Photo/ Photo of the recent floods By Sean NgiriciKenya has recently been in the middle of two extremes: severe drought and deadly floods. Theimpact of climate change is no longer a distant threat – it is a lived reality.In 2023, we experienced the worst drought in four decades. According to the National Drought Management Authority,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya has raised concern over the low quality teas mixed with Kenyan tea and marketed under Kenyan brand names. In a high level meeting, they deliberated on the shelf life of tea, a matter that has been a sticking point in recent years. The Pakistan Tea Association calls for a one-year…
By France 24 An Air India plane with more than 200 people on board crashed near the airport in India‘s western city of Ahmedabad, the airline and police officials said on Thursday, without specifying whether there were any fatalities. The plane was headed to London‘s Gatwick airport in the UK, Air India said, while police officers said it crashed in a civilian area near the airport. The 242 people…
By BBC Non-essential US embassy staff and their dependants in Baghdad are to be evacuated from Iraq due to heightened security risks, US government sources have said. Officials did not say exactly what prompted the removal, but have been told Israel was ready to launch an operation into Iran, the BBC’s US partner CBS reported….
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Twenty-five families living in deplorable conditions in Gachagi, Murang’a County, are urgently calling for their resettlement by Kakuzi PLC Limited. The families live in a congested area, sharing latrines and bathrooms, without space for a kitchen garden, seeking government intervention to get justice. The squatters’ chairman, Mr Michael Mburi, said they…
By BBC/Farouk Chothia Microsoft founder Bill Gates says that most of his fortune will be spent on improving health and education services in Africa over the next 20 years. The 69-year-old said that “by unleashing human potential through health and education, every country in Africa should be on a path to prosperity”. Speaking in Ethiopia’s…
Photo/ People take part in a protest organised by the Sudanese People’s Alliance against US sanctions in front of the UN headquarters in Port Sudan on May 29, 2025.[AFP] By AFP More than four million people have fled Sudan since the start of the conflict in 2023, the United Nations said Tuesday, calling the figure…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A section of residents in Gachagi village in Maragua constituency are seeking for state intervention to end a controversy on land ownership with Kakuzi PLC limited. The squatters in Makuyu recounts that an agreement entered between them and Kakuzi they all settled, which was not honoured. The recounted that out of…
The Mountain Journal, Nanyuki editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Win for Nginyii residents in Laikipia after the National Environment Tribunal allowed the installation of solar powered electric fence along Timau river, to end the human wildlife conflict. It was a blow to the 10 investors under the Lolldaiga Southern Border Landowners as the tribunal ordered the Lolldaiga PLC Limited…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kisii: Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has defended the government’s economic empowerment drive, pledging comprehensive support for thousands of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to boost growth and increase household incomes. He said the government is working for all Kenyans, regardless of how they voted thus initiating developments in all regions. Addressing…
