Taita Goat Theft Suspect Lynched

A suspected thief in Taita Taveta county was lynched by villagers in Mbololo on Sunday. They caught him with goat meat which they said was from a goat he had stolen from his neighbour. The man was identified by police as 35-year-old Boniface Ngao. The villagers claim that Ngao was a notorious thief who had been terrorising the village for a long time. Those who nabbed him with the meat alerted other villagers who came out armed with pangas and other crude weapons and attacked the suspect. "He was beaten thoroughly and they also attacked him with stones and was bleeding profusely when we arrived," said a witness

Contractor in Voi told to hire Taita youths

A Parliamentary committee has ordered the Voi-Mwatate road contractor to employ youths from Taita Taveta county. Taita Taveta locals and leaders had earlier raised concerns that the Kundan Singh company had refused to employ local youths in the road construction work and was instead importing labour from outside the county. Civil society groups had also threatened to paralyse the companies operations if the company did not give jobs to the locals.

Sonko tells Taita Taveta youth to go for posts

Makadara MP Gideon Mbuvi alias Sonko has challenged the youth in Taita Taveta county to vie for political leadership. Mbuvi said at the weekend that he is ready to sponsor any who is willing to take over the challenge. Speaking at a funds drive in Voi to aid a youth recently involved in a car accident, Mbuvi challenged the youth to stop fearing taking power from the old guards saying time for the youth to lead has come. "Our time as the youth of this nation to take over leadership and change the leadership style has come.

Taveta aspirant urges State to resolve land disputes BY RAPHAEL MWADIME

An aspirant seeking the Taita-Taveta governorship yesterday called on the government to make sure the land issue in the area is solved amicably. Richard Tairo, who is eyeing the governor's seat said land has remained a thorny issue since it is politicized by some leaders. He said such leaders have ensured that genuine squatters are always left out in resettlement programmes.

Tribute to legendary singer Habel Kifoto by John Kariuki

Back in the mid-1990s, I was in Johannesburg doing an errand for a Kenyan producer who had requested me to deliver a batch of recordings to contacts in South Africa hoping to find distribution networks in that country. The music was the emerging Nairobi urban pop with a strong American influence but I had also carried others of older music of the late 1970s and 1980s as presents for friends in South Africa.
The all important contact was Peter Tladi, then director at the CCP-EMI record company, one of SA’s biggest record companies. So a listening session was arranged.

Becoming a mother all over again at 63

A good turn deserves another.

Little Moses Annan (centre) is all smiles after his foster mother Josephine Mwakazi (second left) received the Jubilee Insurance Samaritan Award from Jubilee Holdings chairman Nizar Juma (right). Others are Mr Patrick Tumbo, Jubilee Insurance Kenya CEO and Star editor Catherine Gicheru, a JISA panel judge.  

And for the unconditional love and care she accorded an abandoned child, Josephine Mwakazi this week won a humanitarian award. The 63-year-old mother of six did not think twice upon seeing an infant abandoned in her Mwakingali estate near Tsavo West National Park. She took the infant in, even as neighbours gossiped that at her age, her aim was to solicit funds from donors. All she wanted was to give the baby a life. Abandoned by his biological mother minutes after birth at the estate in Voi town, Taita-Taveta County, little Annan, became an angel that brought a smile to Josephine’s face in her golden years.

Letters to TT County - Waisanga mwamanya? From Lenjo Lombo

In a discussion with a group of Taita men and women under the auspices of Mwanda Welfare Association, a few issues that impact the WaDAWIDA did come up.

The process of implementing the new constitution has many challenges as well as opportunities that may well pass us by if we the WaDAWIDA do not wake up and seize the chance to both participate

Hunters Turned Animal Lovers: The Inspiring Story Of Taita Residents

The Chinese concept of Yin Yang prescribes how seemingly opposite or rival forces survive by complementing each other. The philosophy propagates that good and evil cannot survive independently. One has to be around for the other to survive.

Mother of boy hit by KWS van appeals for help

The family of a 10-year-old boy injured when he was hit by a Kenya Wildlife Services vehicle in Taita Taveta last month have appealed for help to settle his Sh7,000 hospital bill. Julius Mwamburi and his younger brother were injured when they were hit by the KWS vehicle at Maungu and were both taken to Moi Hospital in Voi. 

Julius Mwanjewe Mwamburi jailed for 30 years for defiling daughter

A man has been sent to jail for 30 years for repeatedly defiling and impregnating his 13-year-old step-daughter in Taita Taveta. Julius Mwanjewe Mwamburi appeared before the Wundanyi resident magistrate K.I.Orenge who found him guilty of the offense.