Author: Eva Nyambura

A woman’s torso was found dumped along Landhies Road, Nairobi. The torso was wrapped in a paper and placed on the roadside where it was found by passers-by. The head, legs and hands of the unidentified woman were missing. According to officers who picked up the remains, they received word before going to the scene of incident. Read Also: Autopsy Reveals Chilling Details On Cause Of Death Of Nakuru GK Prison Warder Nairobi police boss Philip Ndolo said the victim could have been killed elsewhere and her torso dumped in the city. He called on people whose kin are missing…

A Kiambu bound matatu was on Monday involved in an accident near the DCI Headquarters. The Marafiki Sacco 14-seater matatu is said to have been overlapping when it lost control veering off the road and into a valley in Karura Forest. The wreckage was pulled out of the valley by volunteers as they tried to rescue the passengers. It is not yet clear if there are casualties involved. The accident causing a huge traffic snarl up along the busy Kiambu Road. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

The Wafula Chebukati led Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has penalized four officials who allegedly leaked crucial documents about the planned bench-marking exercise in six countries. According to a local daily, manager in charge of boundaries Caroline Manyange and two other juniour officers were interdicted as another was demoted. The daily also reports that Chebukati’s personal secretary only identified as Susan has been asked to pack her belongings while 50 other officials are in possession of caution letters for bungling tender award for supply of ballot papers and technology. Reports indicated that the trips to Nigeria, South Africa, USA,…

Diamond Platnumz new flame and Kenyan radio host Tanasha Donna has denied leaking Zari Hassan’s sex tape. Word has it that the NRG Radio presenter hacked Mange Kimambi’s Instagram page where she posted Zari’s video tape from a couple of years ago. Mange, a Tanzanian socialite based in the States has a disliking for the mother of five and has for the longest time accused her of lying about her age. The posts were later pulled down, on Vanessa Mdee’s request, she said. “Kwa heshima ya Vanessa Mdee, imebidi video niifute,” Mange’s post read in part. Read Also: Diamond Platnumz…

The multi talented 46 year old Idris Elba is off the shelves. Elba married his model girlfriend Sabrina Dhowre on Friday during a three-day ceremony in Morocco. This is according to British Vogue who exclusively covered their wedding for the magazine’s July 2019 issue. The two exchanged nuptials at Ksar Char Bagh hotel in Marrakesh but the festivities are said to have started a day before and will run till Saturday. Dhowre wore a custom Vera Wang off-the-shoulder, A-line gown for the ceremony. She would later change into a V-neck embroidered dress, also custom from Vera Wang. The actor, deejay…

Former 1500m world champion Asbel Kiprop has asked the National Police Service (NPS) to relieve him of his duties. In a Facebook post, Kiprop who maintains that he was falsely accused of doping has threatened to use his gun to gain “some justice.” The athlete who was last week handed a four year ban has further asked the IAAF to pick the medals because he no longer wants them on his wall. “I pray to National Police Service to dismiss me Now. Before I use their machinery to earn myself Justice.Kindly IAAF come take your medals. I don’t need any…

Citizen TV host Willis Raburu and his wife of nearly three years, Mary Ngami Raburu have detailed their rather disastrous honeymoon. Speaking to Reverend Cathy Kiuna on her Woman Without Limits show, Raburu said that he kept on postponing his engagement to Mary because he could not raise enough money to buy the right ring. “I, started planning on buying an engagement ring. I saved toward it. But every other time I would say: ‘This is the day [I am getting the ring]’, I end up realising that the money wasn’t enough. I would go to an Indian jewellery trader’s…

An American man has been handed a life imprisonment sentence after a court found him guilty of two felony accounts of murder. Kwame Adom Carpenter was charged with the murder of his Kenyan wife Moureen Wanjiku Gathua- Carpenter and their six month old baby Kyan Carpenter in 2015. Orange County Court Judge Richard King while delivering his judgement said: “This was a horrific case. The image that is in everyone’s mind is the child crawling with a knife in his back.” Deputy District Attorney Steve McGreevy told the court that the case put the victims’ family, and the defendant family,…

Foreign Affairs CS Monica Juma has bashed the media for misleading the nation about President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Chinese trip. News reports indicated that the head of state who was accompanied to China by AU envoy Raila Odinga was supposed to secure a Sh368 billion SGR loan. But according to Juma, the multi billion loan that could have seen the railway extended to Western Kenya was not a priority. “In fact the SGR extension beyond Naivasha was never a priority agenda for the current mission to Beijing,” she tweeted. In fact she said, the trip was focused on growing market access, development…

Vicky Kones, daughter of the late Cabinet minister in President Daniel Moi’s government, Kipkalya Kones, died of alcoholism. Ms Kones passed on on April 17 at a Nakuru hospital as she battled alcoholism, drug nd substance abuse. “It is in the public domain that Chebet bravely battled alcoholism, drug and substance abuse. Perhaps this should serve as a wake-up call to the many, especially the youth, who are currently under the influence,” read her eulogy in part. Religious leaders as well politicians in attendance lauded the family for opening up about the cause of death. The deceased’s step mother and…

A Tanzanian national was on Thursday arrested in Maua Town on suspicion of trafficking children with special needs and using them to beg at various strategic points. Musa Mabula, 30, was using three children aged about 12 years. They were rescued by DCI detectives and are in safe hands. Mabula will be arraigned in court later today. https://twitter.com/DCI_Kenya/status/1121684115193860096 Read: 74 Children Rescued Over Deplorable Conditions At A Kiambu Children’s Home Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Former Nairobi county governor Evans Kidero has been apprehended by the EACC detectives over Sh68 million irregular payment by the county government to a law firm. The ex county chief was apprehended alongside his former chief of staff George Wainaina. The Law firm has been identified as M/s Wachira Mburu, Mwangi and Co. Advocates. According to the DPP, Noordin Haji the file of inquiry was first forwarded to his office on December 18, 2018 when they found gaps that needed further investigations. Upon further investigations, EACC forwarded the file to the DPP on April 4, 2019. The other suspects include;…

Nigeria’s Peter Okoye or as he is popularly known Mr P is displeased with utterances made by Tanzania’s Diamond Platnumz on Tuesday on his Wasafi Radio. The Kwangwaru hitmaker accused the mother of his two children, Zari Hassan of cheating on him with the Nigerian a couple of months before their daughter, Tiffah was born. “Zari was dating P-Square’s Peter a few months before she and I got our first baby, Latiffah Dangote. I read messages that she and Peter sent each other via mobile phone. I even confronted her,” he claimed. Responding to the outrageous allegations, Mr P said…

Ugandan legislator cum singer Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine has allegedly escaped house arrest. The lawmaker was arrested on Monday as he tried to defy government orders against holding his Kyarenga concert. He has since been placed under house arrest with armed police officers manning his home; both the entrance and exit. It is however reported that Bobi Wine got away and his whereabouts remain unknown. On Wednesday, he was paid a visit by Leader of Opposition Betty Aol Acan who condemned the state’s way of doing things. He also took the opportunity to record what might be a new…

Ugandan socialite and businesswoman Zari Hassan is not moving out of her ex Diamond Platnumz’s South Africa home. Zari and Platnumz were at it on Wednesday trading accusations. According to the Tanzanian singer, his baby mama has blocked access to his children; Tiffah and Nillan. He also threw in cheating allegations, all of which the Brooklyn College director denied. Speaking to Wasafi Radio, the Sikomi crooner mentioned that she is still living in his house which he could have put on sale but did not because of his kids. Read Also: Tanasha Hits Out At Zari For The “Two Idiots”…