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Education CS Professor Magoha has transferred some staff at the Ministry in his quest to root out lazy staffers. He told the lazy workers to prepare to pack their bags if they were not willing to work. He said that he would ensure that the Competency-based Curriculum, free learning programmes, increased enrollment and high integrity exams were delivered. “I am asking lazy staff to either shape up or start packing up,” said the CS, who was accompanied by Chief Administrative Secretary Colleta Suda, Basic Education PS Belio Kipsang and TSC boss Nancy Macharia. The Education CS started by moving some…

The director of Public Health Dr. Kepha Ombacho has condemned the beer donations handed to starving residents of Tiaty  by a Chinese Company. They said that it was dangerous to give the residents who were facing starvation. alcohol. “This is just unacceptable. Beer is not food. You cannot introduce alcohol to people who are already starving,” Dr Ombacho said. He said that donations should meet good standards so as not to poison the desperate residents. Chinese Company, Ghuanshan International Mining Company Limited,donated bags of maize, vegetable oil and Tsingtao beer to the residents who are currently facing starvation. The Chinese…

Boeing had temporarily reduced the production of the 737 Max aircraft after the accident of the Ethiopian airline flight which left 157 people dead. The  company said that they will reduce the production of the aircraft from 52 to 42 as from mid April. The aircraft model is currently grounded as preliminary findings suggest its anti-stall system was at fault “We now know that the recent Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 accidents were caused by a chain of events, with a common chain link being erroneous activation of the aircraft’s MCAS function. We have the responsibility…

David Ochieng from the Movement of Democracy and Growth party (MDG) has been declared the winner of the Ugenya By-election trumping ODM Chris Karan. Ochieng garnered 18,730 over Karan’s  14,507  to clinch the seat as the member of parliament for Ugenya constituency. Number of registered voters stood at 57,603 while total votes cast were 33,342 and rejected ones 534. In Embakasi South, ODM candidate Irshad Sumra conceded defeat after Julius Mawathe of the Wiper Democratic party. He said that he lost because Mawathe had planned well for the By election. Mawathe garnered 21,628 votes, Irshad Sumra came in second with…

Samburu Deputy governor Julius Leseeto and nine others have been released on a cash bail of Sh 10 million each. Chief magistrate Lawrence Mugambi als transferred the cases to Chief Magistrate Teresiah Murugi who he indicated will deal with all the applications and trial in this case. Prosecution had asked the court to bar the accused officials who are signatories to bank accounts for Samburu County from transacting for and on behalf of the county. Leseeto was arrested alongside the governor Samuel Lenolkulal In a ruling issued on Wednesday afternoon, Justice Ngugi placed the governor’s bail terms at Ksh10 million…

Violence has been reported in Ugenya constituency during the on going by elections. The area police boss Willy Simba said that three people had arrested with crude weapons. On person was injured in Udira Kamrembo polling station, OM candidate Chris Karan blamed his opponents for the incidents and said that they would not be intimidated. We had an incident where a person was hurt and fortunately enough, we were able to catch up with the vehicle which was carrying the thugs. He was arrested and was taken to the police station. As I am speaking, the suspect is at the…

Police have seized  bhang worth Sh2.5m from an abandoned vehicle in Salgaa on the Nakuru-Nairobi highway. Around 2160 stones of the drug were impounded in the abandoned vehicle. This is a just a fortnight after police seized bhang after a car accident along the same road. A traffic officer discovered a haul of Ksh1.5 million worth of bhang in a vehicle that was involved in an accident along the Nairobi-Nakuru highway on Saturday morning. The motorist who was ferrying bhang is claimed to have attempted to overtake other vehicles in a bid to dodge police inspection when the accident happened.…

A man, Kennedy Onyango who was accidentally shot by police at the Dandora police station was withdrawn from the Kenyatta National Hospital where he was recuperating from gun shot wounds. The OCS of Dandora police station took him back to the station to book him into custody. Reports from social media  have indicated that Onyango was still week and could barely stand on his own. Read:Citizen TV Crew Robbed In Kirinyaga in The Ongoing Devolution Conference Police in Dandora have been accused of extra- judicial killings of youth in the area. The twitter who posted said that the police were…

A former lover has accused flamboyant lawyer Donald Kipkorir of abandoning his son whom he sired in 2013. Eva Wangui Wachira in an affidavit presented to the court said that she met the lawyer in 2011 through social media platform Facebook. According to the Nairobian, the lawyer has refused to subject himself to a DNA test stating that it was an intrusion of his privacy. Kipkorir  leads a flamboyant life and flaunts his state of the art vehicle and luxury homes. Ms. Wachira  is in turn asking for close to Sh100 million upkeep for the child. In an affidavit seen…

Radio citizen comedian Zulekha Walalo has announced that she has been struggling with endometriosis. She said that she has had the disease for  while and her health was deteriorating by the moment. She took to social media to ask her fans to hepl her raise funds as she was slated for an urgent surgery. “Friends kindly help me raise funds for an upcoming urgent surgery that I have to go through “Kindly help me with anything little. May Allah bless you,” Zulekha posted. Many celebrities have come out to reveal their struggle with endometriosis. TV personality Janet Mbugua recently revealed…

Ugandan Uber driver Daudah Mayanja, 37, of Waltham, was arrested early Saturday morning and charged with two counts of sexual assault. Mayanja allegedly attacked a woman in his car. His access has since been revoked and he therefore cannot use the cab -hailing app. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have put a detainer on him and he will not been removed from the US and he was given a cash bail of $25000. His case will be heard on May 1. The Uber driver however insisted that he was innocence and the accusations leveled against were false “That information that…

21 people have been injured  with 12 in critical condition after a bus collided with a Nissan matatu at the Limuru junction. The injured were rushed to Tigoni hospital. No deaths have been reported from the accident. Read:9 Die On The Spot After Buscar Bus Collides With Lorry In Sultan Hamud More to follow… Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Deputy President Ruto took a swipe at nominated MP Maina Kamanda telling him to consider enrolling for the elderly people program in order to get funds. Ruto pointed out Kamanda in what was seen as a subtle jibe at the legislator insinuating that he was old leading the crowd to laughter. ” Maina Unlike in the past, this time round we have decided as the government to take care of all elderly people in the cash transfer programme. Even the likes of Kamanda can be a beneficiary of the initiative,” he said. Read:Judiciary Irregularly Spent Ksh5.4 Million To Hire DCJ…

Mithika Linturi estranged wife Maryanne Kitany has alleged in affidavit presented in court that the senator was poor in bed. Kitany said that the legislator denied her her conjugal right during the course of their marriage often citing exhaustion or sickness. Linturi was unable to rise to the occasion in the bedroom on several occasions, claiming exhaustion, sickness, but for most of the part he simply could not,”the affidavit read in part. The senators former lover said that she did not receive companionship and suffered mental anguish as a result. Ms Kitany also sought to have the Meru senator investigated…

Members of parliament have approved the nomination of Hillary Mutyambai as the new Inspector General of police. The intelligence officer replaces Joseph Boinnet who is set to take up a Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) role in the Ministry of Tourism.  The legislators urged him to prioritize ending extrajudicial killings. Mutyambai said he will tame rogue police officers and perpetrators of extrajudicial killings. “I will be practical in dealing with this. Many have come before me, found corruption and other vices within the service, and left. I will make a difference through leadership by integrity,” he told the lawmakers. He also…