Author: Eva Nyambura

Kenyan short film ‘Watu Wote’ has been nominated for an Oscar award for best live action short film. The movie, produced by a German film student, is based on real life events which happened in December 2015. It tells how a Muslim man led fellow Muslim passengers in shielding their Christian colleagues from being shot by al Shabaab militants. The assailants attacked a Mandera bound bus near Elwak. The Muslim faithfuls were asked by the militants to identify the Christians, an order they defied. They instead asked the Al-Shabaab militants to kill them all, indiscriminately. Katja Benrath, the German student…

President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday named his 22 member cabinet, awarding political losers, Jubilee party loyalists and non-performing cabinet secretaries named ambassadors. The Head of State also created a new post, Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) who will ‘broadly be responsible for helping the CS coordinate running of affairs in respective ministries.’ Making their way into the government are: Rachel Shebesh, Ababu Namwamba, Peter Munya, Ukur Yattani, John Munyes. But what has shocked some is Raychelle Omamo’s continued stay in cabinet and Raphael Tuju’s appointment ‘on a needs basis.’ Uhuru’s announcement came hours after the opposition made their ‘major announcement.’ They…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has accused NASA of presenting to the public false information about the August 8 elections. Acting Chairperson, Consolata Nkatha says that the information presented on Friday by the opposition reveals ‘a total misunderstanding of how the results system worked’ during the elections. ”The presentation by NASA totally misleads the public on the results pathway, the servers, information on the public portal and the forms used to declare results. We can only conclude that this is a deliberate effort to create a non-existent reality about the elections of 2017,” she says in a statement.…

Panic has gripped CCTV Africa after a number of its employees resigned for better pay and working conditions at BBC which is launching its bureau in Nairobi in a few months. BBC is recruiting and is targeting all the media houses in Kenya. Among those leaving CCTV are: Valentine Macharia (Tv news director) from the broadcast department ran by Hu Yu, a sports reporter, Celestine Karonei and a technical operator Hambert Mashua. A source intimated to Kahawa Tungu that the Chinese owned media house is a hub for prejudice where the foreigners are paid eight times more than the locals…

Machakos Governor Alfred Mutua says that the National Super Alliance (NASA) swearing in ceremony is one of the reasons why Kenya is considered a ‘shithole’ country by some. NASA has threatened to swear in Raila Odinga as the People’s President on Tuesday based on the August 8 results. The opposition has released the results for the nullified presidential election which Siaya Senator, James Orengo says are authentic and unadulterated. Odinga will be sworn in in the full glare of the public but the judge presiding over the event still unknown. ”This swearing in business by NASA is another example of…

The August election results were nullified and are therefore irrelevant, President Uhuru Kenyatta’s party has said. NASA is currently releasing the August 8 results at the Intercontinental Hotel. The results, they say are unadulterated and authentic. The results show that Raila Odinga beat President Uhuru Kenyatta by less than a million votes. The opposition will use the results to swear in Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka as the People’s President and deputy respectively on January 30 at the Uhuru Park. But Jubilee party has maintained that the election was declared null and void and the results, irrelevant. ”They went to court…

Only God can save Kenya after many failed pleas for dialogue, Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has said. Speaking in Kitui, Musyoka noted that the country’s leadership should make dialogue a priority in order to stop Kenya from heading the South Sudan or Somalia way. ”I feel really pained about my country but I do not want to make any other plea. I think I have spoken enough. I am only but a Kenyan leader who feels concerned,” he said. ”Even the European Union met in Laxemberg and said dialogue among Kenyan leaders was not an option. I do not know why…

NASA will on Saturday hold a pre-inauguration ceremony in Homa Bay county, the People’s Assembly steering committee has announced. The committee led by David Ndii has maintained that Raila Odinga and Kalonzo Musyoka will be sworn in as the People’s President and the deputy respectively on January 30 at Uhuru Park. The recreational park was closed on Wednesday by the county government as it will undergoing ‘phased improvements.’ NASA claims that they booked the venue that has also been booked by the Nairobi Business Community and an unnamed church. Read: NASA Changes Raila’s ‘Oath’ Taking Venue ”We have a constitutional…

