Author: Francis Muli

Eight people including Bishop Margaret Wanjiru’s driver have now clocked a week at the Gigiri Police Station cells following the disappearance of the Bishop’s car spare tyre. According to people close to the ‘servant of the Lord’, her spare tyre got stolen last week on Friday while her new Landcruiser Prado was packed outside the compound in her Runda home. The Bishop ordered the arrest of everyone in the compound, including his driver, the people who were doing construction at her house and even the neighbors totaling to 10 people. Two were later released. The investigating officers reviewed the cctv footage which…

The United Nations (UN) has appointed Inger Andersen as the head of UN environment programme (UNEP),  replacing departed Erik Solheim who was unceremoniously pushed out last year. Ms Andersen is a Danish economist and environmentalist who has been heading International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) NGO. The news were broken by UN deputy secretary general, Amina Mohammed in an ambassadors meeting on Thursday, where she said that the secretary general António Guterres had chosen Anderson to head UNEP. The 60-year old lady is awaiting approval of the general assembly to commence her duties in Nairobi. Read: UN Environment Boss Erik Solheim Resigns After Accusations of…

Renowned lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi has claimed that Supreme Court Judge Mohamed Ibrahim was bribed in order to change his mind in Wajir governor Mohammed Abdi’s case, so as to make him win. According to Grand Mullah, as he is popularly known, the judges had tied yesterday which would have seen the governor ousted. “We know from reliable source in the Supreme Court that the 6 judges tied at 3.3 until yesterday afternoon when Justice Ibrahim changed his mind to make it 4.2 What happened? Who lobbed Ibrahim? Why did he change at the 11th hour? Ibrahim must tell Kenyans what…

The police have arrested a ‘garbage collector’, Alex Maina, from Embakasi who was photographed with a gun earlier today. According to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), the man was arrested after Kenyans on social media shared his photo online and alerted the police. Maina was arrested alongside an accomplice, James Kirucha. “A man who was photographed armed & the matter brought to our attention has been arrested & will be charged accordingly. We thank #KOT for bringing this matter to our attention & for additional information that we received through DMS. Let’s work together to keep our country safe,” tweeted the DCI.…

Seven people have lost their lives in a grisly accident along Nakuru-Kericho Road involving a matatu and a petroleum tanker. The two are said to have been involved in a head-on-collision. The accident occurred at Kapmakaa area in Chepsir. Media reports indicate that six people died on the spot while one succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. Read: 55-Year Old Doctor Charged With Defiling Mentally Challenged Girl The matatu was heading towards Kericho while the tanker was on its way to Nakuru. Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

The government of Uganda has deported the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) MTN Uganda Mr Wim Vanhelleputte and in his place Gordian Kyomukama appointed. Kyomukama was the MTN’s chief technology officer. Sources in Uganda say that the Belgian national was deported for sponsoring Kyadondo East Mp Robert Kyangulanyi alias Bobi Wine’s activities who has been considered an enemy of President Yoweri Museveni. In a letter, Uganda’s Internal Affairs Minister Gen Jeje Odongo, said that Vanhelleputte was deported over issues of “national security”. “He’s already at the airport and destined for Belgium around midnight. Over similar circumstances of national security,” said police spokesman Fred Enanga. This comes only…

It is a fortnight since the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) suspended vehicle registration for system audit in connection to Dusit D2 attack. The exercise was halted in a bid to clean the system, which was marred with a scandal of duplicate number plates for different cars. The issue became serious during the Dusit D2 terror attack where it was discovered that the car used in the attack had duplicate number plate (KCN 340E), from NTSA. The suspension has affected several car dealer businesses as well as issuance of driving licences and renewal of road service licences. The authority…

Equity Bank is now locked in a copyright case with first year Daystar University student Erick Nyadida, who claims that he composed and produced the Wings to Fly programme theme song. According to court papers seen by Kahawa Tungu, in 2013 while Nyadida was 16 years  his manager John Kennedy secured a “contract” with Equity Bank to produce a song to be used in their Wings to Fly programme. “I produced the song and presented to Equity Bank. During this process I was in contact with several managers from the communications department and also got a chance to meet with the…

Middle East taxi hailing app Mondo Ride has exited the Kenyan market silently, and in the course vanished with millions of shillings belonging to taxi drivers allied to the app. According to sources, the drivers started complaining after they realized their service providers were not paying their dues, thereby organising a strike before being informed that the suppliers had fled the country. The company had corporate clients like  Equity Bank, Cytonn Investments, DSTv, PKF, Nairobi Hospital  and Liquid Telecoms. On February 11, drivers were treated to a message informing them that corporate options were not available, and that riders should pay…

The High Court has sentenced former Ruaraka OCS Nahashon Mutua to death for killing trader Martin Koome in 2013 in a police cell. “The Prosecution has proved beyond reasonable doubt that the police caused the deceased suffering while in cells which caused his death,” Lady Justice Stella Mutuku ruled on Thursday. Mutua had denied killing Koome in a police cell on December 19, 2013. He told the court that Koome was beaten up by cellmates for noise making minutes after he was booked. However, the judge found the officer guilty after listening and analysing evidence by 18 prosecution witnesses. While…

Patients going for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) CT scans at the Aga Khan University Hospital will have their costs covered fully by the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF). This is the first service of the kind in the East and Central Africa region, where most patients to India, Turkey, the US and South Africa for such scans. Cost for the service is set at Ksh69,500, down from Ksh100,000, which was introduced last week in the hospital. “We originally thought the cost would go to Ksh100,000. We could not go any lower than Ksh69,500 and this is much better than what it would cost…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) is set to receive a referendum bill and signatures fro the Thirdway Alliance party on February 21. The party leader Ekuru Aukot had earlier on written to the commission requesting for a date to submit the bill and signatures. “We write to inform you that the commission is ready to receive your draft bill and signatures on the 21st February, 2019,” responded IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati. Aukots referendum call dubbed ‘Punguza Mzigo’ aims at reducing the size of Constitutional commissions, strengthen devolution and senate, reduce the number of members of parliament as well…

Daily Nation photojournalist Phoebe Okall has disputed claims that photos of rare African black panther (black leopard) shot by Nick Pilfold, a global conservation scientist at the San Diego Zoo, were the first since 1909. Pilfold claims that they shot a photos of the rare animal in Africa for the first time since 1909, but Ms Okall claims that she shot it in 2013 in Ol Jogi Wildlife Conservancy while in official assignment. According to reports by CNN, Pilfold and his team set their cameras in Laikipia after getting reports of the existence of the cat in Kenya. “We intensified our camera placement…

The National Police Service (NPS) has released a video showing the suspect of the Odeon blast along Latema Road, asking the public for assistance in identifying him. “DCI Detectives investigating the Latema Road Explosion are appealing for the public’s help in identifying the person circled in the video posted below. Kindly report to DCI Headquarters or Call 0729999988,” tweeted NPS. The video shows a man of Somali origin, carrying a box suspected to have been carrying the explosives. https://twitter.com/NPSOfficial_KE/status/1095682511882149888 Two weeks ago, bomb experts from the police department took away unattended metallic box left at Odeon along Tom Mboya street…

From the 1980s and 90s as a writer to five years ago as a guest political analyst at Jeff Koinange’s JKL on KTN, Tony Gachoka has been known to thrive on controversy and scandals. At one time, he was imprisoned over contempt for linking three High court judges to graft. The same judges heard his case and jailed him, but was later released on presidential pardon after two and half months. Before that, he worked as the CEO of Finance Magazine, which he ran with veteran publisher Njehu Gatabaki until 1995. In 1997, Gachoka launched his own publication, The Post on…