The Mountain Journal Murang’a County Assembly has approved the appointment committee on appointment of Dr Newton Mwangi for the position of the County Secretary. The committee chaired by assembly speaker Johnson Mukuha vetted Dr Mwangi after he was nominated by Governor Irungu Kang’ata. In a motion by Deputy Majority Leader Liz Muthoni Mbugua, the members…
By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University (MKU) has rolled out performance contracts for its staff members for the year 2023. The institution’s vice-chancellor, Prof Deogratius Jaganyi says the performance contracts outline specific goals and targets for the university, which are aligned with the university’s strategic plan 2020-2029. MKU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Deogratus Jaganyi (left) and the…
The Mountain Journal Four suspects suspected in theft of drugs at Murang’a Level Five Hospital will spend 14 days in custody undergoing interrogation. The suspects, Antony Ng’ang’a, Annie Nyambura, Fridah Wangechi and Linus Muriithi were ordered to undergo further grilling connected to the Friday night incident where the police recovered drugs suspected to have been…
The Mountain Journal Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata ally Dr Newton Mwangi emerged the best out of the 72 individuals who applied for the position of the county secretary. The career educationist and now a part time lecturer at MKU has been vetted by the county assembly where he detailed his capacity to steer the county…
The Mountain Journal Residents of Kianyaga town and its environs are all smiles after the completion of tarmacking of access roads and improvement of drainage system within the town. The project which was commissioned by the Governor Anne Waiguru two years ago involved upgrading of 4.6 kilometers of roads to bitumen standards. The project…
Govern or Kang’ata celebrates his 43 birthday as he commissions Kiria ini ECDE centre The Mountain Journal Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata has commissioned a refurbished Kiria ini Primary School Early Childhood Development Centre (ECDE). The programme supervised by Kiru MCA Morris Thuku was ranked the first nursery school programme funded by the Kang’ata administration as…
The Mountain Journal Ng’araria MCA Simon Wamwea has been ordained in Akurino Church leadership. The second term MCA was ordained by the Bishop of Akurinu Church in a ceremony attended by Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata. Wamwea embarked on community leadership after he was elected a civic leader in Kandara in 2013 and was elected to represent Ng’araria ward…
The Mountain Journal Hell broke loose in Maundu ni Meri village in Laikipia after a senior police officer at Rumuruti police station was stabbed to death by a peddler delivering 20 liters of chang’aa. The deputy Officer Commanding Inspector Propser Wandera was stabbed severally with a knife in the chest. He had gone to arrest the…
The Mountain Journal It was pomp and dance in Kiharu constituency after the Kiharu Masomo Bora programme was rolled out. In the Sh70 Million programme facilitated by NG CDF targets 14,000 students is designed to revamp secondary school education, MP Ndindi Nyoro said the learners will be paying Sh1,000 per term down from Sh 6,500 charged. The parents and leaders…
The Mountain Journal Kirinyaga County government has announced the exemption of payment of a single business permit for persons living with disability (PWD as an incentive to support their business ventures. Governor Anne Waiguru says that so far more than 300 PWDs have benefited from the waiver. In a speech read on her…
