MERU DAILY

Meru media mogul Zablon Mathenge today launched a state of the art limousine which will be used by residents for weddings. The hammer 3 which has cost Mr. Mathenge a whooping 40M will be available for hire effective next week. The new hammer3 limousine Photo| Felix Kinyua Zablon who also owns Zanira company which controls Mwariama Tv, Mwariama Radio Station and Radio Furaha was all smiles during the launch as he welcomed the new limousine which has been named ‘Golden Ring Limo’. Speaking during the launch at Kaaga Primary School in meru county,different leaders have applauded the idea saying it will help the local people in weddings. Zablon Mathenge and his wife pose with their new hammer3 limousine Photo|Felix Kinyua However, the event which was attended by a number of local politicians was not void of politics. North Imenti Member of Parliament Raheem Dawood promised to hire the limousine to BodaBoda riders who want to wed next year if they elect him back to parliamen

Meru County Team after disagreements with officials over allowance.|Photo Courtesy A team that has been representing Meru  in the just concluded inter-county games in Siaya have cried foul over what they term as mistreatment from the officials who had accompanied them. According to sources from the camp, the players slept on the streets after they were kicked out of Maranda High School were they have been hosted since the games started last Friday. The players allege that the officials who had accompanied them went site-seeing to the neighboring Uganda only to resurface a day before the official return date. The team further claim that the officials failed to offer the necessary facilities including essentials such as a first aid kit. Meru County Team camps outside Maranda High school|Photo Courtesy The team further claims that in one of the events they were disqualified under unclear circumstances but with no officials in sight to follow up their cases they ended bowing

Jamhuri day celebrations were put on hold in Meru after the event turned chaotic following clashes between the area county senator and the current Governor supporters. Trouble began immediately Mr Munya took to the dais at the Meru national Polytechnic where the event was held. Police used teargas to dispel the warring crowds at the Meru National Polytechnic.  Photo|Felix Kinyua According to sources, the Meru demonstrations were prior arranged going by the number of messages that were circulating in social media platforms before the event. Police had to shoot in the air on several occasions as both sides tried to outdo each other exchanging blows and kicks. Anti-riot police keep guard at the Meru National polytechnic.  |Photo/Felix Kinyua Donned in Jubilee t-shirts,several youth marched to the field chanting ‘Munya Must go’, the party of national unity supporters which is headed by Governor Munya soon joined in with a similar rhythm  shouting ‘Kiraitu must go’. Fr