The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea factories generated Sh1.6 billion after the auction of 5,119,905 kilos at the Mombasa Tea Auction. The report states that in 70 tea factories, in this year’s second weekly auction, a kilogram of tea fetched an average of Sh331 per kg. In the auction conducted on January 13 and January 14,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Former DP Rigathi Gachagua and his allies trooped to Laikipia the alleged backyard of Mungiki leader Maina Njenga. Gachugua claimed that President William Ruto scripted all the speeches for government leaders in the meetings. Speaking at Matanya PCEA Church in Laikipia East constituency, he claimed that all the scripts being read…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Another security officers from Kenya has been ferried to Haiti in a peace keeping mission. Two hundreds and seventeen officers have been sent to the South American nation, to bolster a multinational force seeking to restore order to the violence-ridden Caribbean island. Criminal gangs still control some 85 percent of the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Learning institutions are set to receive Sh48.8 billion from the government to facilitate free education. The announcement by Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi following the anxiety in the education sector over the delayed capitation after the schools opened. Mbadi, speaking in Kakamega county, urged the institution management to be patient and…
By BBC Nepal has been celebrated globally for tripling its tiger population in a decade – but Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli thinks the country may have been too successful. “In such a small country, we have more than 350 tigers… We can’t have so many tigers and let them eat up humans,” he said…
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has asked people from Mt. Kenya region to reject anyattempt by a section of leaders to drag them out of government.Waiguru said people from Kirinyaga will not abandon Kenya Kwanza government for theopposition, noting that some ‘sweet talking politicians’ out of their selfish interests, are busytrying to hoodwink people from the…
Outgoing US President Joe Biden warned of a “dangerous” oligarchy taking shape in America, as he delivered his farewell address and brought a decades-long career in politics to an end. “Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that really threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedom,”…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) made history after 33,642 bags of coffee traded at Sh1.7 billion, more than Sh957 million of the previous week. The reports stated that 11 coffee brokers with Alliance Berries Limited leading with the delivery of 15,979 bags, followed by Kirinyaga Slopes 4,506 bags,New KPCU 3,439 bags, KCCE…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Former President Uhuru Kenyatta allies faced the parliamentary committee after they were nominated by President William Ruto for Cabinet Secretaries positions. The Cabinet nominees Mutahi Kagwe, William Kabogo and Lee Kinyanjui have been nominated for the slots in agriculture, ICT and investment respectively. The committee was chaired by speaker Moses Wetangula….
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Sixty five KCSE candidates whose secondary education was sponsored by KTDA Foundation attained university entry grades. In a communication, KTDA leadership said 70 candidates sat for the examination with 93 percent transiting to the university. Two male candidates scored A plain and three candidates attained A minus,B+13,B 10, B-20,C+17. KTDA Holding…
