Author: Cyrus

The Kenya Police Service is in a deep mess. Problem is at the top. Demoralised and poorly paid officers is a ticking time bomb in the country. How do we not rise up when we have at least 4 incidences of police taking their lives or the lives of others in questionable circumstances? READ: Police Officer, Corporal Wafula, Dies in Hospital Following the Cholera Attack The current IG Boinnet is a complete failure. In this day and age we still have police officers living like dogs, poorly paid and not having social amenities to boost morale. A police mess, gym and…

Parents of students at Moi Girls are not a happy lot after the schools administration sent the new demands. According to a section of the parents, the school is demanding that the parents buy new uniform for the victims who lost everything in the inferno while the school has been fundraising while promising to cater for the same. READ: National Exams Can Be Given As Takeaways, Taken To The Chief’s Camp Later – Babu The uniforms which are supposed to be paid for at the school’s appointed outfitters totals to Ksh 26,000 per child while shopping costs another 20,000. The school…

It is emerging that the man whose abandoned house police recovered a cache of arms in is a personal friend and former school friend of General Samson Mwathethe. In various posts online, the man Colin Aglae openly acknowledges his associations with the military boss as well as vouch for his reputation. Colin Aglae is a wanted man now in Kenya after a cache of arms and more than 2,500 bullets were found in his house in Muthangari. The assortment of weapons and training manuals surprised the police but questions have been asked on how the man kept the big cache…

Some members of the families of IEBC commissioners are escaping the country fearing for their lives over the elections. According to reports appearing in the Sunday Nation, a 34-year old brother of IEBC Commissioner Dr Roselyn Akombe has escaped the country for asylum in another country over fears that he may be attacked over her sisters work at the IEBC. It is not clear what kind of threats have been sent the way of the IEBC commissioners but the publication reports that the brother to Dr Akombe escaped to the third country through Tanzania after receiving specific threats through phone…

Airtel has donated Kshs 1 million to Moi Girls School Nairobi following a tragic fire that razed down one of the school’s dormitory that housed Form One students. READ: Moi Girls Dormitory Fire Kills 7, School To Remain Closed The Airtel team led by Airtel Kenya MD Prasanta Das Sarma, Airtel Africa, VP, Corporate Communications and CSR and leading online socialite, Michael Okwiri, presented the donation to the Principal, Mrs. Jael Muriithi following the requiem mass held to commemorate the lives of the students that lost their lives . The team expressed their sympathy on the loss of nine students and…

President Uhuru and DP Ruto have decided not to set foot in Nyanza until after the October 17 repeat elections. READ: Governor Alfred Mutua’s ‘Radical Surgery,’ Suspends 437 County Officers According to State House sources, the President has said that he doesn’t see value of campaigning in Nyanza when he will not get enough vote from the region. The move has angered some of the point-men in Nyanza who were looking forward to the President and his deputy visiting the region. The President’s move was seen this week when he hosted Kisii leaders in Nakuru and not Kisii or Kisumu. READ: How…

It is now emerging that a team of highly trained assasins led by the Dar’es-salaam Regional Commissioner Paul Makonda trained Singida East MP Tundu Lissu and made attempts on his life. The team which was led by a close protection officer attached to Ikulu was directed to ensure that the MP was killed as he was becoming a thorn in the flesh of Magufuli. The team used two cars, a Nissan Patrol and white saloon car to monitor the movements of the MP in Dodoma while RC Makonda coordinated the operation from a hotel in Dodoma. Makonda arrived in Dodoma…

While the country is still waiting for the comprehensive judgement from the Supreme Court, questions have been asked on how the court confidently delivered judgement against a sitting head of state. According to those who were close to the Supreme Court judges, the decision to nullify the election of Uhuru as President for the second term was reached immediately after the second last day of hearing. The fact that IEBC was non cooperative with the court (refused to obey court orders top give access to its servers) and key questions were not being answered by the respondents’ attorneys made three…

It seems like Multichoice and Showmax is having bringing some new offerings to consumers. According to new updates on DSTV Now app, Showmax will soon be available to DSTV premium subscribers without any extra charges. The app update log shows that Showmax which is normally priced at Ksh 880 per month will soon be available to top tier subscribers on DSTV for free. READ: Afrinolly App Now Available for Windows Phone and Windows 8 The Showmax access will be through the DSTV Now app on various platforms as well as through apps on TV and set-top boxes. Showmax is a subscription…

A newly elected MP representing Kitui East has surprised many by calling for the sexual abuse of Governor Charity Ngilu because she declared that she supports Raila Odinga. According to reports appearing elsewhere, the MP said that “Charity Ngilu should be sexually assaulted in her office is she doesn’t drop her hard stance against Uhuru Kenyatta.” The government has not shown any interest in putting the MP in custody despite the seriousness of the utterances. State machinery has however managed to mark a host of opposition supporters as hate speech suspects. Before his election as the MP for Kitui East,…

Immediate former Bomet Governor Isaac Ruto has decided to rejoin Jubilee after threats were communicated his way that without a clear support for Jubilee in the next round of election, he might be pursued and prosecuted for the ills he committed while in office. READ: Just In! Wiper Secretary General, Hassan Omar Resigns From Party Ruto met former Kuresoi South MP Zakayo Cheruiyot, former Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno and Patrick Ole Ntutu in a mini Chama Cha Mashinani meeting where they decided to rejoin the Jubilee campaign from today at Kapkatet. The meeting was at Fairhills Hotel in Bomet. Isaac…

The attempted assassination of a top critic of Magufuli’s government in Tanzania is drawing in criticism with top pundits linking the attempt on the life of Tundu Lissu to his constant criticism of President John Magufuli. Lissu was shot and seriously wounded in Dodoma around his area of residence, Area D. According to key Chadema politicians, Tundu Lissu was shot in the abdomen, leg and arm. He is currently in a stable condition and reportedly being airlifted to Nairobi for specialised treatment. READ ALSO: Tanzanian Politician Charged For Abusing President Magufuli Apart from the a an MP representing Singida constituency, Tundu…

Sources within the security circles have revealed to KahawaTungu that Jubilee had a comprehensive plan to arrest and put NASA leader Raila Odinga under house arrest after the elections. According to the senior officers who are in the elite units, the plans which were mooted in the top security meetings by an Office of the President official were to be the last straw on “Odinga’s coffin” after the “IEBC project” and Cambidge Analytica schemes pulled through. READ ALSO: African Leaders Fall Prey To Fake News Generating Foreign PR Companies Key contacts in IEBC were used to sex the Jubilee figures during the…

USIU-Africa community of students are not a happy lot after reports leaked out that the university has changed some rules of commencement (graduation) without consulting them. According to posts appearing on the Facebook page of the university, the students claim that the university has discontinued the practise of students walking on the podium, greeting the guest of honour and others before taking their seats. The USIU-Africa reportedly made the change to shorten the commencement ceremony. There have been murmurs in the university over rising cases of mismanagement. According to various staff members and students, the current VC Paul Zeleza is…

A police officer named Corporal Wafula, from the Kenya Police Service, has died after being admitted to hospital following the cholera attack. Corporal Wafula was among a team of 88 officers who contracted cholera from their eating point in Nairobi Area police headquarters. He was stationed in Embu after transfer from Kayole a few weeks ago. READ ALSO: City Hall Fails To Release Ruto Owned Weston Hotel’s Cholera Probe Report The officer’s mess is situated in such a way that the police officers are literally served food then passes through a toilet (YES!!) while going to take up their seats inside…