Author: Francis Muli

Five people have been confirmed dead after a plane crash in Makutano Forest in Londiani, Kericho County. All the five occupants of the Cesna 206 with registration 5Y BSE plane have lost their lives in the crash. The five include three men and two women, four of whom are whites whose nationalities are yet to be established. The plane is reportedly operated by Safari Link. The plane is said to have developed a mechanical problem before hitting a tree. However, the main cause of the accident is yet to be established. Investigations have began to establish the cause of the accident.…

Kenya’s ambassador to Malaysia Ndegwa Muhoro has landed in the country for his duties. Speaking to Kahawa Tungu, his communication team said that Muhoro was not rejected by the host country as reported by sections of the media last week. “Despite rumours that he was rejected, he has arrived in Malaysia as ambassador and is expected to assume the role,” said his handlers. Muhoro says that he hasn’t received information that his appointment has been rejected by the host government. Last week, sections of the media reported that the former Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss had been rejected by Malaysia…

The National Police Service has issued a statement indicating that human rights activist Caroline Mwatha died procuring abortion. According to the police, Ms Mwatha was in constant communication with Alexander Gitau Gikonya in Isiolo, as they sought for a way to terminate Ms Mwatha’s five-month pregnancy, in which Gitau was responsible. “It was further established that an unidentified doctor had demanded a fee of Ksh7,000 and after negotiations the cost was reduced to Ksh6,000 which was sent to the lady by Alexander,” says the police. The police say that the botched abortion happened at New Njiru Community Centre within Dandora…

Visa has announced expansion of its Fintech Fast-Track Program in the Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region. Already rolled out in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific, the program aims at helping finitechs to adopt digital solutions and growth capabilities. With the Visa Fast-Track program, fintechs based in CEMEA will be able to onboard to Visa’s global network within a reduced timeline of four weeks. “The program has been tailored to the needs of fintechs, adapting to their realities and providing them with processes that are faster, which include reducing the number of onboarding conditions. The…

Energy solutions company, Lean Energy Solutions is facing allegations of tax evasion and employee mistreatment, Kahawa Tungu can reveal. According to information in our possession, the company allegedly has deprived the government over Ksh10 million worth of taxes from vehicle imports, rental charges and VAT claims. The company is also accused of being involved in several underhand deals including mistreating its employees and using their names to gain money by false pretense. Read:  10 Influencers Who Brought Most Kenyans onto Twitter In one of the case, the company accused an employee (name withheld) of stealing its briquettes and filed an insurance claim.…

Georgia businessman who was pictured holding a gun and standing over two dead baby elephants has been forced to come out and explain his act, after a social media backlash. The man, Mike Jines, says that the baby elephants tried to attack him and he was forced to shoot them in self defense. According to the Daily Mail, Jines is a partner at TopGen Energy in Alpharetta, and social media users started using the photo targeting his business. Jines took the photo alongside professional hunter, Max ‘Buzz’ Delezenne, in Zimbabwe. However, social media users were quick to read malice in the photo, accusing…

There was drama outside Tharaka-Nithi Governor’s office as several irate women dumped their underwears  outside the office, citing insults from the governor. The women accused the governor Muthomi Njuki of being disrespectful for referring them as dirty, hence demanding an apology from the governor. The women who came as far as Tharaka, Maara and Chuka/Igambang’ombe sub-counties were forced to present their grievances to Chief of Staff Mr Wilson Murithi and other county officials since the Governor and his deputy were not present. They accused the governor of abusing women severally in public, despite getting overwhelming support from them in the 2017…

Police have this evening nabbed 1140 kilograms of Bhang in Kahawa Sukari, valued at Ksh4.5 million. According to witnesses, neighbors saw suspicious individuals offloading wrapped packages from an oil tanker and tipped off the police who raided the house and arrested the suspects. Read: CS Matiang’i To Oversee All Government Projects, In Charge Of NTSA – Uhuru Directs Two suspects have been arrested as the police begin investigations, according to Kiambu County  police commander Adiel Nyange. Here are the photos:- More Follows… Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You can also find us on Telegram through www.t.me/kahawatungu

