The County Government of Kirinyaga has trained officials of recently launched Ward Basedmulti-value chain Saccos in order to enhance their capacity to run the cooperatives effectively.The 172 officials drawn from the 20 wards were trained on money lending, insurance andcollateral on loans among other Sacco management good practices.The capacity building was carried out in partnership…
By BBC /Kayla Epstein in New York Donald Trump has asked the US Supreme Court to halt his sentencing in the criminal hush money case, which is set for Friday. The eleventh-hour filing comes after two lower courts rejected Trump’s efforts to block the proceedings. The president-elect’s lawyers have now asked the nation’s top court to consider…
Five people died across Germany and a police officer was seriously injured from accidents linked to the powerful fireworks Germans traditionally set off to celebrate the new year, police said in a preliminary count. Germans celebrate the new year with a particularly intense usage of fireworks, which spurs a recurrent debate about outlawing the most…
The Mountain Journal editor@themiuntainjournal.co.ke EABL employee Lilian Nyambura who went missing on December 23, 2024, found alive. Nyambura went missing in Gikono village in Mitumbiri locality and family reported the matter to the police. Murang’a South Deputy County Commissioner Boniface Murungi confirmed her uniting with the family as he declined to give more information. Reports…
By AFP Jimmy Carter, the 100-year-old former US president and Nobel peace laureate who rose from humble beginnings in rural Georgia to lead the nation from 1977 to 1981, has died, his nonprofit foundation said Sunday. Carter had been in hospice care since mid-February 2023 at his home in Plains, Georgia, the same small town…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Murang’a county government celebrated its employees over effective performance in the year, with the health department ranked the best. Governor Irungu Kang’ata unveiling the Christmas Tree at Ihura stadium in Murang’a town has distributed christmas gifts to hundreds of the venerable persons in the wards. The governor said as he distributes…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjoural.co.ke Former Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria has been named the Chairperson of the Public Procurement Regulatory Board. Also appointed by President William Ruto is former presidential aspirant Peter Kenneth takes over the same position at the Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS). Ruto has made fresh appointments to the Central Bank of…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Naivasha MP Jane Kihara has been summoned by UDA follows allegations of misconduct, including remarks criticising the Party and questioning its inner workings. She has been directed to appear before its disciplinary committee on Tuesday, December 24, at 9:00 a.m. According to the statement from the UDA Party, Kihara was recorded…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Weeks after allies of President William Ruto were heckled in Mt Kenya, a new front has been formed to help reverse the situation through pleading with the residents to support the government focusing at benefiting with the development programmes. Jubilee Party leader Sabina Chege has pitched camp in her Murang’a back…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A week after President William Ruto visited his predecessor Uhuru Kenya three two former governors and a former Cabinet Secretary have been nominated to join the broaded government cabinet. Allies to the retired President, former governors William Kabogo( Kiambu), Lee Kinyanjui ( Nakuru) and former Health Cabinet Secretaries Mutahi Kahiga have…
