The Mountain Journal Murang’a County Government has ordered for investigations on the Nyota Zetu Programme following fears the list has been doctored. The programme is under probe by the county assembly after an audit in January revealed there are 2,750 students under the support of the programme reflecting an excess of 1,210 beneficiaries. On Monday,…
By Ana Faguy, BBC News, Washington US President Joe Biden has tested positive for Covid-19 and is suffering mild symptoms, the White House has said. Karine Jean-Pierre, his press secretary, said the US president is vaccinated and boosted. He has tested positive for Covid twice before. Mr Biden, 81, was seen earlier on Wednesday visiting supporters in…
The Mountain Journal The High Court has stopped tea farmers from holding special general meetings for Kimunye, Ndima, Thumaita and Mununga tea factories in Kirinyaga county. The order issued by Justice Joe Omido followed a petition lodged by Jane Nyaguthii Kinyua, and Frederick Kinyua and eight others moved to court lodging a suit against IEBC,…
A mistaken identity as the police arrested Macharia Gaitho. Panic gripped media houses after veteran journalist Macharia Gaitho was arrested inside Karen Police station in Nairobi. Macharia drove into the police station upon sensing he was being followed by a strange vehicle. This is after he realised some strangers were following him, and had to…
By Kayla Epstein and Mike Wendling, BBC News, at the Republican convention in Milwaukee One by one, Donald Trump’s defeated rivals for the 2024 Republican nomination took the stage to sing his praises at the party’s convention on Tuesday night. From his box just above the convention floor, Trump smiled at times as he watched his former…
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON Tom King, a Pennsylvania delegate from Butler, Pennsylvania, said he spoke to Trump at the rally 10 minutes before the shooting erupted on Saturday. He says he sat about 20 feet in front of Corey Comperatore, the former fire chief who was killed. “It was a great day to see the…
By Mike Wendling & Grace Tsoi, BBC News An exiled Chinese billionaire has now been been found guilty of multiple charges, including fraud and money laundering. Here’s a look into how Guo Wengui, who built up a real estate empire in China, went on to run a billion dollar scam in the US. In early June 2020,…
KIGALI, RWANDA — Rwandan President Paul Kagame has won the country’s presidential election with 99% of the vote, according to preliminary election results released. Kagame had won 99% of the 79% of ballots counted so far, the country’s electoral body said. The president, who has been in power in various roles since 1994, won by…
By Bernd Debusmann Jr & Nadine Yousif, BBC News New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez has been found guilty on 16 counts tied to a scheme where he accepted bribes, including gold bars and a Mercedes-Benz, in exchange for helping foreign governments. A jury convicted Menendez of all charges after more than 12 hours of deliberation over three…
By Sam Francis, Political reporter, David Sam Francis • Henry Zeffman, Chief political correspondent, The deputy prime minister has dismissed comments by Donald Trump’s running mate for US vice president that UK under Labour might be the first “truly Islamist” country with nuclear weapons. JD Vance, the Ohio senator chosen as Mr Trump’s vice presidential candidate on Monday night, made the…
