The Mountain Journal Government has released Sh21.8 billion to facilitate free learning in public institutions, with a huge chunk allocated to free day secondary education at Sh14.1 billion. The allocation to learning institutions is affected by the Ministry of Education as schools open on Monday. Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos in a circular to direct…
PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suspended his independent campaign for the White House and endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, a late-stage shakeup of the race that could give the former president a modest boost from Kennedy’s supporters. Hours later, Kennedy joined Trump onstage at an Arizona rally, where the crowd burst into “Bobby!” cheers. Kennedy said his…
The Mountain Journal Head of public service Felix Koskei has named the former Cabinet Secretaries Moses Kuria (Public Service) and Eliud Owalo (ICT) to work in the government. Kuria was appointed as senior advisor in President William Ruto’s Council of Economic Advisors. The former ICT CS, Koskei said has been appointed to serve as the…
The Mountain Journal KTDA Chairman Enos Njeru was re-elected for the second term owing to the impressive performance of the tea industry in the last three years. The board re-elected Njeru while Eric Chepkwony was elected his deputy to serve for the three year term period. Njeru said he was dedicated to taking the sector…
More than 700 people in the UK have posted on a pro-suicide website looking for someone to die with, a BBC investigation has found. The site, which we are not naming, has a members-only section where users can look for a suicide partner. We have connected several double suicides to the “partners thread”. Our investigation…
A six-year-old boy who was missing for five days has been found deep in a forest in Vietnam. Dang Tien Lam, who lives in the northwestern Yen Bai province, was playing in a stream with his nine siblings on 17 August when he wandered into the hills and got lost, local reports said. He was…
Donald Trump isn’t in Chicago but his presence hangs over everything and he is clearly following events here. A couple of aides told me, a little implausibly, that the former president is not tuning into the Democratic National Convention because he has no interest in watching a Democratic Party “infomercial”. But one senior campaign official…
Kenyan police are offering a cash reward for information leading to the capture of a serial murder suspect who escaped from custody on Tuesday. The suspect, Collins Jumaisi Khalusha escaped alongside 12 suspects from Gigiri Police Station in Nairobi. Eight police officers have since been suspended and five charged in court over the escape, which…
The Ministry of Education has directed the school heads to ensure the learners are registered in the Social Health Insurance Fund as dependents of their parents. The schools have been directed to ensure the learners are registered in the SHIF programme before schools open for the third term. Education PS Belio Kipsang in a circular…
Priya Sippy & Waihiga Mwaura BBC News, London & Nairobi “I want to go home,” Kenyan Eulita Jerop tells the BBC from Lebanon, where she is employed as a domestic worker. But the terms of her employment make it difficult for her to leave, despite fears of an all-out war in the country. She has…
