By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Mount Kenya University MKU) has unveiled a latest-tech educational humanoid robot as it seeks to enhance and advance Artificial Intelligence (AI) training and research. The robot is taunted to upscale research where students will use it to develop and test new algorithms, train it to do and understand new tasks and…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjourna;.co.ke The state suffered a blow after the High Court ordered the coffee regulator to hold a public participation forum on the implementation of coffee exchange fees 2024 in six months. High Court Judge Edward Muriithi in a landmark ruling ordered the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) to hold fresh public participation forums…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Kenya tea was exported to 59 export destinations in August this year as the farmers produced 22.86 million kgs. In the month, a report from the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) outlined that Pakistan maintained the leading purchasing 20.83 Million Kgs, accounting for 40 percent of the total export volume. …
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal The coffee cooperative societies and estates fetched Sh 765 million after the sale of 12,296 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The weekly earning is less than last week’s Sh 1.22 billion, after the auction of 13,786 bags. The NCE report stated that 10 coffee brokers participated offering…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The government is working on strategies to curb deaths of premature babies. World prematurity day was celebrated with Murang’a county, with health care providers urging mothers on the need to attend antenatal clinics three months after they conceive. Governor Irungu Kang’ata said his administration has embarked at addressing concerns through the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke An inquiry team on tea pricing instituted following the acrimony on disparities on bonus payment will visit key stakeholders between east and west of the rift starting today in the west of the rift. The parliamentary inquiry committee chaired by Tigania West MP Dr John Mutunga, is scheduled to visit seven…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Well-wishers have been challenged to mobilise IEBC to facilitate massive registration of new voters in the villages in Murang’a. Ahadi Kenya Executive Director Stanley Kamau said it was a pity that the voter registration drive has continued to experience a low turnout due to lack of community leaders’ input. Dr Kamau…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea factories under the KTDA management earned Sh 1,224,991,440 after the auction of 4,803,888 kgs. The weekly payment posted the highest returns in the last three months. The leading factories in achieving the premier prices were Mununga Sh 38.7 million after the sale of 115,184kgs , Imenti Sh 21.2 million (64,268kgs),…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi coffee market earned Sh 887.3 million after the auction of 13,786 bags of coffee at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The earning was more than Sh447.7 million last week after the auction of 7,147 bags. The NCE report indicates that 4,528 bags of grade AA were offered, 4,735 bags…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Protests have greeted the education sector after the government slashing of the capitation saying the trend would compromise standards of education. The teachers in the Junior Schools said the action by the government was uncalled for as the stakeholders had sought for increased capitation to enable improvement of the teaching. The …
