By Ahmed Salat Ali political Affair AARAN TV KE Shimbir Fatuma Ward MCA, Hon. Ibrahim Alio Maalim, has petitioned two key County Assembly committees, demanding urgent intervention over deteriorating road infrastructure and the lack of essential health services in parts of Mandera South. Appearing before the Roads, Public Works and Housing Committee, the MCA decried the deplorable state of key access roads serving Dololo Sub-location, describing them as a major setback to economic activity in the area. “Dololo is a rapidly growing centre with vibrant trading activities,” Hon. Maalim stated. “However, the 10-kilometre stretch from Dololo to Qalanqalesa and the 15-kilometre road linking Dololo to Fincharo have become impassable during the rainy season.” He expressed concern that, despite years under devolution, no meaningful maintenance or rehabilitation has been undertaken. “The transport system has effectively collapsed. Motorists and motorcycle operators are avoiding t...
By Ahmed Salat Ali | Political Affairs | AARAN TV KE A simmering political dispute has erupted into the open after Kimani Ichung’wah, the National Assembly Majority Leader, sharply rebuked Irungu Kang’ata, accusing him of hypocrisy and warning him against dragging his name into what he described as “deceitful politics.” In a strongly worded statement, Ichung’wah dismissed allegations by Kang’ata that he had exerted political pressure on the Murang’a governor. He maintained that his earlier remarks were made publicly and were intended to call out what he termed inconsistencies in Kang’ata’s political conduct. “What is it I am hearing—that you claim I have been pressuring you? I said what I said to you at Kenneth Matiba Hospital in public, not to exert pressure but to call out the hypocrisy I observed in your engagements,” Ichung’wah stated. The Majority Leader further alluded to a shared political history, referencing a past meeting in Lavington during a sensitive political period....