Month: March 2023

 The Mountain Journal The Council of Governors Chair, Anne Waiguru, says county governments have made tremendous strides in enhancing food security through adoption of modern technologiesin agriculture. The Kirinyaga County governor recognized that the value in agriculture is more pronounced in rural areas where it provides 70% of employment, with smallholder farming leading while women provide 70% of…

The Mountain Journal Murang’a County has been ranked the first county in Kenya to embark in the agro ecology practice following passing of the Act by the county assembly.  The Murang’a County Agro Ecology Development Bill 2022 was passed to promote the best farming practice advocated by hundreds of farming groups and NGO led by…

The Mountain Journal Mount Kenya University (MKU) Alumni from The School of Hospitality, Travel & Tourism Management have secured employment opportunities abroad. The Dean School of Hospitality, Travel and Tourism Management, Ms Jane Kanjuru, the varsity makes sure that once their students are trained and graduate, they are ready for employment. Kanjuru said the students…

 The Mountain Journal   The county Government of Kirinyaga has launched a major crackdown against owners of buildings discharging sewage into river Thiba and Nyamindi. The crackdown which began on Tuesday, saw four owners of residential and commercial buildings nabbed for directing their sewer lines into river Thiba. The four are set to appear in…

The Mountain Journal  Murang’a County Assembly approved two members of the county public service board with a directive  to resolve the employment crisis in various devolved functions. The members said it was a pity that the ECDE section  was badly hit with shortage of teachers, thus the need for the matter to be addressed for…

The Mountain Journal Reprieve to tea roads as petitioners seek exemption  from levies on maintaining materials in a petition lodged at the Murang’a County Assembly. In the  petition the farmers in Karitu village, Kangari ward want tea factories to be exempted from the levies charged on road construction materials. Tea growers David Muturi and Eutychus Ngechu…

The Mountain JournalMembers of Kirinyaga County Assembly have asked traders in Kagio Market to remain calm as the County Government finalizes plans to expand the market. The team met unruly traders 2ho accused the government of increasing trading levies without consulting them as procedure demands The MCAs said Governor Anne Waiguru’s administration is in an advanced stage…