Race for fan thrills Murang’a
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke With a lot of passion, the old and the young took to the track for the “The run; the fun; the passion; the determination; the talents’. It was the Great Murang’a Community Run at the General Ihûra Stadium where the children ran a 2km race, and a 0km for the elites….
Residents eyes are watching the blue skies over the US planes
The Mountain Journal i Nanyuki residents have in the last three days watched the skies of large aircrafts flying in a group of three flying into the highly guarded Laikipia Air Base transporting equipment for the Ebola Quarantine and Isolation Facility.. In the last three days, the residents’ eyes glued to the skies as the…
Kibra women play soccer
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke For many women in Kibra, football tournaments continue to offer a platform for them to sharpen and use their skills even after quitting competitive sports after childbirth. One of such women is 24-year-old goal keeper Nancy Njeri who once played in the National Women Super League (NWSL) said balancing football and…
Murang’a distributes devices to persons living with disabilities and commits the support
Photo/ Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata addressing the residents and persons with special needs at Maragua Level Four Hospital to mark World for Persons with Disability. The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a county government marked the World Disability Day Persons with Disabilities as it stepped up strategies to uplift their living standards through distribution of devices. Governor…
Police intercepts 670 plants of bhang in Kigumo
The Mountain Journal An operation to weed out narcotic drugs yields fruits in Kigumo after a suspect was nabbed with 670 plants of a substance suspected to be bhang. Acting on information, the police nabbed the 58 year old Julia Muthoni Ng’ang’a in Kanyore village who was booked at Kigumo Police Station awaiting to be…
Reprieve for over 200 MKU students as Court quashes CS order to stop oral health degrees
By James Wakahiu Celebrations rocked Mount Kenya University after the High Court quashed a directive by Health Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale to discontinue about 225 students from pursuing Bachelor of Science in Oral Health programme. In a judgment delivered by Justice William Musyoka, the Milimani High Court ruled that Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale acted…
Speaker Wetangula declares Tea Amendment Bill 2023 null and void
The Mountain Journal Fate of the Tea Amendment Bill 2023 hangs in balance after Speaker Moses Wetangula declared its null and void after Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe during the proceedings failed to declare his interest. After he failed to declare his interest in the tea sector, he participated in the deliberations related to the…
Low tea output in the market over the tea levy
The Mountain Journal The tea levy has negatively affected the industry with buyers abandoning teas from the east of Rift. The buyers seek the Tea Levy should be pegged on volumes of the produce, instead on the alue. The buyers have turned to the west of the rift and the neighbouring countries fearing cost imposed…
Murang’a health facilities connected with Starlink
The Mountain Journal All the 170 public health facilities in Murang’a County have been connected with a speedy internet designed to transform the health sector. In the transformation programme, all the health centres and dispensaries located in the far locations have been connected through internet connectivity for the interest of promoting the health of the…
Kirinyaga and Murang’a dominates coffee direct sales window
Photo/ Youth leaders affiliated to the Nyeri Hill Organic Herbs and Eco Fuel Enterprises (NOHEFE) in their farm. The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee exports earned Kenya farmers Sh 2.37 from the direct sales that were dispatched to several destinations internationally. In the period between October and March in the coffee year 2025/2026 , AFA reports…
