Tea growers in Central Kenya will at the end of the week take home Sh17,931 billion from delivery of their green leaf. Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has released Sh27.65 billion to 600,000 growers across the tea growing belt for their production of green leaf between July last year and June. In the sharing…
Ground is set for youth in Central Kenya region to support Building Bridges Initiative (BBI). The youth-led by Samuel Mwangi alias Kifeti of Murang’a are setting the ground to start educating the mass on the content of the document which was handed over to President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga in Kisii….
Kambiti Primary School in Makuyu, Murang’a is exposed to challenges including lack of a perimeter fence. The 40-year-old institution located along Nyeri- Nairobi highway has leaking roofs, lack of a gate among other myriads challenges. The school headmistress Ms Elizabeth Mutuva said there was a need for the leaders to back Kambiti community efforts…
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Zone three Board Member Francis Macharia has retained his seat. Macharia a tea grower in Kanyenya ini tea catchment garnered 24 votes, defeating his sole opponent Gideon Kiriko who got one vote. Kiriko is a director at Gatunguru tea factory in Kangema. Macharia has represented interests of growers at Githambo,…
Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) has released Sh27.65 billion to grower affiliated to its managed factories. The payment will be paid at the end of the month to more than 600,000 tea growers at the rate approved by directors, basing on performance in the last 12 months of between June last year and July….
By TMJ Correspondent in Nairobi Ward development fund will liberate members of county assemblies from being controlled by the executives. In the Building Bridges Initiatives backed by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga, ward fund has been enshrined in the document. The assembly members are seeking for the establishment of Assembly Service Commission…
BY MTJ Correspondent in Nyeri Laikipia and Nyeri county governments have entered into a pact to foster cooperation and coordinate services at the border markets. On Sunday, Governors Ndiritu Muriithi (Laikipia) and Mutahi Kahiga ( Nyeri) signed a memorandum of understanding that will enable towns near the border of their counties access crucial services….
By TMJ Correspondent in Gatanga Illicit brewers are back in Chania river banks making millions of shillings from the sale of the brews. In the past year, the merchants of death have been playing hide and seek with the police fearing their images captured by the drones. Chania river borders Murang’a and Gatanga and…
A makeshift footbridge connecting parts of Gitugi and Kiru wards in Mathioya is a relief to hundreds of the villagers. the bridge funded by Samuel Mwangi Kifeti is a blessing to the villagers in the tow wards after they risked their lives to cross the swollen Mathioya river in their daily chores. Kifeti mobilized…
By TMJ Correspondent in Murang’a info@themountainjournal.co.ke Fifteen candidates’ to battle for by-election set for December 15 Ground is set for Gaturi ward By-Election with Presidential aspirants preparing to campaign for their candidates. The candidates who have launched their campaigns in the Kiharu constituency ward are Nelson Kenda (Democratic Party), Rosemary Wakuthie Njine (Jubilee Party)…
