Squatters demand land from Kakuzi

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke  Twenty-five families living in deplorable conditions in Gachagi, Murang’a County, are urgently calling for their resettlement by Kakuzi PLC Limited. The families live in a congested area, sharing latrines and bathrooms, without space for a kitchen garden, seeking government intervention to get justice. The squatters’ chairman, Mr Michael Mburi, said they…

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Murang’a gets a green light to disburse bursary 

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a County government has disbursed support to day secondary school learners as leaders castigated the controller of budget for discontinuing the programme despite its importance. Governor Irungu Kang’ata  disbursed in excess of Sh50 million to support learners  in the Inua Masomo programme initiated to created competition among themselves. Speaking at General…

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Kenya tea gets into 58 destinations 

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Above 102.92 million kgs of tea have been sold between January and March through the Mombasa Tea Auction, to 58 destinations around the globe.  In a report by the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK), in March the KTDA factories, independent producers  and estates produced 37.9 million kgs, compared to 54.3 million…

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