The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The enforcement units managed to end the noise pollution caused by motor cycles with modified exhausts. In the operation, several motor cycles with unusual lights were impounded in line with a notice by the Nanyuki Municipality Board It was hell for the operators found with the sporting flashy, unusual lights and…
By BBC Protesters have taken to the streets in Tanzania for a third day, defying warnings from the country’s army chief to end the unrest. Demonstrations have been taking place in major cities with young protesters denouncing Wednesday’s election as unfair as key opposition figures were excluded from contesting against President Samia Suluhu Hassan. An…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A Catholic nun in Meru is under investigation for the murder of a colleague in Meru Catholic Diocese. The police arrested the suspect following the death of 65 year old Sister Anselimina Karimi,an administrator of Meru Children’s Home in Nkabune. The deceased was found dead in her house on Sunday,as the…
The Mountain Journal editor@standardmedia.co.ke Police in Meru intercepted bhang in a Nairobi–Meru bound matatu believed to be a property of two teenagers. During a tip, the police intercepted the bhang estimated at Sh750,000 the two suspects were arrested for the interrogations. The traffic officers, acting on a tip-off in the inspection, discovered the bhang was…
BBC Reporters Heathrow was among several European airports hit by delays on Saturday after a cyber-attack affecting an electronic check-in and baggage system. The airport said a number of flights were delayed as a “technical issue” impacted software provided to several airlines. Brussels Airport said a cyber-attack on Friday night meant passengers were being checked…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) seized illicit alcoholic beverages valued in excess of Sh 2.4 million after the investigators raided a factory in Kenol town, Murang’a. In an operation spearheaded by the KRA enforcement Unit unearthed products that lacked KRA stamps, while the manufacturing plant was not licensed, among other anomalies…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A damning audit by the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has unearthed a system of mismanagement at Kapkoros Tea Factory in Bomet County. Report by the regulator reveals how leadership has misappropriated farmers’ money leaving a trail of billion-shilling deficit at the factory. The investigations done between April 22 and April…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A stand off ensued between security personnel within the Delmonte Kenya Limited plantation and the community, after a suspected pineapple thief was shot dead at close range. The killing of Stephen Marubu, 30, on Tuesday sparked violence as the residents in Kihiu Mwiri and Mwangario areas neighbouring the pineapple plantations, burned…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke EACC sleuths raided the residence and the office of the Laikipia County Assembly Speaker Lantano Nabaala following claims of forged academic forgery documents. Early in the morning, the EACC officers backed by the armed policemen moved in the Speaker’s residences Muthaiga estate in Nairobi and Nanyuki, before proceeding to the county…
The Kenya Women Governors caucus, G7, has strongly condemned the inhumane exploitation ofchildren especially girls in sex trade in Mai Mahiu.In a press statement the caucus led by Kirinyaga Governor, Anne Waiguru,stated that sexual abuse and trafficking of minors is not only a gross violation of human rightsbut was also a direct assault on the…
