The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Residents of Nanyuki engaged the police in running battles over the establishment of the American Government backed Ebola Quarantine Facility at the Laikipia Airbase. Bonfires were lit by the protestors who barricaded the major roads as the police helped to put off the fires and cleared the huge boulders from the…
The Mountain Journal The fight to eradicate drugs and substance has continued with detectives from DCI Bomet arrested a suspected drug trafficker and recovered eight (8) bags containing approximately one thousand six hundred (1,600) rolls of cannabis sativa (bhang). During an intelligence-led operation within Bomet County the police bounced on Bernard Marwa, 35, intercepting a…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke With a lot of passion, the old and the young took to the track for the “The run; the fun; the passion; the determination; the talents’. This event brought together budding young athletes from various schools in Murang’a, veteran runners as well as elite who showcased the formidable sporting skills alive…
The Mountain Journal i Nanyuki residents have in the last three days watched the skies of large aircrafts flying in a group of three flying into the highly guarded Laikipia Air Base transporting equipment for the Ebola Quarantine and Isolation Facility.. In the last three days, the residents’ eyes glued to the skies as the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke For many women in Kibra, football tournaments continue to offer a platform for them to sharpen and use their skills even after quitting competitive sports after childbirth. One of such women is 24-year-old goal keeper Nancy Njeri who once played in the National Women Super League (NWSL) said balancing football and…
Photo/ Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata addressing the residents and persons with special needs at Maragua Level Four Hospital to mark World for Persons with Disability. The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a county government marked the World Disability Day Persons with Disabilities as it stepped up strategies to uplift their living standards through distribution of devices. Governor…
The Mountain Journal An operation to weed out narcotic drugs yields fruits in Kigumo after a suspect was nabbed with 670 plants of a substance suspected to be bhang. Acting on information, the police nabbed the 58 year old Julia Muthoni Ng’ang’a in Kanyore village who was booked at Kigumo Police Station awaiting to be…
By James Wakahiu Celebrations rocked Mount Kenya University after the High Court quashed a directive by Health Cabinet Secretary Adan Duale to discontinue about 225 students from pursuing Bachelor of Science in Oral Health programme. In a judgment delivered by Justice William Musyoka, the Milimani High Court ruled that Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale acted…
The Mountain Journal Fate of the Tea Amendment Bill 2023 hangs in balance after Speaker Moses Wetangula declared its null and void after Gatundu South MP Gabriel Kagombe during the proceedings failed to declare his interest. After he failed to declare his interest in the tea sector, he participated in the deliberations related to the…
The Mountain Journal The tea levy has negatively affected the industry with buyers abandoning teas from the east of Rift. The buyers seek the Tea Levy should be pegged on volumes of the produce, instead on the alue. The buyers have turned to the west of the rift and the neighbouring countries fearing cost imposed…
