The Mountain Journal The former Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza has supported Purity Wangui Ngirici to Kirinyaga Gubernational seat, while wooing her to join Umoja na Maendeleo Party (UMP). Speaking during a meet people tour in Kirinyaga, Mwangaza assured Ngirici of full support , and that she was not ready to betray her as she has…
The Mountain Journal Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has strongly defended the Social Health Authority (SHA) from the claims made by the Opposition saying its working better than NHIF. The Governor said that the law provides that the County governments must collaborate and consult with the National Government on development initiatives and programmes, and it was…
Photo/Mount Kenya University Chairman and Founder Simon Gicharu with Dr. Monica Wanjiru Muiru, Vice Chairperson of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (center) during a visit by the EACC delegation to MKU.Also present were Dr. Susan Kinyeki, {left}, MKU Vice-Chancellor Prof. Deogratius Jaganyi, and EACC Commissioner Colonel Alfred Mshimba.{right}. The visit marked the launch of a…
The Mountain Journal Former Attorney General J. B. Muturi has called for an end to the sustained and increasingly hostile attacks directed at the retired President Uhuru Kenyatta by leaders within the Kenya Kwanza administration. Muturi said the actions are reckless, unnecessary, and represent a direct affront to constitutional democracy. “They are a calculated attempt…
The Mountain Journal editor@themontainjournal.co.ke Comfort Homes distributed 20,000 fruit tree seedlings during the heavy rains that coincided with Labour Day, in Kirinyaga county, to support the community’s environmental conservation programme. The CEO Hezekiah Kariuki said that his company over the weekend distributed various tree seedlings in Kirinyaga county for planting to benefit the community in…
The Mountain Journal Murang’a Governor Irungu Kang’ata ditches UDA, as he outlines journey in the remaining year to the election, as he says he will be respectful to President William Ruto. Kang’ata in a press release said he will not vie the next general election on the UDA party, promising to communicate his future through …
The Mountain Journal President William Ruto returned to his Murang’a political stronghold promising to improve his score card ready for the re-election. He said the ongoing development programme initiated by his administration once completed by next year would be ahead of his rivals who have perfected the hurling of insults and spreading propagangas. Ruto said…
The Mountain Journal The former Chairperson at the Kenya Seeds Company Ms Wangui Ngirici maintained she resigned from her position, and was not sacked as alleged. There are claims that Ngirici eying for Kirinyaga gubernatorial position was sacked by the Cabinet Secretary for National Treasury John Mbadi. According to Ms Ngirici, She had hinted that…
The Mountain Journal A delegation from Nigeria pitched a camp in Murang’a for benchmarking on health care delivery through innovation and strategic investment. The high-level delegation from Niger State, in Nigeria, was introduced in automation of health services, on a benchmarking mission aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery through innovation and strategic investment, mobile dialysis…
The Mountain Journal The small holder tea factories in the weekly tea market fetched Sh 1.37 billion after the auction of 4.1 million kgs of tea at the Mombasa Tea Auction. In the market, the factories under the KTDA management that achieved the premier price are Gathuthi, Sh 424 per kgs Mununga Sh 424 per…
