The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The directors from the east of the rift have accused the Agriculture Principal Secretary Dr Kiprono Rono for playing politics misleading the farmers in the west on the bonus payment. The KTDA directors led by Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe are calling for his exit from the Ministry of agriculture for…
Photo/PLO Lumumba addressing students at the Mwai Kibaki Convention Hall, Mount Kenya University. By James Wakahiu Renowned legal scholar and governance expert Prof PLO Lumumba has raised alarm over the rising cases of tribal rhetoric and political polarization in the country, warning that the country risks slipping into dangerous ethnic divisions if the trend is…
Photo/Left to right: Siani Malama, Business Development Director – Insurance, VisionFund International, María Mateo, CEO & Co-Founder, IBISA with Jacobeth Barno, Principal Officer, APA Microinsurance , Joseph Ogutu, Chairman, APA Microinsurance, and Reuben Mwaura, CEO, VisionFund Kenya, at the launch of ClimaCash+ and AfyaCash. The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Nairobi, Kenya 23 October 2025 – APA Microinsurance, in partnership with VisionFund Kenya, the financial…
Photo/Judy Ngayu, the Director MKU Institute of International and Development Law (IIDLAW) with Suluhu Mediation Center Director Maina Migwi during the graduation ceremony of 27 Certified Professional Mediators in Nairobi. By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.keStakeholders have raised concerns over shortage of mediators in the country amid a growingdemand for mediation services.The country, with a population of…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee farmers with the larger Kangema, Murang’a boycotted harvesting their coffee demanding immediate closure of a coffee pulping factory, implicated with coffee hawking. The farmers drawn from Iyego, New Kiriti and Kangunu cooperative societies among others accused the authorities over allowing the establishment of Marga factory and purchase of coffee cherries,…
By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Eight years after introduction of the Competence Based Curriculum to replace the 8-4-4 education system, the country is now breeding a generation of critical thinkers and problem solvers. Josephine Wanjiku, an educationist and a don at Kenya Methodist University (KeMU) says that the new curriculum, now referred as Competence Based Education…
By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Stakeholders in the education sector have called on the government to end stalemate with publishers to avoid a crisis ahead of Grade 10 rollout next year. The Kenya Publishers Association (KPA) has been demanding Sh 11.4 billion from the government accrued from the supply of books for grade 9 learners and…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Small scale holder tea factories under KTDA last week made Sh 686.3 million after the auction of 2,629,511kgs. In the previous week, the market earned the factories in excess of Sh 639.3 million after the auction of 2,478,133 kgs. During the auction at the Mombasa Tea Auction Imenti Sh 4 million …
By BBC Operations were briefly suspended at Kenya’s main airport after thousands of mourners turned out to receive the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, a day after he died in India. Large crowds of mourners carrying twigs and palm branches breached security at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) immediately after the body of…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A relief to Murang’a secondary school principals after they received a refund of Sh26,500 following the overpayment to attend a financial management training. The refund was ordered by the Murang’a County Director of Education Mr Phillip Wambua after the complaints were lodged , which attracted the media attention. As the training…
