The Mountain Journal Tea farmers sold over two million kilograms of tea that traded for Sh1.4 billion in the last weekly auction in Mombasa at an average of Sh361.2 per kilograms. In the auction, Meru based Michimikuru factory achieved the highest sales of Sh 54.7 million after the auction of 171,129 kilogrammes. Keberigo achieved the…
The Mountain Journal Political temperature in Mt Kenya East has accelerated with the lawmakers endorsing Interior and National Coordination Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithure Kindiki as their spokesman. The MPs endorsed Interior CS, the link between the leaders from the counties of Meru, Embu and Tharaka Nithi and the Executive. The lawmakers led by Mbeere North…
The Mountain Journal Landowners who gave up their parcels for the dualling of the Sagana-Marua road have refused to vacate citing delayed compensation from the government. The residents mainly from Karatina town and around the proposed Marua interchange, fear they may never receive the payout once the contractor completes work. Sh4.8 billion had been set…
By BBC News/Farouk Chothia Ethiopia’s Prime Minister has warned that anyone planning on invading his country should “think 10 times” before doing so because, he said, any attack would be repelled. Abiy Ahmed did not direct his comments at any particular nation, but they come at a time of rising tensions with neighbouring Somalia and…
At least 48 people have been killed in the central Nigerian state of Niger, after a fuel tanker collided with a lorry carrying passengers and cattle, the country’s disaster agency said. The Niger State Emergency Management Agency said the collision happened at about 00:30 local time (01:30 GMT) on Sunday, and caused an explosion which…
The Mountain Journal The government has bowed out to pressure to review the higher education funding model over the fear of the university students strike. Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Julius Ogamba owing to the exerted pressure has constituted two committees to look into the matter. The committees were formed yesterday as the CS pleaded with…
