By The Mountain Journal Senior Reporter in Murang’a Mission by the provincial administration to assist in collection of signatures in support of the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) has won praise. The mission by the chiefs led by Murang’a County Commissioner Mohammed Barre has won praise with collection of more than enough signatures to back government initiative to amend…
Wakili Mbiyu Kamau is a man of the people who spends his time touring the villages to understand community needs. In his visit to the villages to check the level of Covid 19 preparedness, he distributed face masks to youth engaged in Kazi kwa Vijana Programme. Mbiyu appreciated the youths involved in Kazi Kwa Vijana…
Central Kenya has managed to collect 643,889 signatures to support Building Bridges Initiative back constitutional reform process. The Mountain Journal learned that in the collection of signatures Kiambu county led with 181,744, followed by Murang’a that garnered 166,390, Kirinyaga 116,513. Counties of Nyandarua and Nyeri posted 78,932 and 100,310 respectively. BBI signatures contributing to a…
Joy in the tea-growing belts after parliament passed tea regulations bill that deny Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) control of the lucrative sector. In Mt Kenya region, the residents celebrated the move by the national assembly, as they questioned why their MPs missed out during the heated debate. The journey to reform the sector…
By The Mountain Journal Reporter in City Hall The process to impeach Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has started after the majority of the MCAs voted in favour of the motion. Problems facing the governor started this year after the government-appointed Major General Mohammed Badi to be in charge of Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS). His…
Gatanga constituency is among the best placed in working on measures to keep the learners safe from Covid 19. In the past two months, the local leadership led by MP Ngugi Nduati has been involved in construction of classrooms in respect to a directive issued by the government on enhancing social distance. The MP has…
The Senate Committee on Public Accounts and Investment has recommended for legislation to guide how the counties should fund the Council of Governors (COG). The Senators made the recommendations after Kirinyaga Governor Mumbi Waiguru who was responding to an audit query cited that the council is not adequately funded and since it supports county…
ODM leader Raila Odinga supervised collection of signatures in Murang’a as he criticized those against the initiative to unite Kenyans. Kenyans he said were on a mission to live peaceful with others without leaders inciting them for their selfish interests. Raila speaking in Kangari, Murang’a county, said the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) is designed to…
Mt Kenya leaders worked day and night towards the delivery of enough signatures in support of BBI process. There have been are parallel groups holding meetings across the counties, educating people on the need to support the government initiative on the constitution reform. The chiefs under command of county commissioners has been tasked with the responsibility…
About 170 children from Kirinyaga County have graduated from HIV Exposed Infants (HEI) program after successfully going through a two-year program aimed at protecting them from contracting the virus from their mothers. The graduation event was carried out over the weekend across all the sub counties with an aim of appreciating the mothers who…
