A section of Lol Daiga Conservancy which the British soldier helped to putt after a fire broke in 2021. By BBC A British soldier accused of raping a woman near a controversial army camp in Kenya has been sent back to the UK, as investigations continue, the BBC understands. The alleged rape happened last month close…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Smallholder tea factories earned the farmers Sh 1,224,011,360 following the auction of 5,884,670kgs. Report from the Mombasa tea auction reflects that the last week’s performance was higher compared to the previous sales of Sh1,137,972,780 following the sale of 5,418,918 kgs. In the weekly market, the factories that auctioned their tea at…
By BBC/Farouk Chothia Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years. The 69-year-old said that “by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity”. Speaking in Ethiopia’s…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Teacher Service Commission (TSC) CEO Nancy Macharia has begun the journey to retirement in anticipation to leave the office on June 30, 2025. The commission has appointed Evaleen Mitei as to replace her in acting capacity, as search for the replacement starts. She has been at the helm since 2015 after taking…
Policemen make way for a prison van after a security raid at the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s headquarters in Islamabad on July 22, 2024. [AFP] By AFP More than 200 Pakistani inmates escaped from a jail in the mega coastal city of Karachi on Tuesday after several earthquake tremors, government officials said. Of the 216 inmates…
Photo/ People take part in a protest organised by the Sudanese People’s Alliance against US sanctions in front of the UN headquarters in Port Sudan on May 29, 2025.[AFP] By AFP More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A section of residents in Gachagi village in Maragua constituency are seeking for state intervention to end a controversy on land ownership with Kakuzi PLC limited. The squatters in Makuyu recounts that an agreement entered between them and Kakuzi they all settled, which was not honoured. The recounted that out of…
Photo/MKU Pro-Chancellor and university council chairman, Dr Vincent Gaitho (left) during the conference held in Dunhuang, China, last week. Photo; courtesyBy James Wakahiu To achieve the tenets of global ecological actions, the world must rethink the desires for accumulation, conquest, domination, material and power supremacy. These ecological actions in the world today revolve around the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Already 1,694 coffee farmers have received Sh93.3 million from the Coffee Cherry Fund kitty sourced from the New KPCU last month. In a report, New KPCU between May 19 and May 26, disbursed the amount to growers affiliated to cooperative societies in 17 counties, where farmers from Gatukuyu farmers cooperative society…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a County Government has unveiled a multi million shillings avocado packhouse, designed to add value to the internationally demanded fruit from Kenya. Governor Irungu Kang’ata said the unveiled a packhouse will assist in providing the farmers with better prices, owing to the value addition. The facility is located at Ng’araria following…
