At least 12 people are now known to have died after a landslide at a massive rubbish dump in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Rescuers are continuing to dig through the waste in the hope of finding more survivors after the landslide, which followed weeks of torrential rain. The 36-acre (14-hectare) Kiteezi landfill is the only…
The Mountain Journal A Kirinyaga business lady is the lucky winner of the Sh 1 million Kachingchingna coke promotion done by Coca-Cola company. Susan Wambura from Murinduko emerged the winner after the third attempt. Speaking in Ngurubani town after receiving the dummy chequ,Ms.Wambura said she will invest in business and continue farming;an initiative that will…
President William Ruto travels to Kigali, Rwanda, at the invitation of President Paul Kagame to attend the inauguration ceremony marking Kagame’s fourth term, following his successful re-election on July 15th. State House spokesperson Mr Hussein Mohammed says
In a successful crackdown on illegal drug activities, police in Thika East have confiscated 59 kilograms of cannabis valued at approximately Ksh 500,000. The operation took place at Maguguni village in Ngoliba ward, Kiambu County where the drugs, packed in half-kilogram sacks and concealed in suitcases, were found in a residential area, ready for transport…
The Mountain Journal Scholars in the country have expressed displeasure over acute shortage of Computer Science lecturers. The gap, the experts say should be filled immediately to equip interested Kenyans with computation, information, and automation knowledge. With increasing recognition of computer science as a fundamental skill and the numerous opportunities that continue to arise from…
A British terror suspect has been deported to the UK after completing a lengthy prison sentence in Kenya. Jermaine Grant, 41, was arrested in London on Thursday after arriving on a flight from Kenya’s capital, Nairobi. He was jailed in 2011 after bomb-making equipment was discovered in his flat in Mombasa, a Kenyan coastal city….
Governor Irungu Kang’ata administration is posed to be the first to embrace telemedicine technology in efforts to give the one million population the best health care. Two leading telemedicine providers, Health X and Byon 8 have been engaged by the county government to run the programme for six months on a pilot programme in 35…
Pressure is mounting on Kenyan police officers to deliver on their promise to help bring Haiti’s rampant gangs under control, six weeks after setting foot in the Caribbean nation. When the first contingent of 200 elite Kenyan police officers flew into Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince on 25 June, they filed confidently off their Kenyan Airways flight clad in…
A plane has crashed in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, killing all 61 people on board. The twin-engine turboprop was flying from Cascavel in the southern state of Paraná to Guarulhos airport in São Paulo city when it came down in the town of Vinhedo, Voepass airline says. Footage circulating on social media shows…
County Government of Kirinyaga has been handed over assets owned by theNational Irrigation Authority (NIA) at the Thiba Dam site.Governor Anne Waiguru said the assets which includes; a medical clinic, residentialhouses, dormitories, canteen and offices will be converted into a medical facility.The handing over of the assets follows a directive by President William Ruto duringthe…