The National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi has not received the names of the three newly nominated cabinet secretaries, he has revealed. President Uhuru Kenyatta on January 5 retained six cabinet secretaries and nominated Keriako Tobiko, Ukur Yattani former Marsabit Governor and John Munyes ex senator Turkana county. Speaking at his office in Parliament Buildings, Muturi said that the house had before going for recess passed a motion that allowed him to pass the names to the committee on Appointments without recalling the whole House. ”The names of the nominees have not come to us. If we had received them, the…

Former Tana River gubernatorial candidate, Danson Mungatana has been shortlisted for the county assembly’s clerk position, to the dismay of many. Mungatana tried his hand at the governor seat but failed, coming in fourth. He was floored by Rtd Major Godhana Gadaye who had the elders’ backing. The former assistant minister during the campaign period vowed not to settle for a lesser position in the county government. He will be battling it out with Timna Komora, a legal officer and former acting clerk Mohammed Hassan Dube. Mungatana, whose wife and K24 news anchor Mwanaisha Chidzuga was in a nasty fight…

There is commotion at Moi Girls Isinya Secondary School, Kajiado county after Kenya National Highway Authority (KeNHA) pulled down the school fence and gate on Thursday morning. The girls have made their way to the Deputy County Commissioner’s office where they are protesting the move. The morning incident has angered parents who intimated to Kahawa Tungu that the fence was ‘violently pulled down.’ Read: Police Accused Of Soliciting Sex From 19 Year Old In Exchange For Release ”KeNHA and the school management should have come to an agreement. They are both government entities,” a parent said. The aggrieved students have…

Internal Security CS, Fred Matiang’i wants the Standard Newspaper to apologize for a misleading article published on January 23 by the Grapevine. The ‘Vocal Minister in Illicit Affair with Choir Girl’ piece appeared on page 2 of the daily. According to Mwenda Njoka, the ministry’s communications director, the article was not only defamatory but false as well without any proof. The Standard has in the past described Matiang’i as ‘a no-nonsense, outspoken and strong Christian,’ words that the Grapevine used to refer to the minister in question. ”The net effect of the article was to defame, disparage and vilify an…

National Resistance Movement (NRM) general, Miguna Miguna has asked opposition supporters to boycott Haco Tiger Industries products. ”We have unveiled a new company which NASA supporters must resist. It is called Haco Tigers Industries, belonging to one Chris Kirubi,” he said. Speaking at the Okoa Kenya offices, the lawyer accused the company of being involved in electoral malpractices during the August general elections. Some of the products that the opposition supporters were asked to resist include: Bic pens, Sosoft, Miadi, Haco pegs, Ingrams. Also on the boycott list is Safaricom, Bidco and Brookside Dairies. The three, Miguna stated had suffered…

Blogger Cyprian Nyakundi is in trouble with CS Internal Security, Fred Matiang’i after he published a post on his social media pages defaming him. Nyakundi says that the ‘vocal minister’ had 10 CID officers raid a ‘residential area where his family resides in a convoy of three cars.’ One of the cars, Nyakundi says is: REG No. KBZ 921C. The defamatory article was initially published by the Standard under the title ‘Vocal Minister in illicit affair with choir girl.’ The description, the blogger said fit that of the CS. He then coined his own title that read: ”Matiang’i Buys for…

The Nairobi city council has closed Uhuru Park a week to the National Super Alliance (NASA) swearing in ceremony. The closure comes at a time when the opposition has threatened to go ahead with the oath taking ceremony at the said venue. Also holding a free medical camp on the same day as the ceremony is the Nairobi Business Community. The group took a tour of the park on Tuesday in readiness for the medical camp targeting street boys willing to get circumcised. In a notice dated, January 23, the recreational park will remain closed to allow for phased improvement.…