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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Tea factories fetch Sh1.2 billion more than the previous week 

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Smallholder tea factories earned the farmers Sh 1,224,011,360 following the auction of 5,884,670kgs. Report from the Mombasa tea auction reflects that the last week’s performance was higher compared to the previous sales of Sh1,137,972,780 following the  sale of  5,418,918 kgs. In the weekly market, the factories that auctioned their tea at…

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Bill Gates to give most of his $200bn fortune to Africa

By BBC/Farouk Chothia Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years. The 69-year-old said that “by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity”. Speaking in Ethiopia’s…

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Nancy Macharia road to retirement

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Teacher Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia has begun the journey to retirement in anticipation to leave the office on June 30, 2025. The commission has appointed  Evaleen Mitei as to replace her in acting capacity, as search for the replacement starts. She has been at the helm since 2015 after taking…

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Squatters demand land from Kakuzi in Murang’a

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A section of residents in Gachagi village in Maragua constituency are seeking for state intervention to end a controversy on land ownership with Kakuzi PLC limited. The squatters in Makuyu recounts that an agreement entered between them and Kakuzi they all settled, which was not honoured. The recounted that out of…

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Global materialism is a disaster for climate change, warns university don

Photo/MKU Pro-Chancellor and university council chairman,  Dr Vincent Gaitho (left) during the conference  held in Dunhuang, China, last week.  Photo; courtesyBy James Wakahiu To achieve the tenets of global ecological actions, the world must rethink the desires for accumulation, conquest, domination, material and power supremacy. These ecological actions in the world today revolve around the…

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