By The Mountain Journal team Murang’a residents have been warned to expect heavy rains that could cause massive destruction. County Meteorological Director Paul Murage said the locality will receive heavy rains, calling on the locals to alert the authorities should they come across cracks on earth. Releasing a weather forecast , Murage said the rains are projected to…
The Mountain Journal crew Three Murang’a leaders drummed up support for BBI saying it will increase resources at the county to accelerate development programmes. The leaders Peter Kenneth, MPs Ngugi Nduati ( Gatanga) Peter Kimari( Mathioya) said the report means good for the Mt Kenya region that had been neglected for a long time. They…
The Mountain Journal Murang’a county government has appointed Economic expert Prof Kinandu Muragu the chairman of the County Small Traders Empowerment Fund. The appointment of the members of the fund comes after the Controller of Budget approved the operation of Wachuuzi Sacco after the county government formulated the regulation policy. The fund will control Sh100…
By The Mountain Journal team in Murang’a Murang’a County 1.2 million residents endorsed the BBI report. The public participation exercise conducted by the county assembly saw the locals who gathered at the sub-county headquarters supporting the document, saying it will increase resources to the counties at 35 percent up from 15 percent. Elected leaders led…
By The Mountain Journal Crew Eastern Aberdare Coffee Mills (ECOMILL) in Murang’a has been idle for eight years exposing the growers to manipulation by the commercial millers. To avert the losses estimated at billions of shillings the farmers’ representatives have resolved to relocate the Sh40 million facility from Maragua town to Ikundu Coffee Demonstration Farm….
By The Mountain Journal Laikipia will get Sh5.1b of the Sh409.9 billion equitable share that will come to counties. It will be a relief to the counties after eight years of struggling with the little allocation that has failed to meet the devolved demands. Chairman of the Finance, Planning and Economic Affairs Committee, at…
By The Mountain Journal crew Mt Kenya youth perceived to be behind anti BBI campaigns have made an about turn, abandoning Deputy President William Ruto’s Camp. More than 100 youth who were at the centre of the anti constitutional amendments reforms spearheaded by the deputy president in the past four days have moved in the…
Mt Kenya youth estimated at 100 have decamped from camp allied to deputy president William Ruto to support BBI. Led by Joseph Chege, the youth sought to be assisted to interprete the constitutional amendment document which they had not read. “Mt Kenya youth have reliased the importance of the document thus need to decamp from…
Agriculture CS Hon Peter Munya has put on notice unscrupulous traders who are illegally importing dairy products through the porous border points of Lodwar, Kacheliba and Ororo and others who are trading with illegal imports in Mombasa and Eastleigh. The CS also warned dairy dealers adulterating milk and using non food grade containers, producers…
The Mountain Journal Crew The entry of the government-backed New KPCU has stabilized coffee prices with farmers getting lucrative returns. In the past few cooperative societies paid their growers above Sh50 per kilogramme for the delivered product, a trend which has changed for the better following the entry of NKPCU. Samuel Muchai Mungania says the…