Online shopping platform Jumia is, through its majority shareholder MTN Group Ltd, is planning an initial public offering in the US. According to reports by the Bloomberg, MTN targets to accumulate as much as USD600 million (Ksh60 billion) while the listing could see Jumia valued at USD1.5 billion (Ksh150 billion). Currently, Jumia operates in 13 African countries including Nigeria, Kenya, Egypt, Ivory Coast, South Africa and Morocco. Others include Uganda, Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroon, Algeria and Tunisia. A listing in the US LPO will float the retailer in the global limelight, as it seeks to recover from loss making. Jumia sunk deeper in…

Cabinet Secretary for Devolution Eugene Wamalwa was among the lucky ones evacuated during the Leopard Beach Resort inferno that razed down the facility. The inferno which started last night burnt five blocks of the hotel. Each block had 20 rooms. Eugene Wamalwa was one of the guests in the facility, and was transferred to the neighbouring Almanara Resort in Diani. All the guests are reported to have been evacuated safely, with no casualties reported. However, it is reported that several guests lost their travelling documents. Read: Governor Mike Sonko Announces Public Participation For Fiscal Strategy Paper Unconfirmed reports indicated that the fire…

A quantity surveyor hired by the University of Nairobi (UoN) during the construction of its Ksh2.3 billion tower has now gone to court seeking his dues amounting to Ksh237 million. The amount includes a Ksh193.8 million arbitral award plus accrued interest, according to the suit filed by Songa Ogoda & Associates, the surveyor. “That the honourable court be pleased to adopt as a judgement of the court capable of enforcement in execution the final arbitral award dated November 24, 2017 in favour of the applicant for the sum of Ksh193.8 million with simple interest thereon at 14.5 per cent per…

National Transport Services Authority (NTSA) managers are on the spot with questions being asked how the top management and board have been running the regulator. According to insiders who sought to reveal all to KahawaTungu, the regulator has been on the roll with corruption, nepotism and incompetence bedeviling it and risking the security of the country. While NTSA procured the Transport Integrated Management System (TIMS) system from Chinese government that connected Huawei and local ICT vendor Copy Cat, the regulator doesn’t own the system and the suppliers have taken advantage to heftily charge for simple upgrades and tweaks needed to make…

An unidentified woman has come out claiming that her life is in danger after sleeping with Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala. In a video that has gone viral, the woman says that she slept with the senator in May last year with a promise of a handsome pay of Ksh10,000 per round, but the senator failed to fulfill his promise. “Ako na deni yangu ya shilingi elfu ishirini. Na hata alisema nikitangaza atanitumia mabaunza wanimalize. (He owes me Ksh20,000. He even said that if I reveal the secret he would send his bouncers to ‘finish me’),” says the woman. Read: Grace Msalame Takes Legal…

A lady in Riruta is crying for justice after she was attacked by her ex-boyfriend on January 8, who later left with their four-year old son to an unknown place. According to Allan Dan Ayuo, who had employed the lady as a part-time house-help, she went to Riruta Satellite Police Station to file a report. At the police station, she was told she cannot be assisted unless she gets two witnesses, who she does not have. She was only with her son in her house during the 7pm incidence. “She is asked to return the next morning, with witnesses despite…

There was a protocol hitch at the ongoing AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia after President Uhuru Kenyatta’s aides were barred from accompanying him to the hall where it was being held. In a video that has gone viral, President Kenyatta’s Aide de Camp (ADC) and another aide are seen struggling to get past the security detail at the entrance of the hall but later walk away from the area after a brief push and pull with security officers. Read: NASA Accessed Election Servers More Times Than Jubilee – IEBC In the video, there is a large crown of Presidential aides…