Become Employers Not Employees- university graduates urged as Kenya’s joblessness crisis surges.

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke As Kenya’s economy struggles to create new jobs for thousands of jobless youths, fresh graduates have been challenged to pursue self-employment and endeavor to positively contribute to social-economic growth of the country. Speaking during the university’s 8th graduation ceremony that saw 2,566 graduands conferred with degrees and awarded diplomas and certificates,…

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 Tea auction

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke  Mombasa tea auction last week sold 8,309,566 kgs of the commodity to the local and international buyers.  In the sale Kenya sold 7,360,618 kgs packed into 106,960 packages, followed by Uganda with 666,939 kgs. In the weekly market reports, other  countries that participated are  Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi that presented at…

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Trump wins US presidential election: US media

By AFP Donald Trump has won the US presidential election, media said on Wednesday defeating Kamala Harris in a stunning political comeback that will send shock waves across the world. The polarizing Republican’s victory, following one of the most hostile campaigns in modern US history, was all the more remarkable given an unprecedented criminal conviction,…

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The Kenyan-born  wins a seat in the Minnesota house of representatives

The Mountain Journal  editor@themountainjournal.cpo.ke Huldah Hiltsley Momanyi becomes the first Kenyan-born politician to hold office in the United States under the Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL) Party.  In the election, she won with 64.78 percent of the vote to represent Minnesota’s District 38A, which includes the southwestern parts of Brooklyn Park and Osseo. Momanyi was born in Nyamira…

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Coffee auction nets Sh 361 million 

The Mountain Journal  editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya’s weekly coffee auction netted Sh 361.7 million following the sale of 8,960 bags of coffee. In the auction market, produce sold by Alliance Berries Limited, and  New KPCU achieved the highest price. According to Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) reports Evas Estate in Mathira, Nyeri achieved the highest price of Sh43,473…

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Measures for credible examination ready, says Njengere

The Kenya National Examination Council has rolled out strict measures to cub exam malpractices in the ongoing national examinations. KNEC CEO David Njengere said the measures have been employed to ensure the delivery of credible national examinations. Speaking at Murang’a East sub-county KNEC container,  the CEO asked the officials assigned to supervise the examination and…

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