The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kiambu DCP youth leader Peter Kinyanjui alias Kawanjiru was picked by the anti terror unit officers at Ruiru law court in a dramatic episode. Gunshots rent the air as anti-terror squad arrested a suspect after the court released him on Sh500,000 bail with two surities, over claims of burning the Kikuyu…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has warned the opposition leaders to stop misleading Kenyans with cheap propaganda and unhealthy Campaigns Prof Kindiki castigated those leaders whine he said held big positions previously in government but squandered their chances. “Your time is up, Kenyans will never again buy useless empty rhetoric, empty…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Health workers in the counties have been mobilised to vaccinate 28 million children aged between nine and 14 against the measles and typhoid. The preparations are before the launch of the vaccination on July 5 at the national level and in the counties. In the counties, the health workers will establish…
By Sean Ngirichi/ The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The row between the coffee farmers and the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has landed in the court, with Kerugoya High Court extending the conservatory orders barring the implementation of the Direct Settlement System (DSS) to July 28. The cooperative bank that manages the DSS, has applied to be…
By Suleiman Mbatiah editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Unfounded allegations of widespread fraud at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) were grossly exaggerated to justify the controversial shift to the Social Health Authority (SHA), former NHIF CEO Geoffrey Mwangi has revealed, while shedding light on the Fund’s ambitious growth plans that were abruptly disrupted by the transition. In an…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Residents in Githunguri village in Kangema, Murang’a joined the family of the late Boniface Mwangi Kariuki to assist in the burial preparation. Photo/The late Boniface Mwangi Kariuki. The burial of the deceased was set for July 11, as the community demanded the family of Jonah Kariuki be compensated for the brutality…
By Sean Ngirichi/ The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee farmers have continued to pressurise the government to drop the directive to force implementation of the direct payment by passing the cooperative societies. The farmers across Mt Kenya region, in their general meetings have threatened to withhold their coffee as a protest to being forced to receive…
The late Joseph Mwangi Mbote who served as the chairman at Makomboki tea factory in Kigumo, Murang’a The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal Blow to the tea sector in Murang’a following the death of Makomboki tea factory chairman Joseph Mwangi Mbote. Mbote succumbed on Saturday night after an illness and ranked among the tea growers who fought…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i joined Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba to popularise his presidential ambitions in Kiambu county. Matiang’i, a Presidential hopeful said the Kenya Kwanza Government should shun blaming the opposition of the June 25 violence and destruction and instead front dialogue. Speaking at Thika PCEA Thika Church,…
By Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal Four nominees of the Murang’a County Public Service Board were vetted, each outlining strategies that would facilitate the growth of the county. The lawyers and university lecturers appeared before the Governance Committee chaired by Gicobe Mbatia for vetting, where they outlined their capability to support the growth of the county,…
