Bumula Mirror

The Bumula Member of Parliament Hon. Mwambu Mabongah has asked President Kenyatta to unravel the sugar puzzle if he thinks he should leave a legacy worth recognition by the Luhya nation. Speaking at various functions over the weekend the MP  averred that the government knows what ails the industry and challenged the country's leadership to resolve it so that the economy of Western region and the country can gain momentum. The legislator reminisced how the President's father Mzee Jomo Kenyatta gave the Mulembe nation a pedestal to growth by founding the establishment of three factories,noting the irony and satire that the same factories may go down during Mzee Jomo's son's era. "Mzee Jomo Kenyatta gave us three factories. PanPaper in 1969,Mumias in 1971 and Nzoia Sugar in 1978. The Mulembe nation remembers him for this. His son President Uhuru Kenyatta,whom we respect a lot and walked with in his quests, must not keep quiet when the very factories are at st...

Bumula Member of Parliament Hon. Mwambu Mabongah yesterday played host to the CEO,Youth Enterprise Development Fund,Josiah Arabu Moriasi to mark the end of a weeklong empowerment programme that targets at planting seed capital into hands of young people in the constituency. Speaking at one workshop at Kimwanga Catholic Hall, Mwambu reaffirmed his resolve to instil self reliance among the youth even as he decried the low amount of loans disbursed to the constituency since  the fund's inception. "I looked at the statistics and cried for my people. In 11 years of existence Youth Fund has only given 6.2 Million to  Bumula youth,yet another constituency has been given close to a a billion. Bwana CEO we must change that." the legislator opined. Mr. Moriasi affirmed this saying,it is unfair that such a disparity. He committed Ksh. 5 million to 50 youth groups from Bumula in the next one month. "I agree Mheshimiwa,we have that disparity. I took over just two years ago ...