May 25th 2021 at 19:30:00 GMT +0300
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Monica Oluoch (left) will represent tea farmers at Nyansiongo Tea Factory. [Stanley Ongwae, Standard]
The newly-elected Kenya Tea Development Authority (KTDA) directors under the tea reforms reported to their various factories on Monday to cold receptions as senior officials were conspicuously missing.
All the six factories in Nyamira County held their elections on April 3, 2021, according to the government’s directive. The immediate officeholders were not allowed to vie, according to the reforms introduced by the Ministry of Agriculture.
A spot check across the county revealed that armed police officers patrolled various tea factories to counter any resistance.
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Julius Muliro Otieno, a resident of Nyamira, allegedly set his house on fire on Friday, April 9. [File, Standard]
Police in Borabu, Nyamira County are investigating circumstances surrounding the death of a 37-year-old man, who is suspected to have set his house alight while locked inside.
Julius Muliro Otieno, a casual labourer at Sasini Tea Estate in Bogikoyo Village, was found dead in his one-roomed residential structure on Friday afternoon, April 9.
Otieno’s neighbour, Joshua Osebe, had noticed smoke billowing from the deceased’s house, prompting him to mobilise residents, who broke down Otieno’s door, and found his burnt body on the floor.
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Stanley Ongwae |
December 21st 2020 at 15:32:12 GMT +0300
Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama who died last week will be buried on Thursday in a State burial being coordinated by the Ministry of Interior.
The funeral organizing committee co-chair Joash Nyamoko (North Mugirango MP) said the governor s remains will be flown on the same day from Lee Funeral Home before his internment at his Tente Home in Nyamira Town.
Nyagarama s body will be flown in a police chopper to Nyamira.
The late Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama [Sammy Omingo, Standard]
This is contrary to an earlier announcement by the Governor s press service that the body would be taken to the county on Wednesday for an overnight stay at his home.
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Stanley Ongwae |
December 22nd 2020 at 00:00:00 GMT +0300
Late Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama s widow Naomi, Kakamega Governor Wycliffe Oparanya, Makueni s Kivutha Kibwana and Kericho s Paul Chepkwony at Nyagarama s house in Karen. [Wilberforce Okwiri,Standard]
Nyamira Governor John Nyagarama will be buried on Thursday in a State burial that will be co-ordinated by the Ministry of Interior.
The funeral organising committee co-chair Joash Nyamoko (North Mugirango MP) said Nyagarama’s remains would be flown via police chopper on the same day from Lee Funeral Home in Nairobi to his Tente home in Nyamira town.
An earlier announcement by the governor’s press service posted on Facebook had said the body would be flown to Nyansiongo, his Riamanoti home, on Wednesday for viewing before being taken to Nyamira, where it would stay overnight ahead of interment on Thursday.