EPRA:Pump prices remain unchanged

Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (Epra) will not effect any change in pump price this month. In the month, the cost of kerosene has reduced marginally while that of super and diesel will remain unchanged for the next month. This Is even as the energy industry regulator continues to disobey court orders by charging motorists…

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Court finds Masengeli guilty

The Mountain Journal Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli has been ordered to serve a six months in prison after he was found guilty of contempt.  Justice Lawrence Mugambi has ordered Masengeli to present himself to the Commissioner General of Prisons to start the senetence. “Masengeli is to surrender himself to the Commissioner General…

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Passengers stranded at main Kenya airport as staff protest

Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled. Workers launched a “go-slow” – where staff deliberately work slowly to cause disruption –…

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Tea auction injects Sh1.4 billion

The Mountain Journal Tea farmers sold over two million kilograms of tea that traded for Sh1.4 billion in the last weekly auction in Mombasa at an average of Sh361.2 per kilograms. In the auction, Meru based Michimikuru factory achieved the highest sales of Sh 54.7 million after the auction of 171,129 kilogrammes. Keberigo achieved the…

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