The initial plan was to just have lunch at Alba Hotel . So we took a cab from Meru town to Alba Hotel. She sits like a queen among commoners. Located just after Meru CBD and before Makutano in a …
The Meru Story: Mbwaa and the Nguu-Ntune
Over the next few posts, we will post a series of the story of the Ameru, and how they came to settle in the current Meru area, along with the initial leadership. Our grandparents and parents were meant to pass …
Gakoromone
Gakoromone Market. When you hear about the market what do you think about? Gikomba? Toy? Ngara? Gakoromone is the Gikomba,Toy and Ngara market of Meru town. I have always been intrigued by Gakoromone. Mostly because a lot of comedians use …
The Miraa Task Force Starts Its Sittings, BUT are they Serious?
Once upon a time, when miraa was banned in the UK and the tide for the people of Meru and the millions of Kenyans who depend on the crop were changing, President Kenyatta appointed a Miraa Task Force.
The Mandate …
Are you a Mukunga or a Murutu?
“Twaari gintu kimwe, kuuma Ntonyiri mwanka Thucii, tweeja kwathuranûa ni acunku.”
These are the lyrics of the Song “tûkûrieni Kimîîrû by the Maua Hop Hop group, Red C, and they are largely true, very true.
Once upon a time, when …
Surf Msanii
Meet Husus Mugiiri Nyagah popularly known as Surf Msanii. He is a video/music producer and an artist. His office is on 4th floor on Mutindwa plaza building in the luscious town of Meru. To get there you use some …
Youth, Let’s Shape Meru Politics
It’s a year to elections! Yaay or nay? Do elections excite you? Do they make you think, yaay, it’s time to change the leadership of my ward, constituency, county and country? Or do you just not care, because, after all, …
A Culture so Rich
Muga muntûetû? Nteto ikari atîa?
Once upon a time, a community was held captive in a country called Mbwaa by some badass community called Nguu ntune. As Nguu ntune kings changed, the torture and humiliation meted on this community grew. …
Do you know your Meru Artists and Musicians?
What comes to your mind when someone mentions art? If you are like me you have been thinking painting is what art means. In real sense art is something that makes you feel a certain way. It elicits an emotion. …
Who are we?
You know how you used to hear from Thuci to Ntonyiri? They still say that on radio right? That was way before Meru and Tharaka Nithi were divided into different counties. The constitution might have divided it but Meru as …
