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Strategies to increase coffee production on the move as Oparanya appoints a coffee revival steering committee

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The government has appointed a national and county steering committee charged with formulating strategies on revival of coffee focusing on increasing coffee production. In two years, the committee will work towards introducing coffee in the non-traditional areas, and increase the same in the traditional counties. The coffee production stands are 50,000…

Murang’a: Smart City initiative recgnised by town planners

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago02 mins

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The celebrated Smart City initiative that has transformed rural markets in Murang’a has been recognised by the town planners. The two year old initiative spearheaded by the county government was described as the enya’s top-performing devolved units and Governor Irungu Kang’ata received the County and Towns Excellence Award 2025 in recognition…

Election protesters defy army chief in third day of Tanzania unrest

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago16 mins

By BBC Protesters have taken to the streets in Tanzania for a third day, defying warnings from the country’s army chief to end the unrest. Demonstrations have been taking place in major cities with young protesters denouncing Wednesday’s election as unfair as key opposition figures were excluded from contesting against President Samia Suluhu Hassan. An…

Parliamentary Committee visit Thika Affordable Housing Projects

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago21 mins

By James Wakahiu, Thika editor@themountainjournal.co.ke National Assembly Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works visited of ongoing National Government Projects in Thika Town constituency. The committee was taken around the projects by area MP Alice Wambui Nga’ng’a inspected the Bustani and Kings Boma Affordable housing projects that she said once completed they will be…

Coffee nets Sh411 million at the auction

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago22 mins

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) generated Sh 411.8 million after the auction of 7,135 bags of coffee during the weekly market. The market fetched less compared to Sh 565.4 million of last week after the sale of 8,674 bags of coffee. In the auction, 10 coffee brokers participated offering 1,069 bags…

a tea farmer plucking green leaf in a farm

KTDA directors uproar over over tea bonus remarks

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago04 mins

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…

Scholar raises alarm over premature 2027campaigns, rising political temperatures

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago28 mins

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…

APA Microinsurance, VisionFund, and IBISA Introduce ClimaCash+ and AfyaCash

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago38 mins

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…

MKU enhances training of mediators as demand soars

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago08 mins

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…

Coffee farmers protest over establishment of unlicensed factory

Bonnie7 months ago7 months ago13 mins

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,…