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…
Jennifer McKiernan Political reporter, BBC News Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK and France is to work with Ukraine “on a plan to stop the fighting” with Russia – and will then “discuss that plan with the United States”. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is due at a summit of European leaders, two…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A Chief in Mathioya has been engaging the youth in his location in a strategy to reduce crime and other antisocial behaviours. David Waiganjo, has managed to transform the young in his Gitugi location through regular engagement. Waiganjo is a role model to the youth who serves the residents between 8am …
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Mombasa tea auction has auctioned 11,387,803 kgs from five neighbouring countries with Kenya presenting 9,402,749 kg sourced from KTDA factories and independent producers. In the auction market, the KTDA factories earned Sh 1,380,167,589 from the sale of 5,169, 167 kgs as Ngere factory growers fetched Sh 64,988,976 after the sale of…
Dorcas Wangira/BBC Africa health correspondent More than 500 mpox patients have fled clinics in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo over the last month amid the current conflict. Officials at Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), a leading health agency on the continent, have said they are worried as the missing patients risk…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee market Sh 1,605,646,020 following sale of 29,758 bags of the commodity at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) during the weekly auction. In the analysis, 4,711 bags of coffee were withdrawn from the market. Gachatha factory in Nyeri county achieved the highest price of Sh57,600 for each of the 43 bags…
Dr Mercyline Kamande, Deputy Vice Chancellor Academics & Research Affairs at MKU, officially inaugurated the inaugural Research and Innovation Conference 2025 at MKU Mombasa campus on February 25, 2025. The theme was “Research, Entrepreneurship and Innovation for a Resilient Blue Economy”. Photo. BY James Wakahiu By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University (MKU) has hosted…
