Blaise Gitonga

Nov 17, 2024 | k24.digital | Blaise Gitonga

Meru Senator Kathuri Murungi and Maara Constituency Member of Parliament Kareke Mbiuki have hit out at the government for failing to prioritize the re-designing of the Nithi bridge that has claimed the lives of hundreds of Kenyans since its construction in 1983.

Oct 28, 2024 | k24.digital | Blaise Gitonga

Chuka University Vice Chancellor Henry Mutembei has assured students that the government is taking necessary steps to ensure that the Meru-Nairobi highway segment at the university is secure. This comes in the wake of student protests witnessed along the road on Monday, October 28, 2024, after a second-year student lost her life and another was left in critical condition following a tragic accident along the highway at Ndagani on Saturday, October 26, 2024.

Sep 19, 2024 | k24.digital | Blaise Gitonga

Maara Constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Kareke Mbiuki and his Chuka Igambang’ombe counterpart Patrick Munene have called on the government to have the compensation of snakebite victims in the country reinstated. Speaking during the commemoration of the International Snakebite Awareness Day (ISBAD) at Mwenjeu Primary School in Tharaka Nithi County, the two petitioned for legislation that will have the compensation restored following increased cases of disability and mortality.

Sep 9, 2024 | k24.digital | Blaise Gitonga

Political leaders from Tharaka Nithi, Meru and Isiolo counties have announced a split from the larger Mt Kenya region political block to concentrate their energies on Mt Kenya East. Mt Kenya East is composed of Embu, Meru, Tharaka Nithi and Isiolo counties. The leaders who had attended the 6th Edition of the Ura Gate Cultural Festival in Tharaka Nithi solidified their unity, saying they have never been treated equally under the Mt. Kenya political wing.

Sep 7, 2024 | tnx.africa | Blaise Gitonga |Bernard Lusigi |James Omoro |Kelvin Karani

Police reports and details indicate that the tragic Saturday night accident at Nithi Bridge, involving a matatu and a pickup, which claimed 12 lives, could have been avoided. According to Tharaka Nithi Police Commander Zachaeus Ng’eno, ten adults and two minors were travelling in the matatu from Kirirwa village in Nkubu, Meru County, to Rongai.