County to bid farewell to Italian Brother Mukiri who fell in love with it

Brother Giussepe Argesse is adorned by Njuri Ncheke Council of Elders regional chairman Linus Kathera when he was installed as a Meru elder in Igembe. [Phares Mutembei/Standard]

The death of an Italian missionary credited with digging a tunnel under a hill to take water to the driest parts of Meru is just beginning to sink in.

Brother Giuseppe Argesse, who died last week at the age of 85, is probably known more in the larger Meru than his native country.