Pope Leo XIV’s first public address By BBC Pope Leo XIV’s first public address speaking from the Vatican balcony just after being unveiled as the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to his predecessor and called for unity. Robert Prevost, 69, was chosen following a two-day conclave in Vatican City, and is the first…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.coke he fight against Malaria in Kenya has received a major boost in the area of research, as Mount Kenya University students have the rare opportunity to diversify their research skills of the disease in Germany. According to the University’s Vice Chancellor Prof Deogratius Jaganyi, the program dubbed as Africa meets Bavaria,…
Photo/Mukurwe ini MP John Kaguchia The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The impressive debate on the coffee prices has sparked an issue on who should be accredited between three lawyers. Mukurwe ini MP John Kaguchia lauded the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to success after he initiated policies that guided the sector. The coffee prices have been…
Photo/MKU Vice chancellor presents travel documents to students who are going to Germany for international exposure through the Africa Meets Bavaria Project. The project emphasizes MKU’s global partnerships and opportunities for students. The project is an exchange programme offering MKU students an opportunity to tour and study in Germany. By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Three students…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The weekly tea auction earned small scale growers approximately Sh1.32 billion for the sale of 5,746,104kgs. The sale at the Mombasa Tea Auction reflected an increase compared to the previous sale of Sh1,250,818,689. In the market Mununga tea factory received Sh34.1 million, followed by Kathangariri Sh. 21.6 million. The factories in…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Health services at Nanyuki Referral Hospital have been grounded after the health workers have downed their tools. The Nurses and Midwives began their strike in the morning paralysing services in the hospital serving parts of the counties of Meru, Nyeri and Laikipia. The nurses are demanding, among other ten grievances, the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market is set to proceeds on May 6, marking the end of the main crop harvesting that started on October 1, last year that earned Sh11.1 billion. The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) will be closed between May 6 and July 8. In the first half of the crop year…
By BBC/ Jaroslav Lukiv and David Gritten At least 68 people have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre for African migrants in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group’s TV channel says. Al Masirah reported that 47 people were injured, most of them critically, when the centre in Saada province was…
By BBC At least 28 people have been killed and 800 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran’s key ports, authorities say. The blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday morning. It blew out windows and roofs of nearby buildings…
Photo/The members of the Tribunal when they visited the controversial electric fence site, in Nginyii villagein Umande ward in Laikipia East. The Mountain Journal in Laikipia editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The National Environmental Tribunal will deliver a judgment on the protracted wrangle between the residents of Akurinu/ Nginyii residents and tourism investors on the installation of the electric…
