Author: Francis Muli

Former Kenya Power managing director Ken Tarus is among three board members expunged from the board of Stima Sacco in relation to corruption cases they are facing against their former employer. The Commissioner of Cooperatives Mary Mungai sent packing Tarus alongside former senior managers Beatrice Meso and Abubakar Swaleh Sharif. “I suspended the three in accordance with the law, section 28:7 of the Cooperative Societies Act. The annual General meeting of the sacco can give directionsi line with the Act on how to move forward when such cases arise,” said Mungai. Last week, delegates in the annual general meeting  of…

The Kenya Dairy Regulations 2019 stand suspended, the Kenya Dairy Board has announced. This follows a public outcry that sought the suspension of of the regulations, with farmers reading ill plans by Brookside to take over the dairy industry in Kenya. The regulations, if implemented, would have criminalised hawking of raw milk by farmers. The regulations required that farmers sell their milk to recognised processors before it is distributed to the consumer. In a turn of events, the Board has reverted the implementation of the regulations, and also deleted them from their website. This happened after an eight-hour meeting of…

Kenya Airways (KQ) might soon be flying the 10 of the dreaded Boeing 737 Max 8 jets, even as over fifty countries have grounded the plane model over safety concerns. The national carrier hatched the plan of buying the planes in 2018 at a cost of Ksh120 billion. KQ says that the plan is still on motion, even after two jets of the same model crashed in October 2018 and March 2019. “We hope that between now and the time when we are ready to acquire the new fleet, Boeing will have solved the current problem,” KQ Chairman Michael Joseph…

The government has been able to freeze only Ksh100 million assets from the Ngirita family, which received over Ksh361 million from the National Youth Service (NYS) between November 2015 and April 2018. The rest might never be recovered, as it has emerged that the monies were moved before prosecution began. This is evidenced in court documents showing that the state was able to freeze five parcels of land in Nakuru, Naivasha and Trans Nzoia and three Toyota cars estimated at Ksh95 million belonging to the family. The bank accounts where the money was stashed are not mentioned, indicating that there…

The New Kenya Cooperative Creameries (KCC) announced that it has splashed Ksh1 billion in a modernisation plan of it’s various factories in the country. Among the factories that have received a facelift include Nyahururu, Eldoret and Thika, according to Managing Director Nixon Sigey. The MD says that the company’s market share improved from 23 per cent to 32 per cent while revenue shot up to Ksh4 billion in the past three years. “The stability in the company after we kicked off the modernisation plan has aided us to improve our intake by 40 per cent and attracted more milk. Farmers’…

Earth tremors were felt countrywide this evening at around 7.20 pm. The tremors were reported first in Nairobi, Kiambu, Machakos, Mombasa, Nyeri, Makueni counties. According to the USGS, an earthquake hazard programme, the earth tremor was measured at a magnitude of 4.8 and a depth of  9km in Wundanyi which was the epicentre. Today, a 6.1-magnitude earthquake hit off the coast of North Maluku province in eastern Indonesia Sunday, US seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued. Three countries were affected which include Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. An earth tremor is an earthquake especially of low or moderate intensity.…

Peter Mokaya Tabichi is the 2019 Global Teacher of the year, becoming the first African male teacher to win the award. The Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani Village, Nakuru County, emerged winner out of 10 finalists who were among 10,000 applicants for the award. “Every day in Africa we turn a new page and a new chapter. Today is another day. This prize does not recognise me but recognises this great continent’s young people,” said Mr Tabichi. Mr Tabichi is said to use 80 percent of his salary to help needy students achieve their dreams in education. President…

An eight-year-old class 2 pupil in Kakamega on Sunday committed suicide under unclear circumstances. The incidence happened at Ikonyero village in Lurambi Constituency where the body of the minor was found hanging in the outside bathroom by other children. Read: Mombasa’s Moi International Airport Traffic Controller Commits Suicide Kakamega OCPD David Kabena has confirmed the death of the Ikonyero Primary School pupil, saying that it was still unclear why such a young boy would commit suicide. The body has been taken to the Kakamega County Teaching and Referral mortuary pending a post mortem examination. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp…

