THE STANDARD By
Kennedy Gachuhi |
April 6th 2021 at 12:43:32 GMT +0300
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]
Security agencies have been forced to resume an operation to fish out bandits after multiple attacks were witnessed in Baringo, Laikipia and Turkana counties.
Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya said that the intervention by political leaders who had requested for a one-month negotiation period had failed to bear fruit. Political leaders drawn from Baringo, West Pokot and Turkana had requested that we allow them to conduct a one-month peace campaign and voluntary disarmament. This has recorded minimal results and at least four attacks have been reported in the past two days, said Natembeya.
Baringo on the spot over Sh2bn expenditures
Wednesday March 17 2021
By ERIC MATARA
Summary
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has flagged suspicious expenditures and budget irregularities in Baringo that possibly led to loss of billions of shillings.
The auditor-general has revealed that Baringo County has been operating more than 192 bank accounts, possibly leading to misuse of Sh2.1 billion in 2018-2019.
Governor Stanley Kiptis’ administration is on the spot for running illegal commercial bank accounts, some which were used to disburse funds to health facilities.
Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu has flagged suspicious expenditures and budget irregularities in Baringo that possibly led to loss of billions of shillings.
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Kimalel goat auction in Baringo county.
Christmas usually marks the peak of the festive season, followed by a period of financial squeeze as children go back to school.
But for residents of Kimalel, Marigat sub-County in Baringo County, this period reminds them of the good old days when the late President Daniel Moi would lead a high-powered delegation of government functionaries, political and corporate world to participate in the much-publicised goat auction.
At the auction, farmers would sell the best of their livestock to the highest bidders.
The event, which the late president started in 1986, used to take place on December 24 every year.