The Mountain Journal Running battled ensured in Nairobi Marigiti marker after police engaged the traders protesting to relocate. In the melee property worth millions of shillings among them trucks went up in flames, as the protest entered the second day. The protestors on Wednesday night barricaded Haile Selassie Avenue, disrupting traffic. The market traders oppose…
The Mountain Journal Kenyans have been advised to only invest in their registered cooperative societies or risk losing their money to fraudsters. Cooperative Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya said it was prudent for the investors to carry out due diligence and ensure the saccos they are dealing with are duly registered. Speaking in Nairobi, when SASRA…
The Mountain Journal Landowners who gave up their parcels for the dualling of the Sagana-Marua road have refused to vacate citing delayed compensation from the government. The residents mainly from Karatina town and around the proposed Marua interchange, fear they may never receive the payout once the contractor completes work. Sh4.8 billion had been set…
Lamu County Government has been thrown into a shock after its Deputy Governor Raphael Munyua dies while under going treatment in a Nairobi hospital. County Secretary Ambassador Abass Ali has announced the death of Raphael Munyua. Munyua had been admitted three months ago after experiencing a severe headache that led to a coma. President William…
The Mountain Journal There were celebrations in Likii village in Nanyuki after the county government handed 741 allotment letters to the land owners after decades of wait. The moment marked the end of the tribulation to the locals whose majority had been taken through the circles in pursuit of land documents. Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu…
The Mountain Journal Three branches of a leading supermarket with branches in Nyeri and Nanyuki reopen this week following the destruction associated with anti government protests in June this year. In Nyeri town, the branch will be reopened on Monday with customers invited for a brief pre launch event. In Nanyuki town the two branches…
The Mountain Journal Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal and his business associate Hebson Wachira have been granted Sh10 million bond pending an appeal. They were granted bail by Judge D. Kavedza with a surity of similar amount. The judge certified the appeal application urgent directing the matter be mentioned on October 31 before a presiding…
The Mountain Journal Former Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal will serve eight years in prison after he was found guilty of corruption-related charges. He is the first governor since the introduction of devolution to have been convicted on corruption related charges. The former county chief was given the option to pay a fine of Sh85.4 after…
The Mountain Journal Deputy Governors have told the Senate that their positions have been rendered irrelevant as they have remained idle. They blamed their state as the law was silent on the duties they were supposed to execute. Led by their chairman Reuben Kamuri told the senate that they need to be accorded some assignment…
