By Aaron MuthomiA Kenyan student, Jelel Omeke Bonareri , has captured national and regional attention after earning a prestigious three-year academic scholarship at Riviera High School in Kigali, Rwanda. The award, granted on 30 September 2025, follows her exceptional performance in the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE).The scholarship covers 80% of tuition fees…
Photo/Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos addressing participants at the Blue Economy Forum. By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Mount Kenya University (MKU) Maritime Academy successfully participated in the Blue Economy Innovation and Investment Summit 2025, a three-day event held from September 24th to 26th, 2025 at PrideInn Paradise Hotel in Mombasa. The summit was designed to unlock…
By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke A teacher in Laikipia County is making headlines for her a model classroom for Early Childhood Development and Education (ECDE). Mount Kenya University (MKU) student Dorcas Wangui Wamuyu has created a model Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC) classroom at Manguo Primary School near Nyahururu town, giving young learners a chance to experience…
By James Wakahiu editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Mount Kenya University (MKU) alumni converged in Kisumu over the weekend for a memorable reunion that brought together graduates from the four campuses of Kakamega, Kericho, Kisii and Kisumu fondly referred to as the “4K’s”. The event celebrated shared memories while charting new directions for collective growth and impactunder the theme…
PHOTO/MKU VC Prof. Jaganyi Poses for a photo together with Nakuru Campus Director Dr. Jaqueline Omuya and post graduate students and staff after a consultative meeting geared toward improving academic innovations and more creative ways of improving academic progression. Mku promises to improve on its digital systems ads its gear towards offering all masters and…
By James Wakahiueditor@themountainjournal.co.ke The government has been urged to provide strong support and closely monitorchildren’s talents from an early age to prevent their gifts from going to waste, assuch talents have the potential to shape their future and bring pride to the nation.Speaking in Ruiru during the launch of the Royal Stars Volleyball Academy whichcurrently…
By Fatuma Chesang’ Kenya is losing trillions of shillings in foreign loans and aid to corruption, leaving taxpayers burdened with debts that fail to translate into development, human rights activist Dr. Isaac Newton Kinity has warned. Dr. Kinity said the theft of public funds has reached “senseless and abnormal” levels, with most of the looted…
BBC Reporters Heathrow was among several European airports hit by delays on Saturday after a cyber-attack affecting an electronic check-in and baggage system. The airport said a number of flights were delayed as a “technical issue” impacted software provided to several airlines. Brussels Airport said a cyber-attack on Friday night meant passengers were being checked…
Responsible Union Leadership Opinion: By Ibrahim Hish Adan, former TSC Director in charge of North Eastern Region From Colonial Inequality to Constitutional Protection: A Journey Worth Celebrating. Kenya’s teachers have travelled an extraordinary path from colonial-era fragmentation to today’s constitutional protections. It’s time for the teaching fraternity to pause, reflect on this remarkable progress,…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Rumuruti Land scandal exposed There is an outcry in Laikipia over the alleged allocating parcels of land to 2,000 persons among them well connected persons, locking out undeserving persons. There were demonstrations in Rumuruti town as the residents protested the alleged dishing out of the public land meant for the squatters…
