Didas Mzirai elected as NYBA President! (PHOTOS)

Didas Mzirai from Taita Taveta County has been elected the new president of National Youth Bunge Association. Didas has took over from Mr. Silas Maru.

The new NYBA president, Mr. Didas Mzirai giving his acceptance speech after clinching the seat.

The outgoing president Silas Maru (on the left) handing over the NYBA certificate to the incoming New President Mr. Didas Mzirai.

TAITA TAVETA COUNTY LEADERS: DIDAS MZIRAI

Didas Mzirai ni rais wa Taita Taveta County Youth Network.

 Mapozi:

YOUR SAY: Uhuru donated land to Taita Taveta SQUATTERS - Is it fulfilled?

THURSDAY, 14 FEBRUARY 2013

UHURU KENYATTA donates 4000 acres of Gicheha farm to Taita Taveta SQUATTERS

DO YOU REMEMBER THIS????
Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta (currently the president) has poured cold water on the heated land debate, by donating 4000 acres of Gicheha farm in Taita Taveta District, to thousands of squatters in the district.

On Wednesday, Tana River District commissioner Heribae Nkaduda claimed that the Kenyatta family had agreed to resettle some squatters on Gicheha farm and that chiefs and their deputies were to engage in verification to ensure only genuine squatters benefit from the alleged resettlements in Lumi, Njikuini and Sir Ramson areas.On Monday, Public Health Minister Beth Mugo said the Kenyatta family will donate thousands of acres to thousands of squatters who are “genuine” in the County.

Mugo, who is a member of the Kenyatta family, said they were donating on “humanitarian grounds” and they will continue doing it in other areas outside the County.

Gicheha farm in Taita Taveta belongs to Kenyatta’s family and not Uhuru as his political detractors claim.

The Kenyatta family is believed to own thousands of acres of land in the Taita Taveta district.

By Linus Nyambu on Facebook!

NYS Ni LAZIMA!!! Vijana kujiunga baada ya KCPE

Bunge la senet limepitisha mswada utakaopelekea vijana wanaomaliza shule za upili nchini kujiunga na huduma ya vijana NYS kabla ya kujiunga na vyuo vikuu au vyuo vingine vya mafunzo.

Hatua hiyo imechukuliwa ili kuwezesha vijana kupata mafunzo ya taaluma tofauti na kupalilia uzalendo kabla ya kujiunga na masomo ya vyuo vikuu au shughuli zozote baada ya kumaliza shule za upili.

PHOTOS: Fight Against Child Abuse Campaign at Wundanyi

Fight Against Child Abuse and Drug Abuse Event took place yesterday (18th July 2013) at Wundanyi County Council Hall.

Your Say - Corruption!

This Kilinda scandal lets end it here and now!I see rifts already..

My fellow Taitas;Right now in Kenya,there are rumors of a revolution soon.But..We Taitas are peace loving people..

We are blessed and endowed with resources that no other county in Kenya has.We have Minerals(Madini),fertile land,Mountains,Tsavo National Park,et al..

The Mwatate-Taveta road construction will start soon.We now have a devolved system of Government ,meaning TTC is a Government on its own..With all these resources,tell me, do we need outsiders or the Government?Tunajulikana wataita voted 6-piece CORD 100% so tuko opposition as usual.. We can fend for ourselves as they continue despising us as a minority tribe!

Leka sasa niwesere iri koshi iwi; NSIS na Kibunjia winishtaki for hate speech.Bure kabisa chuchuwiri iri.

By: Walter Wray on Facebook!

Taita parents blamed for protecting rapists

Parents in Taita Taveta county have been warned against protecting culprits in child sexual abuse cases. The county children's officer Juma Boga yesterday said some parents do not report such incidents thus hampering the fight against the vice.

Boga said there is an increase in the number of early marriages in the county. He blamed parents for not reporting those who abuse their children.

"It is sad that some parents collude with culprits who sexually abuse their children. Some cases are reported but majority of them are not as the parents take the cases to village kangaroo courts," Boga said.

The children's officer said such parents are hampering the fight against child abuse. Boga said his office has launched "an all-out war" against paedophiles who seem undeterred by stiff penalties.

"I ask parents to closely watch their children. They should report abuse immediately," he said. Last month, Mwatate DC Shufaa Muijuma said there is an increase in cases of children being sexually abused.

SOURCE: The Star

Ward Reps rejects two nominees

Taita Taveta Governor John Mututa Mruttu has received  another blow after Members of the County Assembly MCAs rejects two of his nominees. The rejected were among eight who were facing opposition from the MCAs after Mruttu nominated them without unlawfully.

Alex Mwangeka, a key allay of Mruttu who had been the nominee for Public Works, ICT and Energy received a lot of opposition from the MCAs. His name was however rejected. Nominee for Agriculture Harrison Mghana was also axed.

Mr Mruttu presented the names for approval to the county assembly after an earlier list of ten nominees had been rejected.

However, some of the MCAs boycotted the session claiming that they were not informed.

YOUR SAY: Gavana is failing the County

Mruttu ni mtu anatushangaza....ttc imekwama kwa sababu governor haelewi siasa na hafahamu masilahi ya watu wa taita taveta. 

Gavana John Mruttu (R) with Vision 2030 Director General Mugo Kibati

Kipofu haonyeshwi njia huongozo, kiziwi haambiwi nenda huvutwa mkono. 

Gavana Mruttu with Taita Taveta ACK Bishop Mwaluda (L) 

Nani ataongoza Mruttu? Na ni nani atashika yeye mkono? Kiburi hakisaidii. It's this simple

BY: Linus Nyambu - Blogger at Facebook

PHOTO GALLERY

Wundanyi MP Thomas Mwadeghu

NMG Reporter Jonathan Manyindo during a past function in Taita Taveta County.

YOUR SAY: Tsavo should benefit community

What you say about Taita Taveta County:

Taita/Taveta county has two major National parks, Tsavo east and west which covers more 60% of the land, 32% taken by private land and the rest remains shared by the community and other citizens of Kenya. 

To be more realistic, this is a God given reward to the community, we must be the first people to benefit from this, but as I'm writing as at now the community takes it as a curse, reasons being people loose life due to wild animals,their agricultural products are being destroyed, compensation takes too long and it's like a drop of water in Indian ocean.

Lugard Falls, Galana River, Tsavo East National Park

What we need to see, grants from kws to upkeep the standard life of the community, many projects by the name of kws.The worst party of it is what happened on this Thursday during the sell of old items of kws such as buses, graders, tractors and so many other items. 

To me, to upgrade this county as the beneficiary, the management of kws could have sat down with the governor and come up with a good proposal on how to get some of these item such as graders and tractor no matter could it be in form of a loan. 

Elephants crossing river at Tsavo National Park

This good be a new beginning of the county in terms of county properties. Believe me or not, most of this items went outside of this county, in favour of the larger community which always other kenyans put a lot of question marks on them. As a lesson to this county, we must set our county by laws which in future will be generate an income to this county. 

Charity begins at home, we are party and parcel of these parks, we need to see our youth employed at 50%, tenders to be given to the common community etc.

By Gibon Mwakichi - Blogger.

"Idara Ya Giza" threats Taita Taveta residents

This leaflet has caused high tension among Christians in Taita-Taveta County. The leaflets are allegedly written by a group of devil worshippers who claims that Christians are overtaking the region spiritually.