“Chogoria Town, arguably the oldest urban settlement in Tharaka Nithi County, but that lags behind in aesthetics is slated for a major face-lift as the first in a series of upgrading our urban centers. The exercise will begin next month ending in modernization of all major towns in our constituencies in an effort to make them conducive for doing business and attractive to investors.
The urban roads upgrade programme is part of the massive infrastructure development currently underway in our county.

Today I end the week with the launch of three roads in Maara Sub-county. These are Katharaka- Mumbuuni, Baragu- Kirumi and Nguruki- Kaare. The roads are being murummed, widened and drainage fixed through culverts to prevent flooding and washing away. The development will cure several transportation headaches key among these the challenge of roads becoming impassable during the rainy season, accidents due to the narrowness and dust when it is dry like now. The roads upgrade will run in tandem with improving our urban centres.

Our towns as of now are haphazardly established with amorphous structures but we purpose to make sure there is uniformity.

We will tarmac all of them.

Business premises will also get a new look to give our traders better a better working environment. We will ensure the standards we put in place are are maintained and upheld.

Within this spirit of improving our County. I urge all Tharaka Nithi citizens to join me tomorrow in Chuka at the launch of our clean up, waste and garbage management programme.
Welcome to a new-look TNC going forward.” – H.E. the Governor.

We have today embarked on a journey aimed at improving service delivery to the great people of Tharaka Nithi County through the revenue we collect from you.

Picking from the slogan, ‘KULIPA USHURU NI KUJITEGEMEA,’ my government wants to make sure the taxes you pay work for you.

It is with this in mind that we have launched a digital platform for you to be paying your taxes.

Tharaka South residents will be a happy lot in the coming three months. Locals as well as users of the 7.3 kilometre Kabaoni- Kithino- Mutonga Road that has been a transport nightmare will smile all the way from Kabaoni to Mutonga .after a contractor landed in Tunyai today to upgrade the road.

I flagged off the project and will keep a close eye on the works to ensure completion within the stipulated time of three months.
Come rain or shine travellers have endured untold suffering from dust during the hot season and the frustration of an impassable road when it pours leading to produce not reaching markets on time.

This is just but part of the ongoing road projects the my government is undertaking in different parts of this great County in addition to the national government roadworks.

Today I held fruitful consultations with the Kenya Red Cross where I met Secretary General Abbas Gullet and his team.
We discussed a raft of possible partnerships touching on the welfare of Tharaka Nithi County residents.
Key among the deliberations was revamping food security through a partnership between Red Cross and Tharaka Nithi County Government on how to extend the Ndengu Revolution to our unit in Tharaka. This is informed by reports our ndengu is the best in the world with massive unexplored potential. Towards this end, an agreement on how the Red Cross will carry out its activities which include provision of start up seeds to our farmers, assist in crop management, branding and marketing will be drafted for ratification on once techinical teams from both parties agree on a clear way forward. This programme, apart from empowering our farmers, could open export avenues to Asia where there is a big ready market for green grams. Gullet recommended that the counties of Tharaka Nithi, Makueni and Kitui, the three that grow the best green grams, collaborate in production to build the capacity to produce sufficient quantities required by the export market. The current harvests are not enough. I committed to bring my colleagues together to discuss this important window. The next planting season could kick off the revolution in Tharaka Nithi if rains will be favourable.
As a county, we will partner with Red Cross to come up with a piece of legislation that will be a guide when it comes to disaster management.

Today, my deputy Eng. Francis Kagwima and I toured the Chuka town market and bus stops on an impromptu visit as we sought to listen to traders grievances and give our government’s plan for the market and others in the County.

Insistence was on service delivery from ourselves and all officers given the mandate to act on behalf of the County Government.

As we interacted with service providers both at the market and bus stop, one thing was clear, some of our revenue officers are either colluding with traders not to pay taxes, not remitting taxes collected in full or are walking with fake receipts which they are using to enrich themselves at the expense of general service delivery by the County Government.