Kenya’s under-fire President William Ruto has dismissed with “immediate effect” all his ministers and the attorney-general, following the recent deadly protests that led to the withdrawal of an unpopular tax bill. The president said the move came after “reflection, listening to Kenyans, and after holistic appraisal of my cabinet”. He has said he will now…
The Mountain Journal The rift between the deputy president Rigathi Gachagua and Mathira MP Erick Wamumbi has continued to widen, with claims of a plot to exit from the government. Wamumbi said his differences with Rigathi are based on opinions with no personal interest based on a move to walk out from the government to…
The Mountain Journal A suspect denied two charges of malicious damage and theft of property belonging to KRA offices Northern region Embu town, during the anti finance bill protest. Antony Kiige Muthoni charged with others not before the court denied the charge of destroying goods worth Sh6 million on June 24. He faced an alternative…
By Anthony Zurcher, @awzurcher, North America correspondent The most devastating argument against Joe Biden’s re-election bid may have come not from a politician or a pundit, but from a film star. But George Clooney, with his stinging New York Times opinion piece, isn’t the only one speaking out. A growing chorus from Democrats is sinking the president’s hopes…
The Mountain Journal Hell broke loose in Kigumo after residents broke into Gachocho police station and killed a murder suspect. Irate residents overpowered the local police and broke into the cells and forced the suspect Richard Maina out before they clobbered him to death as they protested the brutal death of his brother Joseph Kibugi….
By AFP | 10h ago Donald Trump unleashed a torrent of invective against President Joe Biden on Tuesday, mercilessly assailing the embattled Democrat as he faces down calls to end his reelection bid after a disastrous debate performance. Trump’s speech in Florida was his first public appearance since the clamor for Biden’s withdrawal began gaining…
By Wedaeli Chibelushi, BBC News Rwanda has said it is not required to refund the UK after a multi-million pound migrant deal between the two countries was scrapped. New UK Prime Minister and Labour Party leader Keir Starmer announced at the weekend that the plan to deport some asylum seekers to Rwanda was “dead and buried”. The…
The Mountain Journal Demand for the resignation of a tea factory director has started with LSK pressurising. The lawyers body has exerted pressure seeking resignation of John Chebochol as a director at Toror Tea Factory in the west of rift. The lawyers call for his exit from the public office following his implication with a…
