Phares Mutembei
The Standard Digital
Contact Phares
Discover and connect with journalists and influencers around the world, save time on email research, monitor the news, and more.
| Recent: |
|
| Past: |
|
Past articles by Phares:
Leaders mourn former Igembe North MP Ntoitha M'Mithiaru
The late Ntoitha M’Mithiaru. [Courtesy, Standard] Former Igembe North MP Ntoitha M’Mithiaru has been eulogised as a dedicated public servant. M’Mithiaru died on Monday, February 13, at the age of 73. He was MP from 2007 to 2013. A close political ally of immediate former Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya, Mithiaru worked as Meru County Cooperatives and Tourism Executive during Munya’s… → Read More
Expectations high ahead of Gachagua's meeting with Meru leaders
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua during a meeting at Harambee House - Annex on January 30, 2023. [DPCS, Standard] Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua is expected to meet Meru leaders today in his Nairobi office. The agenda of the meeting is to unlock a long-standing feud pitting Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza and Members of the County Assembly. This will see the governor and MCAs come face to face… → Read More
Farmers take up sorghum farming to beat drought
The farmers in Athiru Gaiti and other villages in the dry parts of northern Meru are reporting success because there is a ready market for the sorghum. [Caleb Kingwara, Standard] Small-scale farmers in arid and semi-arid areas in Meru, Mbeere and Tharaka Nithi areas have embraced sorghum farming to adapt to climate change. After lengthy droughts that compromised the production of maize, beans… → Read More
Miraa farmers seek State support to combat climate change
Large-scale miraa farmer Kiriamana Tharicia. [Phares Mutembei, Standard] Miraa farmers in Meru have asked the government to allocate funding to increase production as a way of combating climate change. The farmers said they had the potential to contribute to climate change mitigation efforts by sustaining the miraa trees for increased production. Kiriamana Tharicia, a large-scale miraa farmer… → Read More
Stakeholders raise the alarm over rampant drug abuse snaring youth
According to James Kinyua, a campaigner against drug abuse, drug trafficking in the county has increased because security checks are not effective. → Read More
Community requests Ruto to upgrade campus to university
Chuka University acting Vice Chancellor Dorcas Isusta said the institution had spread its reach with various campuses in different counties. → Read More
Heed legislators' caution or else..., MCA who led failed ouster attempt warns county boss
Kiogora said while they had no power to challenge the Senate’s decision, they were at liberty to work on a fresh motion, though he did not expressly say they would take that route. → Read More
Interior CS Kindiki vows to crush bandits, eradicate insecurity in Isiolo
The government has renewed commitment to secure Isiolo, parts of northern Kenya and other regions suffering lengthy insecurity, especially from bandits. → Read More
Mau Mau veterans decry languishing in poverty
The county government built for them the Mwariama Cultural Centre-cum conference centre. → Read More
Farmers reap big in partnership to improve potato, poultry yields
The Sh126M project was meant to boost the profitability of chicken and potato value chains. → Read More
How farmer refined art of rainwater harvesting
had to get an education about water use and management which got from government institutions → Read More
Companies pump millions into national kitty to fight drought
Over 4.35 million Kenyans in the counties of Garissa, Isiolo, Kajiado, Kitui, Mandera, Marsabit, Laikipia, Samburu, Turkana, and Wajir are affected. → Read More
Bursary kitty could spark fresh row between Mwangaza, MCAs
The MCAs have proposed to increase the kitty from the current Sh3 million to Sh5 million per ward. → Read More
Meru Coffee Farmers Cooperative Society assets cause leadership rift
At the heart of the brewing wrangles pitting members of the giant Meru Central Coffee Cooperative Union (MCCCU) are properties worth multi-million shillings → Read More
Birth miracle that put Sister Carola on path to sainthood
Catholic faithful celebrated elevation of nun who served in Kenya in 1920s from “Venerable” to “Blessed”. She is credited with coming back to life in 2013 of a boy who was confirmed “stillbirth”. → Read More
Land rights deny women the chance to address climate change
Cultural beliefs that deny women land rights are to blame for adverse climate change affecting them. → Read More
Teen mothers receive a second shot to life, acquire new skills
Most, who were in primary and secondary schools, got pregnant during the long holiday break due to the Covid-19 pandemic → Read More
Meru resident files petition to impeach Governor Kawira Mwangaza
Salesio Thuranira has laid grounds upon which he wants the MCAs to impeach the governor. → Read More
Man who killed magistrate's daughter jailed for 40 years
Judge Lucy Gitari sent Benson Kimathi, a former prison warder to jail for the murder of Maribel Kapolon who was nine at the time of the murder in September, 2018. → Read More
Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza runs into hostile MCAs, forced to drive away
Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza on Wednesday, October 19 ran into hostile MCAs accusing her of sidelining them. → Read More