The Mountain Journal crew Members of Parliament have asked NG CDF to increase allocation meant to promote sporting activities to five percent. Mathioya MP Peter Kimari said an allocation of 2.5 percent assigned to be used is too little for the constituencies to promote the activities effectively. The MP spoke at Nyangiti grounds during…
Senator Kang’ata in hot soup Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata says he is ready to face the consequence for saying the truth. The senator said in his Murang’a back yard he will stand by the truth for the interest of the people. As the leaders kicked the start of luring him back to back the…
By The Mountain Journal team The government was interested to formulate regulation that will save coffee growers from exploitation by cartels. Agriculture and Livestock Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya said in the new bill farmers interests have been addressed, designed to ensure the sector will thrive through transparency. Speaking at Gitugi grounds in Mathioya, Munya who…
A student is fighting for his life at Kenyatta National Hospital following a knife wound inflicted by a colleague over argument on a padlock. Two form three students at Wahundura secondary School in Mathioya, after they differed over a padlock. The victim was treated at the nearby Kiria ini Mission Hospital before he was…
By The Mountain Journal crew Three sites where affordable houses will be constructed in Murang’a county have been identified. In a mission by Governor Mwangi wa Iria and Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga, areas found suitable for the programme are a public land named Kenol- Kabati, Makenji and a parcel next to Murang’a GK Prisons. …
By The Mountain Journal Team Some of the school going children in Murang’a have declined to resume learning. Instead, the county education office has information that out of the 800 learners yet to resume 207 girls in both primary and secondary schools are pregnant. Murang’a county commissioner Mohammed Barre said all the learners should…
The Mountain Journal crews Kenya Roads Board (KRB) has disbursed Sh 41 billion to road agencies to facilitate maintainces of roads. In the disbursement of funds for months between July and December last year, huge allocation of Sh14,818,592,073 went to Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA), followed by Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KERRA) of Sh11,289,751,158. In…
Women who live Kutus township in Kirinyaga county are living in fear of a 22 year old university student said to be peeping in women’s bathroom taking photos when they are naked. Joseph Gicobi a village elder at Kutus narrated how he saved the youth and took him to Milimani Police Post after a mob…
By The Mountain Journal team in Nairobi Players in tea sector have to comply with regulations by ensuring that sales of the produce meant for export market will be channeled through the auction system. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Peter Munya in a notice to the players in the sector said all the teas, except orthodox and…
By The Mountain Journal Senate Majority Whip Irungu Kang’ata has explained that he was driven by truth to write to President Uhuru Kenyatta on the concerns that could lead to rejection of BBI in Mt Kenya region. The senator speaking at Thuitu AIPCA in Gitugu ward, Mathioya, Murang’a said he was not driven by…
