By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University (MKU) will host its 2nd annual Research and Innovation Week from October 14-18, 2024, at the university’s main campus in Thika. Themed “Research and Innovation for Sustainable Production and Livelihoods,” the event aims to showcase creative solutions and foster collaborations between academia, industry, and government to address real-world challenges….
The Mountain Journal Kenyas’ four smallholder tea factories won recognition awards for producing the best innovative tea in the specialty tea class competition in Kigali, Rwanda. During the sixth African Tea Convention and Exhibition Ragati, Itumbe, Gitugi and Kagwe tea factories were recognised for production of quality tea and emerged the best in the competition….
Former President Barack Obama has appealed to Americans to vote for Kamala Harris, warning of a “tight” White House race between her and Donald Trump with less than a month to go. At Thursday’s campaign rally in Pittsburgh in the swing state of Pennsylvania, he urged the audience to “put down your phone…grab your friends…
The Mountain Journal Secondary school heads have raised a red flag over the preparation of KCSE following the delay by the Ministry of Education to remit full capitation. The heads through Kenya Secondary Schools Heads Association (KESSHA) are seeking the clearance of Sh6,000 per student to clear the pending balance to enable effective preparation for…
By BBC Paul MellyAfrica analyst Speculation over the wellbeing and whereabouts of Cameroon’s 91-year-old President Paul Biya has become a hot topic across Africa this week. After attending the China-Africa summit in Beijing in early September, it was perhaps no surprise that he gave the UN General Assembly in New York a miss. But when…
The Mountain Journal Seventeen coffee buyers on Tuesday purchased 12,313 bags of the coffee at Sh 476 million. During the weekly coffee auction at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) the payment reflected an increase from the previous of Sh 471.2 million after the sale of 11,480 bags of the commodity. In the market coffee from Kiriga…
The Mountain Journal The Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has ordered the immediate suspension of the tea reserve imposed two years ago, a move designed to end congestion of unsold tea in the Mombasa warehouses. The removal of the reserved price followed a deliberation by the tea market players and the agriculture Cabinet Secretary Dr…
A Turkish Airlines pilot has died after becoming ill on his own flight from Seattle on the north-west coast of the United States to Istanbul in Turkey. Captain Ilcehin Pehlivan, 59, collapsed mid-air and a second pilot and co-pilot took over the controls, an airline spokesman said on X. “When first aid to our captain…
The Mountain Journal Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has been impeached by parliament through a voting. He becomes the first Deputy President in Kenya to be impeached by parliament after Kibwezi West MP Mwengi Mutuse moved the motion. Two hundred and eighty one Mps supported the impeachment motion and 44 were against it. Speaker Moses…
The Mountain Journal Tea factories fetched Sh915 million during the weekly Mombasa tea auction through the sale of 2,448,238 kgs of tea. The auction price reflected an increase from the previous auction that generated Sh 767.5 million after the auction of 2.058 million kgs of made tea. Kimunye tea factory achieved the highest price after…
