editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Retired military pilot James Gitahi Nguyo was settling into his life away from the skies after flying for 44 years when he met his untimely death along the Mombasa Highway on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. However, even in his tragic death which resulted in him getting burnt beyond recognition, his illustrious career while in the…
Mount Kigali University (Rwanda) Students of Law gift Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya (center) with a Rwandwese traditional outfit after they visited the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Judge lectured them on the jurisdiction, roles, and key jurisprudence developed by the Supreme Court. PHOTO; COURTESY By James Wakahiu…
Photo/Dr. Vincent Gichuru Gaitho By James Wakahiu The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), in collaboration with the East African Business Council (EABC), is organizing a major conference on collaborations between the private sector, governments and universities in the region. The 13th Academia-Public Private Partnership Forum (APPPF)-2025 is scheduled to take place from March…
BY DPCS Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says coffee farmers will earn more this year owing to key interventions by the government that have improved production and increased returns. The Deputy President said the estimated projection is at Sh110 per kg of cherry this year which is almost double what farmers received when the Kenya Kwanza…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) this week auctioned 2,092,764 kilograms of coffee earning the farmers in cooperatives and estates Sh1.9 billion. Nyeri based Kiundu factory affiliated to Mutheka cooperative society attained the highest price of Sh57,494 per bag of Grade AA, brokered by the Alliance Berries Limited. Other factories that achieved…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Provision of clean water has uplifted Maragua town to grow after decades of stagnation owing to shortage of the commodity sourced from Maragua In two years have benefited with water after Maragua was neglected in the supply. Two years ago, President William Ruto in a tour of Murang’a county directed that…
Scores of people in Majengo area in Nairobi have been wounded after a street battle with the police following killing of one person yesterday. Today, in revenge, protestors torched a police vehicle and burned police houses, as the chaos intensified four people were shot dead.
ByNalini Sivathasan, Patrick Clahane & Debula Kemoli BBC News Investigations & Africa Eye TikTok is profiting from sexual livestreams performed by teens as young as 15, the BBC has been told. We spoke to three women in Kenya who said they began this activity as teenagers. They told us they used TikTok to openly advertise…
Confusion has gripped the macadamia sector after the government outlawed export of their raw nuts to the foreign markets. Already, the farmers are feeling the pitch after the price of the lucrative commodity has dropped from Sh140 per kilogramme to between Sh 110 and Sh90 per kilogramme. The fluctuating price follows a directive by Agriculture…
Kirinyaga County is set to revolutionize emergency care system with the construction of a post-crash trauma center at Sagana Subcounty hospital.The new cutting-edge facility is being constructed with the aim of providing rapid, life-savingtreatment to accident victims mainly along Murang’a-Sagana, Kenol-marua, Sagana-Kagio-Kutus and Makutano-Embu highways among others.The groundbreaking project that is expected to be complete…
