By James Wakahiu A savings and credit cooperative society is grappling with bad and doubtful debts from its members and a past partnership with a tainted land buying company. Anchor Premier Sacco Limited directors say they are now owed Sh300 million by a former sister society, Urithi Housing Cooperative (UHCL). This is an estimated 98…
The Mountain Journal team Ford Foundation has denied sponsoring anarchy,violence and chaos in Kenya, as claimed by President William Ruto. “ We do not fund or sponsor the recent protest against the finance bill and have a strict non-partisan for all or grantmaking.
By Mike Wendling, BBC News Donald Trump has picked JD Vance as his running mate. “I’m a ‘never Trump’ guy. I never liked him.” “My god what an idiot.” “I find him reprehensible.” That was from JD Vance in interviews and on Twitter in 2016, when the publication of his memoir Hillbilly Elegy catapulted him to fame….
President William Ruto has revealed the identities of suspected foreign entities funding the Gen Z protests in Kenya. He said America funded Ford Foundation was behind the chaos that has rocked the country. Speaking in Nakuru County, he said the country was facing pressure from the Generation Z to reform his government, as he singled out…
High Court has declared appointment of Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) Board Chairman Anthony Mwaura illegal and uncostitutional. The high court declared appointment of Mwaura by President William Ruto illegal and unconstitutional. Justice Francis Gikonyo quashed his appointment by President Ruto in November 2022 stating that it was contrary to the law and the leadership and integrity provisions…
By Danai Nesta Kupemba, BBC News & BBC Great Lakes Service, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame, feared and admired in equal measure, is seeking to extend his 24-year rule in an election analysts say he will win by a landslide. He has dominated every election since becoming president in 2000, with over 90% of the vote. In…
The Mountain Journal Four million Kenya Power customers have updated their prepaid token metres out of the expected 7.4 million. in a statement, the provider is calling on the remaining prepaid customers to update their meters by August 31st. The Company’s General Manager in charge of Commercial Services and Sales, Eng. Rosemary Oduor said 4.2…
By Kathryn Armstrong, BBC News Former US President Donald Trump has said he is “supposed to be dead” after Saturday night’s assassination attempt at a rally in Pennsylvania. In one of his first interviews since the incident, Mr Trump told conservative US media he felt that he had been saved “by luck or by God”. “The most…
The Mountain Journal Detectives investigating dumping of bodies at Kware dumpsite in Mukuru kwa Njenga in Nairobi have arrested a suspect. Collin Jomaisi Khalisia was arrested today as the detectives in his house found 12 sacks that are similar to the ones used to cover the bodies that were found dumped in the dumpsite. The…
2 hours ago By Hafsa Khalil, BBC News Leaders around the world have condemned the assassination attempt on former US President Donald Trump on Saturday and expressed concern for him. The Republican presidential candidate was at a rally in Pennsylvania when shots were fired and he was injured in the right ear.The FBI has named 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks as the…
