The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya has been charged with two counts of conflict of interest and one count of unlawful acquisition of public property. in the Milimani Chief Magistrate’s Courts. Before Chief Magistrate Charles Ondieki, Natembeya pleaded not guilty to all the charges. In the first count, the state alleges that…
The former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has camped in Murang’a for two days castigating Kenya Kwanza government leadership saying it was ineffective in the national administration. He expressed non confidence with IEBC chairman Erastus Ethekon, on grounds he is an ally to State House Deputy Chief of Staff Josphat Nanok. “ Ethekon is a compromised…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Senior Counsel Martha Karua has decried being denied entry into the neighbouring Tanzania alongside o lawyers, Lynn Ngugi and Gloria Kimani at Julius Nyerere International Airport Taking to social media on Sunday morning, the vocal opposition member claimed that her passport had been taken and referred to a supervisor at the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua as he unveiled the Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) naming the former UDA Secretary General Cleopas Malala the interim Deputy party leader. Key officials include are David Mingati as Strategy Chairperson (deputized by Peter Mwathi), Hesbon Obanga as Party Secretary-General, and Cate Waruguru as National Women…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The government has allocated billions of shillings to boost small and micro-businesses in each and every ward in the country in line with the Bottom-Up Economic Transformation Agenda. Speaking in Naivasha, Deputy President Prof Kithure Kindiki said at least 70 SMEs in each of the 1,450 wards across the country will…
Pope Leo XIV’s first public address By BBC Pope Leo XIV’s first public address speaking from the Vatican balcony just after being unveiled as the new pontiff, Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to his predecessor and called for unity. Robert Prevost, 69, was chosen following a two-day conclave in Vatican City, and is the first…
By BBC/ Jaroslav Lukiv and David Gritten At least 68 people have been killed in a US air strike on a detention centre for African migrants in Houthi-controlled north-western Yemen, the armed group’s TV channel says. Al Masirah reported that 47 people were injured, most of them critically, when the centre in Saada province was…
By BBC At least 28 people have been killed and 800 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran’s key ports, authorities say. The blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday morning. It blew out windows and roofs of nearby buildings…
Photo/The members of the Tribunal when they visited the controversial electric fence site, in Nginyii villagein Umande ward in Laikipia East. The Mountain Journal in Laikipia editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The National Environmental Tribunal will deliver a judgment on the protracted wrangle between the residents of Akurinu/ Nginyii residents and tourism investors on the installation of the electric…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya Seed chairperson Wangui Ngirici has warned politicians from Kirinyaga county to stop causing chaos in funerals. Wangui said it was embarrassing for the politicians to fuel chaos in funerals, saying the vice should be stopped, and provide respect to the bereaving families. Speaking at Kiangungu Primary School in Kirinyaga Central…
