NCE resumes after the recess
Coffee market resumes from recess generating Sh 345 million The Mountain Journal Kenya’s coffee has earned growers Sh 345 million after the auction of 6,622 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The trading resumed on Wednesday after two months recess where the early crop from Cooperative societies in the counties of Meru…
Murang’a explores to venture into AI to improve health
The Mountain Journal Murang’a County is exploring the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to transform healthcare service delivery designed to improve patient experience across its health facilities. Health officials have been holding consultative forums with the executive team from Zaideh Global based in Israel and Dubai discussing the partnership aimed at integrating AI into healthcare…
Impact of striking Laikipia nurses turn to the worse
The Mountain Journal Nurses’ strike has continued to impact negatively on the operations at the health facilities in Laikipia County in the past three weeks. Families with the sick and expectant mothers are forced to take them to far distances as the Nyahururu and Nanyuki Referral Hospitals among other facilities stopped admitting the critically ill…
Nyota programme where the youth are minting from innovations
The Mountain Journal The National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement Programme (NYOTA) has transformed many of the households after the majority of the youth were assisted to venture into businesses, which has assisted them to support their families. In a function at General Ihura stadium, attended by Cabinet Secretaries Alice Wahome( Lands), Lee Kinyanjui (Trade) backed…
Ruto dismisses Nyota critics as Sh3bn lands in youth accounts
The Mountain Journal President William Ruto has hit back at critics of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) programme after the Government released more than Sh3 billion in grants to over 122,000 young entrepreneurs nationwide. Speaking during the second tranche disbursement of the NYOTA Business Start-up Programme, the President reported that the initiative was…
Coffee market resumes from recess generating Sh 345 million
The Mountain Journal Kenya’s coffee has earned growers Sh 345 million after the auction of 6,622 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The trading resumed on Wednesday after two months recess where the early crop from Cooperative societies in the counties of Meru and Machakos dominated the auction. The NCE report indicated…
Tea market thrives as the farmers calls for suspension of the tea levy
The Mountain Journal The tea exporters bought 5,530,474 kgs of made tea that generated Sh 1.7 billion after the sale of 5,530,474 kgs of made tea sourced from the KTDA managed factories through the Mombasa Tea Auction . At the auction the 53 buyers bought 10 million kgs that were offered by the producers from…
Russian NGO partners with a Kenyan college to offer free Russian language course
The Mountain Journal A non-governmental organization (NGO), Path to Russia, has partnered with ICS Technical College to offer free Russian language training to students. The programme is a free three-month online course taught by native Russian-speaking tutors, providing Kenyans with an opportunity to acquire Russian language skills while promoting educational and cultural exchange. Speaking during…
Murang’a in a strategy to boost coffee farming through distribution of free lime to farmers
The Mountain Journal Murang’a coffee farmers will get free lime to assist in reduction of the acidity from the soils in a strategy to increase coffee production in four years. With billions of shillings paid to farmers after the global market is attracted to Kenyan coffee, Murang’a is set to increase production in a venture…
Government fast-tracking new Cooperatives law to improve governance, modernise the sector-DP Kindiki
The Mountain Journal The government is fast-tracking the passage and enactment of the new Cooperatives Bill that will modernize the sector and make it more beneficial to millions of members of cooperative societies spread across the country, Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has said. Prof. Kindiki stated that President Ruto is set to sign the Bill…
