The Mountain JournalResidents of Gathoge town are elated with the operationalization of a newmarket built by the County Government of Kirinyaga.Gathoge market which is the latest among 20 aggregation centers built byGovernor Anne Waiguru became operational on Thursday after more than300 traders were allocated spaces to display their goods.Farmers in the region will now have…
Public-Private Partnership between university, county government, local leaders and ministry of Interior collaborate to boost safety of residents and students By James Wakahiu A partnership between the National Government, the County Government of Kiambu and Mount Kenya University (MKU) has built a community policing facility in Thika town. Also newly constructed is a traffic police…
Brewers swang across the river to evade arrest The Mountain JournalMurang’a police came face to face with individuals who have established illicit brewing dens along the banks of Chania river.The law enforcers had a difficult time navigating through the terrains to access the brewing dens where they found the brewers in the act before…
Outlet remains under police guard after it was declared a crime scene.The Mountain JournalFight against illicit brews mushrooming in the Central Region, took a new twist after police intercepted thousands of KRA stickers in an outlet in Kambiti, Murang’a.A multi-agency team found a wines and spirit dealer at the market centre with rolls of…
The Mountain JournalKirinyaga is set to become the second rural county to launch the affordablehousing project for low and middle income earners.With preparations for commissioning of construction of the houses in highgear, the county government has demolished old buildings belonging to thedefunct County Council of Kirinyaga to pave way for the project atKerugoya town.The project…
By James WakahiuThe Government of Rwanda has granted Mount Kenya UniversityRwanda (MKUR) full accreditation to operate as a fully-fledgeduniversity.The accredited institution will now rebrand to Mount Kigali University(MKU) according to a communique from the Office of the PrimeMinister of Rwanda. The communique details several orders made by aCabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on…
The Mountain Journal Another six chief officers proposed by Governor Irungu Kang’ata have been approved by Murang’a County Assembly with instructions they must deliver. The nominees, the assembly resolved, will be monitored effectively through the departmental committees based on the fact that they are young. They approved Appollo Maina (Agriculture), Wanjohi Karoga(Education), Misheck Kipkorir(…
The Mountain Journal Two youthful tea farmers put up a spirited battle at the Murang’a County Assembly to have tea factories exempted from paying levies after they buy road construction materials. David Muturi and Eutychus Ngechu told the roads and public works committee how the roads in the tea growing sector are impassable leaving maintenance…
subsidized fertilizer Kirinyaga County Governor Anne Waiguru has asked for reconsideration of the current distribution system for the subsidized fertilizers. She has proposed for distribution through the local farmers’ cooperative societies which are closer to the beneficiaries.Currently distribution of the subsidized fertilizer is done through the Kenya National Trading Corporation (KNTC) with farmers in Kirinyaga picking it at the…
The Mountain Journal Persons who have been masquerading as lawyers in Nanyuki town have been arrested as their accomplices fled. In the operation coordinated by members of the law society of Kenya based in Laikipia County, 10 quack lawyers were arrested by police in their offices and others while they were in meeting with their…
