By BBC South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has sacked his powerful and long-serving spy chief Gen Akol Koor Kuc. He became head of the feared National Security Services (NSS) after independence in 2011 and continued throughout the bitter civil war that followed. No reason was given in the presidential decree that announced his removal, which…
By BBC Voters in the US go to the polls on 5 November to elect their next president. The election was initially a rematch of 2020 but it was upended in July when President Joe Biden ended his campaign and endorsed Vice-President Kamala Harris. The big question now is – will America get its first…
A boat carrying dozens of passengers capsized on Lake Kivu in eastern Congo on Thursday, killing at least 50 people, according to witnesses. The vessel, reportedly overloaded, sank just meters from Kituku port as it attempted to dock. It was traveling from Minova in South Kivu province to Goma, in North Kivu. Rescue services have…
The Mountain Journal The media is the most powerful avenue that has the power to make the innocent guilty because it controls the minds of the masses. Political analyst Ibrahim Adam said though, the Grand Muller leveraged the preceding principal to vilify and petrify Board Directors to obtain favourable benefits. Mr Ibrahim resident of Murang’a…
The Mountain Journal Transition from NHIF to Social Health Authority (SHA) has forced Murang’a County Government to partner with Britam for extensive services to the residents. In the partnership agreement, Britam takes over the services of Kang’ata Care programme after SHA stated it would not provide the 40,000 beneficiaries with the last expense of Sh`100,000….
The Mountain Journal The weekly tea auction generated Sh767.5 million after the sale of 2.058 million kgs of made tea. In the sale dated September 23, Momul Factory achieved the highest price of Sh27 million. Factories in the east of the rift sold 1.4 million kgs, while those from the west of the rift marketed …
