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.