Author: Francis Muli

One Kenya Alliance principals Kalonzo Musyoka, Musalia Mudavadi, Gideon Moi and Moses Wetangula have denied that they were “summoned” by President Uhuru Kenyatta to derail their campaigns. In a statement, the principals accused their political competitors of peddling lies, insisting that any meeting with the President has been out of mutual agreement. “Our attention has been drawn to reports in a section of the media that suggest that the OKA Principals have been repeatedly “summoned” by His Excellency the President to Statehouse Nairobi, to be given political instructions; and that H.E. President Uhuru Kenyatta is attempting to “derail” the OKA…

In the last 24 hours, 29 people have tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample size of 3,684.This brings the total number of confirmed cases to 253,339 and the positivity rate to 0.8 percent. Cumulative tests so far conducted are 2,708,500. In the same period, 92 people recovered from the disease, 53 from Home Based care and Isolation and 39 from various health facilities across the country. This brings the total number of recoveries to 246,921. Read: Nairobi Leads as 515 Contract Covid-19 in Kenya Currently, 442 patients are admitted in a number of health facilities countrywide while 1,188 have…

Former Treasury CS Henry Rotich and his co-accused have been charged afresh in the Ksh63 billion Kimwarer and Arror dams corruption case. The suspects were charged with conspiracy to defraud, engaging in a project without prior planning, failure to comply with applicable laws relating to public procurement, abuse of office and committing an offence of financial misconduct. The Prosecution led by Special Prosecutor Taib Ali Taib, Alexander Muteti and Angela Okalloalso sought to consolidate two case where Rotich, David Kimosop and others who are charged in the Arror and Kimwarer Dams scandal. The prosecution argued that the application for consolidation…

Airtel Africa and UNICEF have announced a five-year pan-African partnership to help accelerate the roll-out of digital learning by connecting schools to the internet and ensuring free access to learning platforms across 13 countries. Through the partnership, the company will provide equal access to quality digital learning, particularly for the most vulnerable children with an aim of helping to ensure that every child reaches their full potential. Airtel Africa’s has committed millions to the ‘Reimagine Education’ global initiative which was launched by UNICEF in 2020 calling for public and private sector investment in digital learning as an essential service for…

The Kenya Films Classification Board (KFCB) has warned against the exposure of  popular Netflix Show ‘ Squid Game’ to children saying the graphic and violent nature of the show’s content should be limited to Adults. Through a statement, the board said thatit had noted with concern that some of the gory scenes had been copied and posted on other social media platforms including Instagram, TikTok and YouTube. “Some of the gory scenes of the series have been duplicated onto other online platforms including YouTube, instagram and TikTok.” the statement said. Read: ‘Squid Game’ Becomes Netflix’s Biggest Series at Launch with…

Apple has lost its crown as the world’s most valuable public company to Microsoft after its shares dropped about 2 percent. The company suffered at least $6 billion worth of sales during its fiscal fourth quarter citing supply chain problems. According to CEO Tim Cook, Apple is expecting a worse impact on sales during this holiday quarter. “Compared to less hardware focused FAANG peers, Apple is a lot more exposed to supply chain disruption,:equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, Sophie Lund-Yates, said. While Microsoft’s shares rose 2.2 percent to a record high of $331.62, ending the session at a market capital…

Multichoice Kenya, the largest pay-TV platform has onboarded TV47 onto GOtv. The “Home of Untold Stories”, as TV47 is known, will now be available on GoTV channel 102. The channel will be available on GOtv packages – GOtv Supa, GOtv Max, GOtv Plus, GOtv Value and GOtv Lite as from November 1, 2021. “TV47 is Kenya’s fastest-growing Free-To-Air (FTA) station and we are happy to onboard them to GOty today. GOtv customers across all our five packages now have an increased slate of local content from this highly performing channel,” she said. TV47 is already on the DStv platform (Channel…

