Nyahururu

16 Jul

Nyandarua County Community Health Promoters Strike Over Unpaid Dues

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Community Health Promoters (CHP) in Nyandarua County have gone on strike over unpaid dues that have been outstanding for the past eight months. On Monday, 1,372 CHPs marched from JM County Referral Hospital to Governor Kiarie Badilisha's office to protest the non-payment of their stipends. Despite their efforts, they were unable to secure a meeting with any county officials to address their grievances. The CHPs noted that while the National Government's stipends of KSh 2,500 have been consistently paid into their bank accounts without delay, the county government has failed to honor its financial commitments. The CHPs accused the county…

07 Jul

Fire Kills Two Children in Maina Slums, Nyahururu

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Grief has struck the Maina slums on the outskirts of Nyahururu town after a devastating fire claimed the lives of two children on Sunday afternoon. The victims, aged seven and four, perished in a house they were locked in by their mother, who had gone to work at a flower farm in Rumuruti, 40 kilometers away. Nyumba Kumi Chairman Macharia Kahwai, speaking to the media, stated that the fire appeared to have started due to an electrical fault in one of the wooden houses. Despite residents' desperate efforts to break into the house and rescue the children, they were unable…