The Mountain Journal An alert has been issued after a Mpox has been confirmed in Nakurru as Ministry of Health has hightened survillance. The case was comfirmed at the Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital (PGH) in Nakuru by Dr James Waweru, the Medical Superintendent. The case is the fourth in Kenya with Waweru saying the…
A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile Horn of Africa, upsetting Ethiopia in particular – and there are worries the fallout could become more than a war of words. The tensions ratcheted up this week with the arrival of two Egyptian C-130 military aeroplanes in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, signalling…
The Mountain Journal Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal and his business associate Hebson Wachira have been granted Sh10 million bond pending an appeal. They were granted bail by Judge D. Kavedza with a surity of similar amount. The judge certified the appeal application urgent directing the matter be mentioned on October 31 before a presiding…
Sofia Ferreira Santos/BBC News Mongolian officials “have the obligation” to arrest Vladimir Putin if he visits the country next week, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has said. The trip, expected to happen on Tuesday, will be the first time the Russian leader has visited an ICC member nation since the court ordered his arrest in…
Kenya confirms the third Mpox case after 89 samples have been submitted to our laboratories, In the analysis 79 tested negative for Mpox as the Ministry of Health announced the third case. Health Director General Patrick Amoth said the latest patient is a 30-year-old woman from Nairobi who recently traveled to Uganda. “ The Ministry…
Israel has agreed to a series of “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to allow for the vaccination of children against polio, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. The campaign will aim to vaccinate around 640,000 children across the Gaza strip and will begin on Sunday, senior WHO official Rik Peeperkorn said. It will be rolled…
By Mallory Moench BBC News The Māori king in New Zealand – Kiingi Tuheitia Pootatau Te Wherowhero VII – has died peacefully at age 69, surrounded by his wife and three children. The Kiingitanga, or Māori king movement, announced the news on social media on Friday morning local time (Thursday evening GMT). Spokesman Rahui Papa…
A marketting connector Christine Ndiloko Nyamai found herself in the wrong arm of the law after she was charged with swindling millions of shillings from 45 job seekers while pretending she would facilitate their travel and work abroad. Nyamai was charged that between February 2024 and July 2024 obtained Sh 1.6 million from Beatrice Nkoli…
The Mountain Journal Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal will serve eight years in prison after he was found guilty of corruption-related charges. He is the first governor since the introduction of devolution to have been convicted on corruption related charges. The former county chief was given the option to pay a fine of Sh85.4 after…
Tea growers have criticized emerging divisions in the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holding leadership. This is happening as the farmers rallied stakeholders to help them venture into new markets for the produce. The farmers’ representatives from the West of Rift and East of the Rift led by Timothy Tanui and Moses Njuguna said it…