Chavakali Boys’ Secondary School dormitory is on fire, minutes after fire razed down a dormitory at Buruburu Girls in Nairobi. The cause of the fire at Chavakali is yet to be identified, even as efforts to put out the fire are underway. https://twitter.com/FmuliKE/status/1454873783593062406 In the Buruburu incident, several students were rushed to Metropolitan Hospital after sustaining injuries. Several disturbing videos shared on social media by passersby in Buruburu show the screaming girls jumping from the school’s multi-storied dormitory in an attempt to escape to safety as smoke engulfed the building. More follows:- Email your news TIPS to Editor@kahawatungu.com or WhatsApp +254707482874. You…

The woman allegedly shot by Lamu Senator Anwar Loitiptip now says she was coerced to agree to an out-of-court settlement. Joy Makena says that the Senator forced her to agree to a settlement of Ksh70,000, or else her two friends who accompanied her “would be jailed”. “I’ve already become disabled due to the injuries incurred after the shooting incident. I was ready to follow up the matter in court but I declined to do so after he filed an application against my friends and threatened to jail them if I didn’t comply with his demands,” she stated. In the incident…

The family of missing lawyer Prof Hassan Nandwa has asked the government to help find the lawyer, who went missing on October 28, 2021. According to reports, Prof Nandwa went missing after visiting the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit (APTU) head offices in Nairobi to receive Elgiva Bwire, a jailed terrorist who completed his jail term. The family and Muslim clerics have now asked the government to help find him or produce him in case he is in custody. “The state should investigate this matter and ensure the constitutional rights of its citizens, regardless of their religious background, are protected,” said Supreme…

President Uhuru Kenyatta has lauded the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) for sustaining good revenue performance over the years. Speaking during this year’s KRA Tax Payers Day, the President also thanked compliant taxpayers for their indomitable spirit of resilience despite the pressures that existed in the past year. “I note with appreciation that over my term in office ordinary revenue has more than doubled, rising from Ksh.707 billion in FY 2011/12, to Ksh 1.669 trillion in FY 2020/21. This represents a growth of 136%,” President Kenyatta said. “What is even more encouraging is to note that at Ksh.1.669 trillion in FY…

Sidian Bank, a mid-tier bank focused on SMEs in Kenya, has received Ksh1.1 billion loan facility from Netherlands – based impact investor, Triodos Investment Management Sidian Bank has received USD 10 million from Triodos Investment Management that will facilitate onward lending to the Micro and SME sector in Kenya. The credit facility will be used for the expansion of Sidian Bank’s loan portfolio to Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. The bank has been on a growth trajectory and has recently partnered with several international organisations on funding arrangements focused on the micro and small enterprise sector. “Our partnership with Triodos…

A crucial witness in the case of lawyer Paul Gicheru in the International Criminal Court (ICC) has gone missing. The Office of the Prosecutor (OTP), witness P-0397, who was meant to give oral testimony,  was also a witness in the collapsed case that involved Deputy President William Ruto and radio journalist Joshua Sang. The witness had claimed that Gicheru influenced him into withdrawing from the collapsed case against Ruto and Sang. He said that Gicheru corruptly offered to pay him Ksh5 million to withdraw from the case against Ruto and Sang, but only paid him Ksh1 million. ICC Deputy Prosecutor…

Instagram is rolling out link stickers to all users on the platform. The platform started testing the stikers wom time in June this year, but was still not decided on whether to roll them out to all users. Prior to switching to stickers, the Facebook-owned app allowed verified users or those with over 10,000 followers to swipe up their stories in order to view an external link. Instagram has now announced that the link stickers will be available to all users, allowing business businesses and personalities to engage with their audiences externally. To add a link, Instagram is adding a…

Egerton University has flagged Ksh13.6 million that has been deposited into its accounts in the last seven years by “unidentified” persons. The deposits were revealed by the University’s accounts department that flagged 895 entries, in a memo dated October 27, 2021. The list names the depositors but indicates the customer number as ‘unidentified’, hence the depositors cannot be identified by the institution’s finance system. “Attached is a list of 895 entries relating to funds deposited into the various university bank accounts and whose depositors and purposes for the deposits have been difficult to identify. Please check and come forward with…