The Mountain Journal Low enrollment of students in technical institutes within Muranga County has forced the management to conduct door-to-door campaigns to increase their numbers. Vocational training centres that were completed years ago and are yet to start their training courses include Gatanga, Maragua and Kandara. It is a situation that has seen local leaders…
Race gains momentum The Mountain Journal The battle for Kandara parliamentary seat has intensified with 13 aspirants battling for UDA ticket to replace the former MP Alice Wahome, now Water and Irrigation Cabinet secretary. In the past two weeks, aspirants’ posters are everywhere with some vehicles mounted with loud speakers moving around the constituency scouting for…
Kiambu County fast-tracks construction of 20 new markets By James Wakahiu Kiambu Governor, Mr Kimani Wamatangi is pushing for the faster construction of a proposed Sh850 million Githurai Two Modern Market off the Thika superhighway and other markets in the county. The Githurai Two Modern Markets is one of the 20 modern bazaars his administration…
The Mountain Journal Ten years ago, Andrew Kahenya Foundation kicked off a transformation plan in Kandara constituency where several people got assistance to venture in income generating projects. The foundation supports more than 250 students in various secondary schools across Kandara constituency. Kahenya is one of the 23 aspirants running for the Kandara parliamentary seat eye to replace Alice Wahome…
By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University (MKU) staff and students have donated foodstuff to pupils selected parents and needy families in the neighbourhood of a school in the drought-hit Kitui County. During a corporate social investment event on 18th November, the MKU fraternity distributed dry food stuff to Enziu Primary School pupils at an event…
Majority of Kenyan schools have no adequate resources in terms of infrastructure to seamlessly implement CBC, says association of non-public institutions By James Wakahiu Private universities want Junior Secondary as proposed in the new Competency Based Curriculum (CBC)’s 2-6-3-3-3 system to be domiciled in primary schools instead of in secondary schools. The National Association of Private…
The Mountain Journal County governments have asked for direct partnership with development partners in order to speed up the implementation of programs and projects in the counties. In a round table meeting between the Council of Governors (COG) and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) led by its Co- Chair Bill Gates, the COG Chair…
The Mountain Journal Former tea directors claim the factories are indebted to a tune of Sh18 billion followed by unexplained expenses. The former officials from Mt Kenya region alleged that the directors’ expenses had risen in many of the factories from between Sh8 million to Sh12 Million annually. In a meeting at Golden Palm Hotel,…
The Mountain Journal Coffee farmers in Kirinyaga County are set to reap big as the county government implements a massive revitalization program in the sector. The program whose objective is increasing coffee production and productivity within smallholder systems targets 18 coffee factories within seven Farmers’ Cooperative Societies in the county The program…
The Mountain Journal More than 12 constituencies are intending to embrace labour based contracts in the implementation of the development projects once National Government Constituency Development funds are reinstated. NG-CDF Committees mainly from Rift Valley led by their MPs toured Kiharu constituency on a bench-marking tour of projects implemented through the labour-based contract. The…
