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MAKUENI COUNTY, BAMBURI LEAD EYE SCREENING DRIVE TO BOOST ROAD SAFETY

Makueni County, in partnership with Bamburi Cement Ltd, has launched a major road safety campaign targeting over 2,000 long-distance truck drivers along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway.

Dubbed “Healthy Eyes, Safer Roads,” the week-long drive at SUPASTOP, Sultan Hamud, focuses on early detection of vision problems and health risks like hypertension, diabetes, and fatigue-key contributors to accidents along the Highway, where 70% of the county’s road crashes occur.

Led by medical teams from Kilome Nursing Hospital, the initiative offers free eye checks, prescription glasses, safety gear, and referrals. It also includes safe driving education.

The public-private effort, involving NTSA, Kenya Transporters Association, Superior Homes, and others, supports Makueni’s goal to cut accidents and shape better transport policy.

MAKUENI COUNTY ASSEMBLY APPROVES EXECUTIVE NOMINEES

The County Assembly of Makueni has today, Tuesday, November 1, 2022, approved all nominees to the County Executive Committee and the County Attorney presented in the house for vetting by H.E Governor Mutula Kilonzo Jnr.

This paves way for the swearing-in of the executives at an event to be held at the Makueni County headquarters.

Those given the nod to serve the people of Makueni as County Executive Committee members are:

  • Peter Mumo Nyamai – Trade, Marketing, Industry, Culture & Tourism
  • Eng. Sebastian Kyoni – Infrastructure, Transport, Public Works, and Energy
  • Eng. John Kasyoki – Water and Sanitation
  • Japheth Musyoka Mang’oka – Devolution,Public Service, Public Participation & Special Programmes
  • Damaris Mumo Kavoi – Finance, Planning, Budget & Revenue
  • Dr. Sonia Nzilani Musyoka – Lands Urban Planning & Development, Environment & Climate Change
  • Elizabeth Ndunge Muli – ICT Education & Internship
  • Nicholas Masila Nzioka – Gender, Children, Youth, Sports & Social Service
  • Dr. Paul Musila – Health Services,
  • Joyce Mutua – Agriculture, Irrigation, Livestock, Fisheries & Cooperative Development
  • Stanley Mutinda Nthiwa – County Attorney

MAKUENI COUNTY ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE POLICY

This County Arts, Culture and Heritage policy is timely and addresses rich areas of our cultural and natural heritage that has been handed down from time immemorial. The policy presents the rich and vast endowments of the County in its cultural and natural heritage and outlines ways in which we can harness these for the socio-economic development of our people. We are convinced that working with partners such as the National Museums of Kenya (NMK) with whom we signed a memorandum of understanding recently, we will make progress in this endeavour.

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MAKUENI COUNTY ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE POLICY

MAKUENI COUNTY ADVANCES LAND TENURE SECURITY FOR MATILIKU, TAWA MARKETS

The Department of Lands, Urban Planning and Development on Tuesday held public participation forums in Matiliku and Tawa markets as part of an ongoing survey exercise aimed at issuing letters of allotment and title deeds to plot owners.

The exercise covers 118 plots in Matiliku Market and 178 plots in Tawa Market, with the survey and validation of beneficiary lists expected to be completed by 30th June 2026, after which the process of issuing title deeds will commence.

County officials noted that the process will enable traders and property owners to acquire legal ownership documents, safeguard public land, and facilitate planned infrastructure development in line with county and national planning frameworks.

Officials reaffirmed the government’s commitment to Tawa and Matiliku residents to secure land ownership and accelerate service delivery in 2026 to support local economic growth.