By Sean Ngirichi/ The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The row between the coffee farmers and the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) has landed in the court, with Kerugoya High Court extending the conservatory orders barring the implementation of the Direct Settlement System (DSS) to July 28. The cooperative bank that manages the DSS, has applied to be…
By Suleiman Mbatiah editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Unfounded allegations of widespread fraud at the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) were grossly exaggerated to justify the controversial shift to the Social Health Authority (SHA), former NHIF CEO Geoffrey Mwangi has revealed, while shedding light on the Fund’s ambitious growth plans that were abruptly disrupted by the transition. In an…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Residents in Githunguri village in Kangema, Murang’a joined the family of the late Boniface Mwangi Kariuki to assist in the burial preparation. Photo/The late Boniface Mwangi Kariuki. The burial of the deceased was set for July 11, as the community demanded the family of Jonah Kariuki be compensated for the brutality…
By Sean Ngirichi/ The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Coffee farmers have continued to pressurise the government to drop the directive to force implementation of the direct payment by passing the cooperative societies. The farmers across Mt Kenya region, in their general meetings have threatened to withhold their coffee as a protest to being forced to receive…
The late Joseph Mwangi Mbote who served as the chairman at Makomboki tea factory in Kigumo, Murang’a The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal Blow to the tea sector in Murang’a following the death of Makomboki tea factory chairman Joseph Mwangi Mbote. Mbote succumbed on Saturday night after an illness and ranked among the tea growers who fought…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Former Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i joined Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba to popularise his presidential ambitions in Kiambu county. Matiang’i, a Presidential hopeful said the Kenya Kwanza Government should shun blaming the opposition of the June 25 violence and destruction and instead front dialogue. Speaking at Thika PCEA Thika Church,…
By Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal Four nominees of the Murang’a County Public Service Board were vetted, each outlining strategies that would facilitate the growth of the county. The lawyers and university lecturers appeared before the Governance Committee chaired by Gicobe Mbatia for vetting, where they outlined their capability to support the growth of the county,…
Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Mombasa tea auction was a hive of activities this week as the buyers bought 9,239,610 kgs of tea that the brokers brought into the market. At the auction, Kenya traded 7,539,334 kgs, Uganda 1,000,040kgs, Rwanda 550,466 kgs, Malawi 90,040 kgs, and Burundi 59,192 kgs. Report from the East Africa…
Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Isiolo MCAs made their threat true when they sent their Governor Abdi Guyo packing after two weeks of intense battle and leaders seeking for reconciliation. In the impeachment, 16 MCAs supported the impeachment as only two voted against the motion tabled by the Sericho MCA Abubakar Godana. The assembly impeached…
Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke It was a day full of dramas in most parts of the country as Genzs’ battled with the police as they vented their anger on abduction and killings as they celebrated the Genz’ first anniversary protests. In the today’s incident left nine dead and over 200 injured during the…
