The Mountain Journal editor@themontainjournal.co.ke Comfort Homes distributed 20,000 fruit tree seedlings during the heavy rains that coincided with Labour Day, in Kirinyaga county, to support the community’s environmental conservation programme. The CEO Hezekiah Kariuki said that his company over the weekend distributed various tree seedlings in Kirinyaga county for planting to benefit the community in…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke More than 50,000 students this year receive bursaries of Sh 230 million from the Murangá County Government. In the Inua Masomo Invention programme the kitty will sustain the needy students in schools as part of Governor Irungu Kang’ata empower them through merit. Kang’ata accompanied by Kitui Senator Enock Wambua issued the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Residents in Githunguri village in Kangema, Murang’a joined the family of the late Boniface Mwangi Kariuki to assist in the burial preparation. Photo/The late Boniface Mwangi Kariuki. The burial of the deceased was set for July 11, as the community demanded the family of Jonah Kariuki be compensated for the brutality…
Jacqueline Waihenya, Chairperson of CIArb-Kenya and MKU Vice Chancellor Prof. Deogratius Jaganyi sign the new MOU at MKU Thika campus. By James WakahiuMount Kenya University (MKU) has signed a Memorandum ofUnderstanding (MOU) with the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators(CIArb) Kenya Branch and a South Africa-based institute, InternationalLaw Institute – South African Centre for Excellence (ILI-SACE) that…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) made history after 33,642 bags of coffee traded at Sh1.7 billion, more than Sh957 million of the previous week. The reports stated that 11 coffee brokers with Alliance Berries Limited leading with the delivery of 15,979 bags, followed by Kirinyaga Slopes 4,506 bags,New KPCU 3,439 bags, KCCE…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.kei Coffee auction resumed after a break, with 12 local and international dealers buying 18,138 bags of coffee for Sh957,358,702. The earnings at the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) registered a decline compared to Sh1.1 billion netted on December 17, after the sale of 21,636 bags. In the NCE report, Baragwi cooperative society’s…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea farmers have received Sh3.2 billion for the payment of green leaf processed in the month of December by smallholder factories across the counties. KTDA Holding Chairman Enos Njeru said the monthly payment for 131.5 million kilogrammes of green leaf delivered for processing in the 70 tea factories. Njeru said the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kirinyaga County Governor, Anne Waiguru, on Wednesday stated that the county is onan upward development trajectory as massive projects get accomplished.While presenting the annual State of the County Address before the County Assembly,the second-term governor said that the county has experienced growth in all sectors.Waiguru said the recent recognition of the…
By James Wakahiu editior@themountainjournal.co.ke Universities around Africa have been urged to benchmark with Mount Kenya University whose model has seen the institution make major milestones in its academic programmes. Amb. Eunice Kigenyi, Deputy High Commissioner, Uganda High Commission, Nairobi, Kenya, said the university culture of having top lecturers and researchers on its faculty has greatly…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Lands and Housing Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome has encouraged Kenyans to register enmass to benefit from the Social Health Insurance Fund. “Let us all register and if anyone wants to ask questions we can do that as registered members on the system,” she said She cautioned Kenyans against falling for the…
