Photo/MKU Vice chancellor presents travel documents to students who are going to Germany for international exposure through the Africa Meets Bavaria Project. The project emphasizes MKU’s global partnerships and opportunities for students. The project is an exchange programme offering MKU students an opportunity to tour and study in Germany. By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Three students…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The weekly tea auction earned small scale growers approximately Sh1.32 billion for the sale of 5,746,104kgs. The sale at the Mombasa Tea Auction reflected an increase compared to the previous sale of Sh1,250,818,689. In the market Mununga tea factory received Sh34.1 million, followed by Kathangariri Sh. 21.6 million. The factories in…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Health services at Nanyuki Referral Hospital have been grounded after the health workers have downed their tools. The Nurses and Midwives began their strike in the morning paralysing services in the hospital serving parts of the counties of Meru, Nyeri and Laikipia. The nurses are demanding, among other ten grievances, the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The coffee market is set to proceeds on May 6, marking the end of the main crop harvesting that started on October 1, last year that earned Sh11.1 billion. The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) will be closed between May 6 and July 8. In the first half of the crop year…
By BBC/ Jaroslav Lukiv and David Gritten At least 68 people have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre for African migrants in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group’s TV channel says. Al Masirah reported that 47 people were injured, most of them critically, when the centre in Saada province was…
By BBC At least 28 people have been killed and 800 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran’s key ports, authorities say. The blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday morning. It blew out windows and roofs of nearby buildings…
Photo/The members of the Tribunal when they visited the controversial electric fence site, in Nginyii villagein Umande ward in Laikipia East. The Mountain Journal in Laikipia editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The National Environmental Tribunal will deliver a judgment on the protracted wrangle between the residents of Akurinu/ Nginyii residents and tourism investors on the installation of the electric…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Kenya coffee market continues to thrive with this week earning Sh 398 million after the sale of 7,358 bags of coffee.\ The sale reflected low sales compared to the previous weeks of Sh522 million at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE). Njeneni Estate in Nakuru achieved the highest price of Sh60,635…
Photo/Peter Wambugu (left) from Wambugu Apple Farm in Ngobit in Laikipia and Kangema MP Peter Kihungi (right) looking at an apple seedling.The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Planting of apples is taking roots in Kangema, with learning institutions being the experiment grounds. The introduction of apples along the Slopes of Aberdare is a step towards a greener,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke With reduction of coffee volumes at the auction, this week the growers fetched Sh 521.5 million from the sale of 10,190 bags of coffee. The production of coffee in various counties has reduced, with last week at the auction 14,468 bags were sold at Sh684 million. The factories that achieved the…
