The killing of Ugandan Olympian and long-distance runner Rebecca Cheptegei has devastated her friends and family – and left the East African athletics community reeling from shock. The 33-year-old marathon runner who competed in the recent Paris Olympics, suffered extensive burns after after being doused in petrol and set alight by her former boyfriend at…
Hundreds of passengers have been stranded at Kenya’s main airport as workers protest against a planned takeover by an Indian business group. Large queues formed outside Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Wednesday morning as flights were delayed and cancelled. Workers launched a “go-slow” – where staff deliberately work slowly to cause disruption –…
Ana Faguy & Rachel Looker BBC News Washington With only weeks left until the US presidential election, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in a battle to win the support of those who are yet to commit to either candidate. The BBC has spoken to six undecided voters who saw Tuesday night’s 90-minute debate as…
The Mountain Journal Kenyans have been advised to only invest in their registered cooperative societies or risk losing their money to fraudsters. Cooperative Cabinet Secretary Wycliffe Oparanya said it was prudent for the investors to carry out due diligence and ensure the saccos they are dealing with are duly registered. Speaking in Nairobi, when SASRA…
The Mountain Journal The Ministry of Education has ordered for a mandatory inspection of all the learning institutions to ensure safety compliance. The inspection ordered by Education Cabinet Secretary Dr Julius Ogamba will be backed by other agencies that will be conducted in all public and private schools countrywide to assess compliance levels. The order…
The Mountain Journal Seventeen coffee buyers participated in the Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) where they purchased 9,714 bags of the commodity at Sh370.9 million. The weekly auction gave less amount as compared to the previous week of Sh455 million after the sale of 11,944 bags of coffee that were bought by 17 local and international…
BY DPCS Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said that the government is developing a framework for linking the certified Jua Kali Sector workforce to formal employment and business financing opportunities locally and internationally. The framework, which is underpinned by the validation of skills and expertise of Jua Kali artisans as stipulated by the Recognition of…
The Mountain Journal On the spot are the private tea factories blamed on buying low quality green leaf from farmers and middlemen, with the Tea Board of Kenya (TBK) directed to revoke their licenses of the culprits. The controversy surrounding the quality of green leaf was a debate at the centre during the tea directors…
The Mountain Journal The battle surrounding KRA Chairman Antony Mwaura and an online blogger Cyprian Nyakundi has attracted professionals, citing misuse of social media. The professionals led by Adan Ibrahim accused Nyakundi for propagating unverified information pertaining to Mwaura in his work place. “In your online platform, you are selling a message which is a…
The Mountain Journal Tea farmers sold over two million kilograms of tea that traded for Sh1.4 billion in the last weekly auction in Mombasa at an average of Sh361.2 per kilograms. In the auction, Meru based Michimikuru factory achieved the highest sales of Sh 54.7 million after the auction of 171,129 kilogrammes. Keberigo achieved the…
