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Waiguru establishes a County Empowerment and Development Fund

Bonnie1 year ago04 mins

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kirinyaga Governor, Anne Waiguru, has established a County Empowerment and DevelopmentFund.The fund that has already been allocated Ksh. 30 million this financial year, will support thevulnerable people, people living with disabilities, women, youth and other common interest groupswith finances to establish or boost income generating activities.Speaking at Kamiigua Polytechnic Grounds where…

James Gitahi who flew Moi and Kibaki dies in an accident

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago05 mins

editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Retired military pilot James Gitahi Nguyo was settling into his life away from the skies after flying for 44 years when he met his untimely death along the Mombasa Highway on Wednesday, March 5, 2025. However, even in his tragic death which resulted in him getting burnt beyond recognition, his illustrious career while in the…

MKU law students, faculty from Rwanda tour Supreme Court in Kenya

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago015 mins

Mount Kigali University (Rwanda) Students of Law gift Lady Justice Njoki Ndung’u, a Judge of the Supreme Court of Kenya (center) with a Rwandwese traditional outfit after they visited the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Judge lectured them on the jurisdiction, roles, and key jurisprudence developed by the Supreme Court. PHOTO; COURTESY By James Wakahiu…

Rwanda set to host regional conference on partnership between industries and universities

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

Photo/Dr. Vincent Gichuru Gaitho By James Wakahiu The Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA), in collaboration with the East African Business Council (EABC), is organizing a major conference on collaborations between the private sector, governments and universities in the region. The 13th Academia-Public Private Partnership Forum (APPPF)-2025 is scheduled to take place from March…

DP meet MPs’ from coffee regions

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago29 mins

BY DPCS Deputy President Kithure Kindiki says coffee farmers will earn more this year owing to key interventions by the government that have improved production and increased returns. The Deputy President said the estimated projection is at Sh110 per kg of cherry this year which is almost double what farmers received when the Kenya Kwanza…

Coffee market excels

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago02 mins

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) this week auctioned 2,092,764 kilograms of coffee earning the farmers in cooperatives and estates Sh1.9 billion. Nyeri based Kiundu factory affiliated to Mutheka cooperative society attained the highest price of Sh57,494 per bag of Grade AA, brokered by the Alliance Berries Limited. Other factories that achieved…

Maragua celebrates water from the dam

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Provision of clean water has uplifted Maragua town to grow after decades of stagnation owing to shortage of the commodity sourced from Maragua In two years have benefited with water after Maragua was neglected in the supply. Two years ago, President William Ruto in a tour of Murang’a county directed that…

Hell in Majengo

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago01 mins

Scores of people in Majengo area in Nairobi have been wounded after a street battle with the police following killing of one person yesterday. Today, in revenge, protestors torched a police vehicle and burned police houses, as the chaos intensified four people were shot dead.

TikTok profiting from sexual livestreams involving children, BBC told

Bonnie1 year ago1 year ago04 mins

ByNalini Sivathasan, Patrick Clahane & Debula Kemoli BBC News Investigations & Africa Eye TikTok is profiting from sexual livestreams performed by teens as young as 15, the BBC has been told. We spoke to three women in Kenya who said they began this activity as teenagers. They told us they used TikTok to openly advertise…

More than 100 containers lying in the warehouses, due to lack of export authorisation

Bonnie1 year ago06 mins

Confusion has gripped the macadamia sector after the government outlawed export of their raw nuts to the foreign markets. Already, the farmers are feeling the pitch after the price of the lucrative commodity has dropped from Sh140 per kilogramme to between Sh 110 and Sh90 per kilogramme. The fluctuating price follows a directive by Agriculture…