The Mountain Journal The rift between the deputy president Rigathi Gachagua and Mathira MP Erick Wamumbi has continued to widen, with claims of a plot to exit from the government. Wamumbi said his differences with Rigathi are based on opinions with no personal interest based on a move to walk out from the government to…
The Mountain Journal A suspect denied two charges of malicious damage and theft of property belonging to KRA offices Northern region Embu town, during the anti finance bill protest. Antony Kiige Muthoni charged with others not before the court denied the charge of destroying goods worth Sh6 million on June 24. He faced an alternative…
By Anthony Zurcher, @awzurcher, North America correspondent The most devastating argument against Joe Biden’s re-election bid may have come not from a politician or a pundit, but from a film star. But George Clooney, with his stinging New York Times opinion piece, isn’t the only one speaking out. A growing chorus from Democrats is sinking the president’s hopes…
The Mountain Journal Hell broke loose in Kigumo after residents broke into Gachocho police station and killed a murder suspect. Irate residents overpowered the local police and broke into the cells and forced the suspect Richard Maina out before they clobbered him to death as they protested the brutal death of his brother Joseph Kibugi….
By AFP | 10h ago Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of invective against President Joe Biden on Tuesday, mercilessly assailing the embattled Democrat as he faces down calls to end his reelection bid after a disastrous debate performance. Trump’s speech in Florida was his first public appearance since the clamor for Biden’s withdrawal began gaining…
By Wedaeli Chibelushi, BBC News Rwanda has said it is not required to refund the UK after a multi-million pound migrant deal between the two countries was scrapped. New UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer announced at the weekend that the plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda was “dead and buried”. The…
The Mountain Journal Demand for the resignation of a tea factory director has started with LSK pressurising. The lawyers body has exerted pressure seeking resignation of John Chebochol as a director at Toror Tea Factory in the west of rift. The lawyers call for his exit from the public office following his implication with a…
The Mountain Journal Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said the fight against drugs and substance abuse should be effectively handled not to plunge the generations back to the era of drunkenness. Gachagua expressed displeasure that in his Mathira backyard the closed liquor outlets have been re-opened under mysterious conditions. Speaking in Kiamariga Church in Mathira…
By Kasra Naji, A relatively moderate member of the Iranian parliament, Masoud Pezeshkian, has been declared the next president of Iran after beating his hardline conservative rival by a decisive margin in Friday’s run-off presidential elections. The 69-year-old will replace Ebrahim Raisi, who died in a helicopter crash last month. Dr Pezeshkian’s mostly young supporters took…
Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has praised President William Ruto for engaging and fielding questions from young Kenyans, Generation Z, through audio conversation on X-Spaces. Speaking in Nyeri town, Gachagua lauded the young people for seeking to have a conversation with the President virtually, adding that this marked a turning point in public engagement towards good governance. “The…
