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…
BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that the government is developing a framework for linking the certified Jua Kali Sector workforce to formal employment and business financing opportunities locally and internationally. The framework, which is underpinned by the validation of skills and expertise of Jua Kali artisans as stipulated by the Recognition of…
The Mountain Journal On the spot are the private tea factories blamed on buying low quality green leaf from farmers and middlemen, with the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) directed to revoke their licenses of the culprits. The controversy surrounding the quality of green leaf was a debate at the centre during the tea directors…
The Mountain Journal The battle surrounding KRA Chairman Antony Mwaura and an online blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has attracted professionals, citing misuse of social media. The professionals led by Adan Ibrahim accused Nyakundi for propagating unverified information pertaining to Mwaura in his work place. “In your online platform, you are selling a message which is a…
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…