Bilal Kimali Ndechumia, a businessman whose yacht was blown in 2015 with Ksh28 million narcotics was on Friday set free due to lack of evidence linking him to the consignment. His yacht was blown under Presidential orders after it was confirmed that it was carrying narcotics in its water tank. Ndechumia was later arrested at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in 2017, after being deported from Madagascar. He was assumed to have been privy of he narcotics therein after seeking release of the vessel. He was alleged to have been working with Clement Serge Bristol a Seychelles national who was…

Six of Meru’s 11 MPs walked off Interior CS Fred Matiang’i’s consultative meeting with local leaders at the county commissioner’s residence over a protocol hitch. The six included Senator Mithika Linturi and MPs Kathuri Murungi (South Imenti), Rahim Dawood (North Imenti), Maoka Maore (Igembe North), John Paul Mwirigi (Igembe South) and Josephat Gichunge (Tigania East). The decided to walk out after the programme was changed to include presentation of Affirmative Action Fund cheques to women groups in Buuri constituency. “We have been waiting here for three hours without any word on when the consultation is to start and decided to…

Two people lost their lives on Sunday after a conflict ensued at a waterpoint in Garissa-Isiolo border, as herders fought for the rare commodity. Lagdera deputy county commissioner Philip Koima says that another one was seriously injured even as communities within the drought-stricken area fought for survival. The police identified the deceased as Mahat Hassan Adan, 22, and Ibrahim Abdi Yussuf 23, while Mahat Salah is recuperating in Modogashe Hospital with gunshots wounds. Lagdera MP Mohamed Hire alleged wardens were culpable. Read: Criticism As Rachel Ruto Invites Kenyans For Prayer And Fasting Amid Drought Deaths “These rangers are not police…

David Kyalo Musyoka, a Kenyan forensic auditor has written to the US Department of Transportation requesting to be enjoined in the investigation of certification of the Boeing 737-800 Max. Musyoka wants to be enjoined in the investigation being conducted by the Inspector General (US department of transportation) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as an independent observer. He says that having only US doing investigation might affect the objectivity of the investigation since there is “little independence and stakeholder confidence”. “There is little independence and stakeholder confidence if this audit is conducted by American entities only. We have been…

Two university students were arrested yesterday in the evening after being found in possession of narcotic drugs. The two, Mr Chris Duma Odhiambo aged 22 years and Mr Raymond Mwilo aged 20 years were nabbed after a bus stop in Odda, Moyale, Marsabit County as they tried to board a bus headed for Nairobi. Three kilogrammes of bhang were found wrapped around their bodies. The suspects are in police custody and will be arraigned in court on Monday. In a separate case, a Mombasa businessman Mr Abdulmajid Mselem Timami was also arrested by Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) detectives on…

Wanafunzi watatu wa kike nchini Burundi walitiwa mbaroni wiki iliyopita kwa sababbu ya kumdhalilisha Rais Pierre Nkurunziza kupitia kuichora picha yake kikejeli. Kulingana na sheria ya nchi hiyo, wanafunzi hao sasa wanakabiliwa na kifungo cha miaka mitano gerezani kutokana na kosa hilo. .Wanagenzi hao watafikishwa mahakamani Jumatatu ijayo kwa kosa la kumkashfu mkuu wa nchi. Vyombo vya habari nchini humo vinaripoti kwamba wanafunzi hao walikamatwa na wengine wanne, ambao waliachiliwa baadaye katika hali tatanishi. Sio mara ya kwanza nchi hiyo imejipata kwenye kurunzi la kimataifa kwa kuwakamata wanafunzi wanaokejeli kiongozi wa nchi. Soma: Samaki Tani 11 Kutoka China Wateketezwa Tanzania…

Having a prime plot in a major city is one of the biggest prestige for any person, and it was so for Mr Charles Jumae when he bought a piece of land in Mombasa. However, little did he know that the plot would be the genesis of his problem when he leased it to Mohammed Kanyere’s company Express Procurement Ltd. According to the lease agreement signed in January 1994, Express Procurement Ltd had agreed to pay a monthly rent of Ksh10,000 to Mr Jumae. However, by 1996, the two were involved in a rent-tussle after the company ran into rent…