The Mountain Journal On Friday, it was a great day for the administration of Governor Irungu Kang’ata when President William Ruto launched various development projects initiated by his administration in the past 10 months. Ruto President Ruto hailed the programmes describing them as a game changer designed to transform Murang’a County. In Kangari ward under MCA Moses…
Water Cabinet Secretary Wahome require peace to develop The Mountain Journal Spirited water wars in Murang’a county have frustrated implementation of projects in the past 10 years. Between 2015 and 2017, despite billions of shilling set aside, no project was implemented as the former Governor Mwangi wa Iria was at war with the national government…
The Mountain Journal A gang specialized in breaking into coffee factories is back in Murang’a county. On Monday morning, a gang of unknown number struck at Karurumo coffee factory in Gathera village, collecting more than 20 bags of coffee from the drying tables. During the incident, CCTV camera system was disabled as the gang took…
The Mountain Journal The embattled Chairman at KTDA David Muni Ichoho has been replaced. In a statement, the board of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Holdings Limited appointed Mr. Enos Njiru Njeru as its national chairman effective Monday, July 17, 2023. Njiru is a Certified Public Accountant with over 15 years’ experience in finance…
The Mountain Journal Operations at the Murang’a Level Five Hospital have been digitized in efforts to stamp out theft of drugs and money paid by the patients. Governor Irungu Kang’ata said revenue at the facility has shot at Sh400,000 per day up from Sh80,000 after the payment system was automated. Speaking during the…
By James WakahiuThe government of Japan, in collaboration with Kenya’s ministries of educationand health, have inaugurated a state-of-art malaria research laboratory at MountKenya University (MKU)’s main campus in Thika town.The Centre for Malaria Elimination at MKU is part of the Project forInterdisciplinary Research for Integrated Community-Directed Strategy forSustainable Freedom from Malaria being implemented at…
The Mountain Journal At least 3,800 farmers in Kirinyaga County have benefitted from subsidizedArtificial Insemination (AI) services that seek to upgrade the county’scattle breeds to increase milk production.The AI services being offered under Governor Anne Waiguru’s WezeshaKirinyaga empowerment program targets to have over 50,000 cows servedwith semen for high milk producing cattle breeds.Governor Waiguru says the…
NGO facilitate training of health workers for safe delivery The Mountain Journal More than 745 nurses and midwives in 21 counties are undergoing training facilitated by an NGO on the reduction of maternal deaths. The training conducted by Jacaranda Health has seen reduced deaths of mothers and their newborns during deliveries in the hospitals…
Kirinyaga County Aggregation and Industrial Parks (CAIPs) project hasgot a multi-agency nod for ground breaking.This is after officials from the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industries(MITI), National Treasury, the Kenya Industrial Research andDevelopment Institute (KIRDI), Council of Governors (CoG) gave a cleanbill of health for the roll out.The project sitting on a 242-acre land at…
The Mountain Journal Mount Kigali University, in partnership with Mount Kenya University (MKU)’s,Parklands Law Campus in Nairobi has hosted the MKU Regional Human RightsMoot Court Competition.The Thursday 29th June 2023competition took place at Mount Kigali Universityunder the theme, “Climate Change Refugees – Enhancing GovernmentsTransparency and Accountability in the Promotion of Human Rights”.MKU’s Parklands Law Campus…
