Murang’a Senatorial race complicated by Jubilee Party negotiations The Mountain Journal The Murang’a senatorial aspirants Prof Peter Kagwanja and former senator Kembi Gitura both in Jubilee Party are yet to agree on who should step down. In the board room meetings the two have remained steadfast to declare their interest with none bricking his eye,…
The Mountain Journal With completion of UDA nominations, Laikipia voters are back on drawing board verifying who is the best among the gubernatorial aspirants who are seeking for the votes ahead of August 9, polls. The leading light in the position are Mburu Kamau and Joshua Irungu both with massive backing around the country following…
By James Wakahiu Mount Kenya University (MKU) is in the process of upgrading its ICT infrastructure so as to host more than 100,000 online learners at any time for different learning activities as demand continues to surge. Dr Merceline Kamande, the university’s principal for the Directorate of Open Distance and Electronic Learning (ODEL) says they…
Jubilee Party is working on the negotiation of the candidates eying on the Laikipia East parliamentary seat to ensure it gets the best. The Mountain Journal has learnt that in the past three days the panel its yet to get the best candidate with the influence and capacity to handle the likes of The Service…
The Mountain Journal The Laikipia East MP Deddy Mohammed came up from the slumber land and clinched the UDA nomination ahead of August 9, general election. Wagururu join the list of casualties in the UDA party who have been swept off from the ballot after she polled 5,595 votes. The winner scooped 12,743 votes, while the former…
The Mountain Journal Kangema parliamentary seat has attracted leading political parties which are promising to produce the next MP at the ballot on August 9. The UDA wing has Peter Kihungi a former Kanyenya ini MCA and Johnson Mukuha both allies to the party leader and Deputy President William Ruto. The UDA team has been…
Shift to organic over the escalating price of chemicals The Mountain Journal Most farmers from Kirinyaga county have changed their farming methods due to an increase in pesticides prices. John Maina used to do tomato, French beans farming has shifted to crops that require no or minimal use of pesticides. Maina said for…
By James Wakahiu The Second International Conference on peace, security for the social enterprise organizing committee spearheads peace walks that were held across seven counties. The events kicked off from Mount Kenya University (MKU) campuses in Thika, Nakuru, Eldoret, Nairobi, Parklands Law Campus, Mombasa and Meru towns. The peace walks aims at sensitising the communities on…
The Mountain Journal Usawa Kwa Wote Party has threatened to sue the Energy Petroleum Regulatory Authority over the escalating fuel shortage being experienced in the country in the past one week. The party led by Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria said it had given an ultimatum to the government to resolve the issue within 48…
The project is 97 percent complete with contractor doing final touches, and test runs The Mountain Journal The Jubilee Government ambitious project to deliver sufficient water to Nairobi and the nearby satellite town is getting close. Seven years ago, the government allocated billions of shillings to end the scarcity of the commodity among the city…
