By Sean Ngirici/ The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kenya marked its fight for democracy on Monday, as majority of the town remained closed with police blocking main roads in Nairobi. There is heavy presence of the police in town deployed to avert violent clashes and looting Saba Saba Day marks the uprising on July 7, 1990 when…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Githunguri MP Dr. Gathoni Wamuchomba owing to his connections with her constituents has been named the best-performing MP in Central Kenya. The rating follows a comprehensive survey by the East Africa Superwoman Awards that identified her as the best for her effective service delivery.The award comes after she was recently ranked…
Sean Ngirici/The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) has embarked on high promoting gear for the commodity through holding high level strategic meetings with buyers. The Chief Executive Officer Willy Mutai said this week held a high profiled meeting with the management of the Dubai based Jampur Group in Nairobi Mutai said the…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Kiambu DCP youth leader Peter Kinyanjui alias Kawanjiru was picked by the anti terror unit officers at Ruiru law court in a dramatic episode. Gunshots rent the air as anti-terror squad arrested a suspect after the court released him on Sh500,000 bail with two surities, over claims of burning the Kikuyu…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke The Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has warned the opposition leaders to stop misleading Kenyans with cheap propaganda and unhealthy Campaigns Prof Kindiki castigated those leaders whine he said held big positions previously in government but squandered their chances. “Your time is up, Kenyans will never again buy useless empty rhetoric, empty…
The Mountain Journal editor@themountainjournal.co.ke Health workers in the counties have been mobilised to vaccinate 28 million children aged between nine and 14 against the measles and typhoid. The preparations are before the launch of the vaccination on July 5 at the national level and in the counties. In the counties, the health workers will establish…
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…
