The Mountain Journal Despite the prevailing economic times, Nairobi County Assembly has acquired a new mace at Sh33 million. The mace weighing 11 kilogrammes was unveiled this week by speaker Stephen Ng’ondi, when several operations were grounded due to a lack of finances. Nairobi MCAs have said they cannot carry out their oversight responsibilities, as…
BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has asked politicians to stop engaging in unnecessary politicking, including interfering with key sectors like tea that could hamper higher income for thousands of farmers. The Deputy President said it is wrong to politicise everything when Kenyans are waiting for the Government to provide solutions to the economic difficulties…
The Mountain Journal Tea stakeholders have started working on a process that will facilitate the separation of accounts of satellites from the parent factories. A high-profile meeting attended by KTDA Group Chief Executive Officer Wilson Muthaura, Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Paul Rono, and representatives from the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) drew a road map…
The killing of Ugandan Olympian and long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has devastated her friends and family – and left the East African athletics community reeling from shock. The 33-year-old marathon runner who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, suffered extensive burns after after being doused in petrol and set alight by her former boyfriend at…
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled. Workers launched a “go-slow” – where staff deliberately work slowly to cause disruption –…
Ana Faguy & Rachel Looker BBC News Washington With only weeks left until the US presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a battle to win the support of those who are yet to commit to either candidate. The BBC has spoken to six undecided voters who saw Tuesday night’s 90-minute debate as…
The Mountain Journal Kenyans have been advised to only invest in their registered cooperative societies or risk losing their money to fraudsters. Cooperative Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya said it was prudent for the investors to carry out due diligence and ensure the saccos they are dealing with are duly registered. Speaking in Nairobi, when SASRA…
The Mountain Journal The Ministry of Education has ordered for a mandatory inspection of all the learning institutions to ensure safety compliance. The inspection ordered by Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Julius Ogamba will be backed by other agencies that will be conducted in all public and private schools countrywide to assess compliance levels. The order…
The Mountain Journal Seventeen coffee buyers participated in the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) where they purchased 9,714 bags of the commodity at Sh370.9 million. The weekly auction gave less amount as compared to the previous week of Sh455 million after the sale of 11,944 bags of coffee that were bought by 17 local and international…
