during break that we realize the 19-year-old from Muringombugi Village in Meru is talented differently: He can neither hear nor understand the sound of music but he is a very good dancer.

VICTIM OF BEDBUGS

First Lady urges miraa farmers to diversify to other crops to sustain their income

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has urged miraa farmers in Meru to diversify their farming to other crops so as to sustain their income.

Mrs Kenyatta further asked the farmers to put the crop’s proceeds to good use in order to uplift their livelihoods.

Speaking Wednesday at the Meru Technical Training Institute where she took her Beyond Zero campaign and donated the 28th mobile clinic, the First Lady said she was happy that the Meru people were hardworking.

“I urge the miraa farmers to put the proceeds of their business to good use for the benefit of the society and the county at large.

Improved healthcare major successes of devolution

Improved healthcare is one of the major successes of devolution, Council of Governors Chairman Peter Munya has said.

Mr Munya said service delivery in a majority of hospitals, especially in Meru County, is now efficient and beneficial to citizens because of devolution.

Speaking at the Meru Technical Training Institute Wednesday when First Lady Margaret Kenyatta took her Beyond Zero campaign and donated the 28th mobile clinic, the governor said counties have made tremendous achievements in the health sector in the last two years.

“For instance in Meru, we have prioritised provision of healthcare and committed the necessary resources.

“About 40 per cent of our annual budget goes to healthcare. It is for you to judge if health has done better under devolution compared proportionately to the last 50 years under the National Government,” Mr Munya said.