The Mountain Journal Crew Usawa Kwa Wote Party leader Mwangi wa Iria will hit the ground in January to popularize his Presidential candidature saying he has done enough interaction with the people from the mountain. Iria said he has managed to convince the mountain voters to support his presidential bid in the footsteps of the late Kenneth Matiba…
The Mountain Journal A water company has set aside Sh500,000 to waive bill incurred by the elderly and persons with disabilities in Murang’a. The management of Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company (Muwasco)said the decision was reached in efforts to support the venerable persons in the community have access to the commodity to support government efforts…
Police in Nanyuki have launched a manhunt for a four-man gang after it threatened to set ablaze a Kenya Forest Service Camp following seizing more than 120 cedar poles. The gang under the police watch is living in Kanyoni village at the edge of Mt Kenya Forest where it is involved in felling down…
The Mountain Journal A manhunt for the owner of the ill fated hotel building that collapsed in Gatanga, Murang’a has been ordered. Central Regional Coordinator Wilfred Nyang’wanga said the hotel owner and a Meru businessman Abraham Karuti Itabari is a person of interest in the investigations alongside his engineers and foreman on the cause of…
Scores missing after a four storey building collapses The Mountain Journal A building that collapsed in Gatanga, Murang’a was a result of negligence by the contractor after he defied the structural engineering procedures. The part of Sun Star Hotel under construction came down as the locals questioned the speed at which the work progressed ignoring…
By James Wakahiu Daniel Sifa Wanje, one of the best students from Kilifin county, has completed his university education through a full scholarship at MKU. Sifa hit headlines in the dailies after he came out to sell his kidney to support his university education after his parents and community could not raise the required amount….
STATE WARNS VARSITIES TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR CBC CURRICULUM PREPARATIONS By James Wakahiu The government has told universities they are likely to be caught unawares and unprepared by the implementation of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) system. Amb. Simon Nabukwesi, the Principal Secretary for University Education and Research says the institutions of higher learning risk…
Colourful 20th graduation at MKU By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University ( MKU) has awarded a full scholarship to Nelly Nafula who completed her secondary education 14 years ago and got A minus in her KCSE. During the 20th graduation, MKU Chairman Prof Simon Gicharu announced the scholarship to Nafula who operates a posho mill in western…
Ground is set at MKU where 5,333 graduands will be awarded their certificates, diplomas and degrees upon completion of their education. Today the varsity Chancellor Prof.John Struthers will award the graduands their certificates during the 20th graduation ceremony. Preparations for a graduation ceremony. The Phd graduands are in a rehearsal at Mount Kenya University where hundreds…
Nanyuki residents welcome the learning institution to relieve them from traveling long distances to Meru, Nyeri and Murang’a. The Mountain Journal Plans to establish Nanyuki University College are looming for the interest of the young. The varsity college will concentrate in training the youth in the fields of Manufacturing and Enterprise Development, which the county…
