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Mundigi donates uniform for Sunday school children, preaches unity BY CANDLE NEWS KENYA Former Embu Senatorial aspirant Alexander Mundigi last Sunday donated uniforms to ACK All Saints Njarange Church Sunday school’s dancing troupe. He had made the promise during Embu Speaker Josiah Thiriku’s homecoming party a year ago. Rev Joseph Fundi received the 60 uniforms and blessed Mundigi for the contribution. Mundigi advised Embu Governor Martin Wambora and local ward representatives to drop their current hard stances and reconcile for the sake of the county’s growth. The Governor and the County Assembly have been engaged in a standoff that paralysed revenue collection last month after MCAs passed a motion to stop charging of county levies to protest against Wambora’s appointment of two chief officers. However, Wambora obtained a court injunction that enabled resumption of revenue collection, and on Jamhuri Day publicly reprimanded MCAs for “interfering” in the

Angry Wambora tells MCAs to stick to their mandate BY WHITNEY NYAWIRA Embu Governor Martin Wambora yesterday lost his temper and took a swipe at the area MCAs for what he termed as interference in running the affairs of the executive arm of the devolved unit. Citing various cases of intimidation of senior’s officers by MCA’s in the County, Wambora told the MCA’s to stick to the mandate of representation, oversight and legislation and allow the Executive and him ample time to deliver his campaign pledges to the people.  “For the last 8 years, I have only had one year of peace to perform my duties, the rest of the time has been spent in courts as the ward representatives pushed their selfish agenda to destabilize the executive, this should end. The law is very clear on the roles two arms of the county government. We cannot continue with wrangles at the expense of development” the governor said.  In November, Embu ward representatives took to the streets calling on t

Imposing Mbeere ACK Cathedral enriches beauty of Siakago town BY WHITNEY NYAWIRA The newly constructed ACK Diocese of Mbeere, St Peter’s Cathedral has not only solved sitting space challenges but also enriched the beauty of Siakago town. The imposing 3,000 sitting capacity Cathedral is an architectural marvel while its finishing oozes finesse and splendor. The building that served as the Cathedral before it had a sitting capacity of only 300 and could hardly accommodate Diocesan services, according to church documents. The new ultramodern Cathedral took five years to complete at a cost of Sh55 million financed through generous giving by Christians and friends of the church. Thousands of Christians turned up for the historic opening, dedication and consecration of the Cathedral on Sunday. All the church’s parishes convened at the Cathedral. The service led by ACK Archbishop Rev Jackson Ole Sapit assisted by Diocese of Mbeere Bishop Rev Moses Masamba and graced by Deput