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3 days ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Daniel Kimencu, one of the three people claiming ownership of NEMIS. June 1, 2025. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]A Meru-based innovator, claiming ownership of the National Education Management and Information System (NEMIS), has, for the first time, revealed how the state allegedly robbed him of the system. In an interview, Murithi Kimencu said the digital and manual platforms, as well as the teachers’ guide of NEMIS, which the Auditor General told parliament was unable to audit, belong to him.
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1 week ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Permanent Secretary at the State Department of Wildlife, Silvia Museiya, in a Maasai traditional regalia, hands over a cheaque to Tago ole Prkisale, during an event to compensate victims of human-wildlife conflict at Isara in Kajiado county on Monday. [PETERSON GITHAIGA, STANDARD]President William Ruto and Deputy President Kithure Kindiki yesterday launched Sh950 million in compensation payments for victims of human-wildlife conflict at Meru National Park in Meru County.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
ArvoCap Asset Managers CEO Monica Mwaniki and other officials during an investments sensitisation forum in Meru town. May 20, 2025. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]Most of the small business owners are not aware of investment opportunities, investment experts have said.
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2 weeks ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Blogger Benard Muthiani whose decomposing body was found in Tharaka on December 6, 2023 after he went missing on December 2, 2023. [Courtesy]Slain Meru-based blogger Benard 'Sniper' Muthiani is finally set to be buried over a year since his murder. Muthiani was reported missing on December 2, 2023, and on December 6, 2023, his decomposing body was recovered from a riverbank in the neighbouring Tharaka Nithi County.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma donates blood at the county headquarters to boost the Meru Blood Transfusion Centre, on May 7, 2025. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has launched a 30-day drive to increase the blood bank volume at the Meru Blood Transfusion Centre. This follows concerns that the available blood at the county facility was insufficient to respond to needs.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Impeached Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza when she issued a statement on Tuesday, April 18, where she accused the country's top leadership of betrayal. [Phares Mutembei, Standard]Impeached Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has announced plans to embark on an intense popularisation of a new party she has formed. Ms Mwangaza who appealed her impeachment in the Appeal Court, said she had started to recruit leaders for the party and ahead of its official unveiling.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Miraa farmers in Meru are exploring ways to embrace value addition to boost their income as the crop faces turbulent times amid shifting markets. Former Nyambene MP Joseph Mutuuria is just one out of a significant population in Meru who have depended on Miraa (khat) incomes for a long time but now reeling from lost markets, inadequate government interventions and hostility from a section of health advocates.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
President William Ruto has reaffirmed his commitment to supporting the construction of churches across the country. Speaking in Central Imenti during a consecration of holy oil service presided over by Archbishop Samson Muthuri and other senior clerics, the President emphasised that his administration would not turn its back on the Church. This declaration comes despite growing concern among a section of Kenyans who believe some churches have become conduits for corruption.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
Health workers' unions in Meru County have welcomed the move by the county government to hand over the Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital (MeTRH) to the national government. The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (Kuco) and the Kenya National Union of Nurses (Knun) welcomed Governor Isaac Mutuma's announcement that the devolved unit plans to surrender the hospital to the Ministry of Health.
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1 month ago | 
standardmedia.co.ke | Phares Mutembei
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) has opened a laboratory in Meru County and stepped up market surveillance as it bids to restore quality of products. According to KEBS Mount Kenya region manager Jacky Kang'iri and Meru County Manager John King'ori, the initiatives are meant to ensure all products in the market conform to quality standards. Ms Kang'iri said KEBS had enhanced market intelligence and was working with other government agencies to combat illicit products in the market.
