The Mulyungi Manifesto Forum

By PATRICK KIMANZI MWINGI -  Kenya Nationa Highways  Authority (KeNHA) will not go ahead with earlier plans to bring down business premises earmarked for demolition in Mwingi, Wiper MP Gideon Mulyungi announced yesterday. LANDMARK : MP Mulyungi, MCAs and KeNHA officials at the Bajabar landmark building that had been earmarked for demolition. The MP has stopped the planned excercise and KeNHA opted for a by-pass ©PHOTO/PATRICK KIMANZI The plans to demolish the structures estimated to be worth close to 0.5 Billion ostensibly to make way for a standard A3 highway, were shelved after a series of marathon meetings and lobbying led by the MP pitting the powerful highways authority and the Mwingi  Business Community, local media  reported on Friday. The business community had elicited fears that the economy of the Mwingi town, with an estimated population of 18,000 (2019) was set for a major economic blow if the premises were to be brought down. Ts...

By PATRICK KIMANZI, Editor NGUUTANI - They do not call Christine Mwende an Iron Lady for nothing. The 30 year old politician lady gunning to represent Nguutani Ward at the Kitui County Assembly come 2022 has proved her mettle in matters of women empowerment - not only in her Ward but across Mwingi West constituency as a whole. Hearts and Minds According to one Boda Boda association official Mwangangi Muthami who hails from her village, the Iron Lady has been winning hearts and minds of everyone including Boda Boda operators by helping them overcome the red tape when registering Saccos and CBOs. Advisory Services Two years down the line Christine has helped register over 8 Sacco including the Mwingi West Boda Boda Sacco and Uthui Sacco, with tens of self-help groups belonging to women in the 4 wards that make up Mwingi West constituency benefiting from her advisory services. Rigourous Red Tape "In 2018 Mwende, who comes from the neighboring Nzauni village met us at Nguutan...

NGUUTANI - They do not call Christine Mwende an Iron Lady for nothing. The 30 year old politician lady gunning to represent Nguutani Ward at the Kitui County Assembly come 2022 has proved her mettle in matters of women empowerment - not only in her Ward but across Mwingi West constituency as a whole. Hearts and Minds According to one Boda Boda association official Mwangangi Muthami who hails from her village, the Iron Lady has been winning hearts and minds of everyone including Boda Boda operators by helping them overcome the red tape when registering Saccos and CBOs. Advisory Services Two years down the line Christine has helped register over 8 Sacco including the Mwingi West Boda Boda Sacco and Uthui Sacco, with tens of self-help groups belonging to women in the 4 wards that make up Mwingi West constituency benefiting from her advisory services. Rigourous Red Tape "In 2018 Mwende, who comes from the neighboring Nzauni village met us at Nguutani town and helped ...

By PATRICK KIMANZI & SHED ILAVA NGUUTANI - They do not call Christine Mwende an Iron Lady for nothing. The 30 year old politician gunning to represent Nguutani Ward in Mwingi West in the Kitui County Assembly come 2022 has proved her mettle in women empowerment - and not only in the Ward but across the whole of Mwingi West constituency According to Boda Boda operator Mutuku Musyimi who hails from her village, the Iron Lady has been winning hearts and minds of everyone including Boda Boda operators by helping them overcome the red tape when registering SACCOS. She has helped register 3 SACCOS and tens of self-help groups for women in the 4 wards that make up Mwingi West constituency. "In 2018 Christine met us at Nguutani and  helped us with  the rigourous process of registering a SACCO. Christine has been consistent when we need advice on banking and book keeping. Everyone is proud of her work with women whom she has empowered with merry-go-rounds" said M...

By PATRICK KIMANZI, Editor MWINGI - Development hero Gideon Mulyungi has embarked on an ambitious program to grade neglected roads across his  Mwingi Central constituency, the MP Director of Communications Patrick Kimanzi has said. Roads that had been reduced to cattle tracks, and where gulleys, boulders and deep canyons obstructed roads is now a thing of the past as two powerful Tsunami graders lumber along, grading road networks as villagers watch in awe. Here is the list compiled by the MPPRESS correspondents across Mwingi. IN PROGRESS; Phase 1 1)Waita-Ndithi-Nzalani-Maongoa-Kwa Matuva-Kyandoa-Muunguu 2)Waita-Kangutha-Kwa Muku-Malioni-Bridge Academy-Kyambaa-Waita 3)Malioni-Ndiani-Kyulungwa 4)Mutwangombe-Thitha-Karunga-Isekele- Kalitini-Mathuki-Kateiko-Munyuni 5)Kathanze-Nuu 6)Mwingi-Kiseveni-Kalisasi-Musukini- Kauswini-Mumbuni. 7)Mathuki-Kimongo-Yamani UPCOMING; Phase 2 1)Kylungwa-Ikuusya-Katuluni-Mwambui-Tyaa Kamuthale 2)Mwambui-Kisole- Ka...

By PATRICK KIMANZI, Editor MWINGI - There will be no mining of coal deposits in Mui Coal Basin, afterall. That is until residents are fully involved to give consent in accordance with the Constitution and Mining Act, MP Mulyungi has said. Mwingi Central MP Gideon Mulyungi has totally * rejected coal mining * in Mui Basin and thrown his weight behind area leaders and * residents * who have rejected coal mining in toto. Citing lack of awareness and public participation * forums in the matter Hon. Mulyungi made this point clear when he hosted the Parliamentary commitee on Energy * at Mathuki last week. The popular Wiper legislator who possess strong anti-corruption pathos said; "Coal mining remains an enigma to everyone, especially the residents of Mui. I  have therefore totally rejected coal mining in Mui Basin following the will of the people.  The residents have rejected coal mining in the Mui coal basin" said the MP today when ...

By PATRICK KIMANZI - MPPRESS Editor KITUI - Farmers in Kitui will not negotiate with camel herders who have forcefully invaded large swathes of farms along the volatile Kitui-Tana border, Senator Enoch Kiio Wambua has said. Illustration: Sen KIIO WAMBUA PATRICK KIMANZI/MPPRESS Runaway insecurity  Speaking at Kyuso on a meet-the-people tour as part of a wider programme to appraise himself with the insecurity situation in Engamba, Mandongoi, Kasiluni, Iluni and Sosoma, Senator Kiio said as the elected representative of the people of Kitui County in the Senate, the camels must leave Kitui before any meaningful peace talks can take place. Bandits running roughshod over farmers "How are our people expected to sit in peace meetings with invaders whose animals are ravaging their farms? When my people ask for the animals to be driven away from their farms, the herders kill our people on our land. What kind of justice is this where you are asked to live peacefully with peo...