The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Environment Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale suspends licenses for Karura Golf Range development Mr Duale has ordered the suspension of two licenses issued to Karura Golf Range Ltd for developing a golf range, restaurant, and mini golf park in Ngong Road Forest, Nairobi, following public concerns. The Chief Conservator of Forests (CCF)…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka claimed that the court case derailing the composition of electoral commissioners is the creation of the government. The opposition leader said the state sponsored the suit before the court as an avenue to block nomination of Dr Koki Muli after realising she cannot be manipulated. Addressing the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Savings and credit societies have asked the government to establish strict regulations that will control and monitor operations of Sacco unions that will control and monitor operations of the saccos are crucial. The leadership in the saccos have petitioned the government to ensure maximum protection of the members resources in the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Five counties have launched a children’s policy designed to help in the formulation of friendly regulations for the interest of the young. During celebrations to mark World Children’s Day in Murang’a, the children’s department identified Mombasa, Turkana, Murang’a, Kakamega, and Nyamira as the only devolved units that have launched the policy…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya is set to install nuclear energy that will be operational by 2034. An area where the project, the first of its kind in Kenya, will be constructed has been identified in the southern part of Kilifi. In the past deliberation on the power project met stiff opposition from the environmentalist…
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fired defence minister Yoav Gallant, saying there is “crisis of trust” between them. Netanyahu said in a statement that his trust in Gallant had “eroded” in recent months. Foreign Minister Israel Katz will replace Gallant, Netanyahu added. Gallant posted on social media that the “security of the state of…
The government could soon have sweeping powers over protests, including deciding when and where they can happen, under a new law spearheaded by Mbeere North MP Geoffrey Ruku. The proposed Assemblies and Demonstrations Bill 2024 seeks to bar protests on highways and other public spaces, claiming they disrupt public order. If passed, it will grant the Interior Cabinet…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The high court in Nyeri has ordered the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) Archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit to start election process of the new bishop of Mt Kenya West diocese by November 13, 2024. Justice Judge Kizito Magare ordered Archbishop Ole Sapit to initiate the process on or before November 13….
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Communities in Nginyii, Kianugu, and Muramati villages in Umande ward have rallied behind installation of an electric fence to block wildlife from the Lolldaiga Hills from invading their farms. During a public participation, the locals told off those blocking the installation of the electric fence designed to shield the farmers from…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke More than 4,500 foster parents have been registered in the country as the children’s rights advocates have discouraged the presence of charitable homes. In a forum to celebrate the foster parents, the advocates and department of children underscored the need of raising children in the families rather than in charitable homes…
