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…
By BBC Former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has died at the age of 80, family sources have told the BBC. Odinga died on Wednesday while receiving medical treatment at a hospital in India. He collapsed during a morning walk and was taken to Devamatha Hospital, which said he had suffered a cardiac arrest. It…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata eulogised the late Raila Odinga describing him as a friend for years. He said Raila remains the few politicians who had interests of Kenya at heart, and in 1999 at the university of Nairobi he was elected the vice chairman at SONU through the support of Siaya…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The government backed E procurement has affected the performance of the Kang’ata Care health insurance, ending the provision of last respect of Sh100,000 to the beneficiaries. Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata disclosed the health care scheme will be suspended as the providers are demanded to be enrolled through the e procurement system…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market earned Sh 644.6 million after the sale of 10,770 bags of coffee weighing 671,180 kgs at Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). The payment reflected a decline compared to last week’s auction of Sh 704 million. Coffee estates and cooperatives whose produce was marketed by the New KPCU and Alliance…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Fear is looming in Kiambu after a section of the MCAs’ have risen daring to initiate a process to impeach Governor Kimani Wamatangi. The members threatened to impeach Dr Wamatangi if he fails to urgently address the deteriorating health crisis in Kiambu County. The MCAs’ led by Kamau Thumbi (Muguga) and…
