Tana River county retirees refuse to leave office
Tana River, KENYA: Tana River county government retirees have refused to leave office saying that they were not prepared. According to the county employer vice chair Milka Karhayu, the staff claim they are not ready despite being aware of their retirement dates. “You should always be aware of your retirement date so that you start […]
More agony for Tana River residents as boda boda operators join strike
Tana River, KENYA: Tana river residents are facing double agony after a section of boda-bodas operators in the county went on strike to protest over what they term as harassment by traffic officers. Boda-boda chairman Mr. Bobbi Chamani told Baraka Fm on phone that transport from Idtsowe to Garsen and Minjila had been affected after […]
Tana River County and MCAs at loggerhead over budget
Tana River, KENYA: Residents of Tana River County want the two wings of the county government to put their differences aside and pass the budget. The residents claim there has been a looming cold war in the two wings of the Tana River County government following a delay in the passing of this year’s budget. […]
Fresh details emerge on beheaded cat found in Tana River county assembly
Tana River, KENYA: Fresh details have now emerged in regards to an incident where the corpse of a beheaded cat was found at the Tana River county assembly during the Idd-ul Adhaa celebrations last week. The cat was found dead on the floor in the office when the assembly was on recess. The cat was […]
Tana River county to resettle flood IDPs in cheap housing program
Tana River,KENYA: Tana River county government will spend two billion shillings to resettle persons displaced by floods in the county through a Cheap Housing Program. Speaking to press on Friday, county governor Rtd. Major Dhadho Gaddae Godhana said his government came up with the program to help the affected to have permanent and safe villages. According […]
Fire guts yet another Tana River school dorm
Tana River, KENYA: Two schools in Tana River county were burnt down in yet another arson incident in the county. The Hirimani and Bangale secondary schools lost its dormitories to inferno on Wednesday night during night preps. Speaking to Baraka FM Bura OCPD Mr. Tom Okoth said nobody was injured in the incident but nothing […]
Students property destroyed after dormitory catches fire at Hola boys
Tana River,KENYA:Property worth thousands shillings was lost after one of the dormitories at Hola boys caught fire on the eve of Sunday. Speaking to journalists during a media briefing on Sunday, the chairman for the school board of management Mr. Khalif Bahola said over a hundred students in the school who were being accommodated in […]
Tana River governor vows to deal with landgrabbers
Tana River,KENYA:Tana River county leaders have warned land grabbers in the county that government will deal with them to cease the habit. Speaking at a meeting with residents in Hola suburbs, Tana River governor Mr. Dhadho Gaddae Godhana said his government will protect its land so that it can invest more in development projects. The […]
68,000 children targeted fresh anti-polio drive in Tana River
Tana River,KENYA:68,800 children are being targeted in a mass polio vaccination exercise in Tana River county that is scheduled to kick off on 11th July. According to Dr Oscar Endekwa the Tana River health director, the exercise is set to be conducted in all health centres and bus stations . “ This year we are […]
Inherited debts paralyze health operations in Tana River
Tana River,KENYA:Accrued debts in health department of Tana River County have paralyzed health operations in the county. This is according to the health executive Mwanajuma Haboka Hiribae. Speaking during an opening ceremony of Tana River County Assembly on Tuesday afternoon, health executive Ms. Hiribae said the department might not implement even a single development project […]