Author: Cyrus

Respected Kenyan blogger, tech evangelist, and social justice activist. Cyrus is known for his hard-hitting articles and opinions disseminated through his Twitter handle @Kahawatungu or Facebook page (www.fb.com/Kahawatungu). Email: Editor@Kahawatungu.com

Airtel Kenya has announced the introduction of a new range of daily bundles starting today. The bundles dubbed Airtel Tosha seeks to enable customers to get much more on voice calls, SMS and data at low daily subscription rates designed to fit their unique individual needs. Knowing that customers have different communication needs that may vary by the day, Airtel Tosha offers them the freedom to choose their own tailor-made bundle to maximize on their communication plans. Airtel Tosha bundles will ensure that its prepaid customers in Kenya get more value while spending less on voice calls, SMS and Data depending on…

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A Facebook friend just shared this on his wall. I believe that Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto should come out and help these Kenyans. Read below We as kenyans in Jawazat (police cell) in Saudi Arabia are hounarably asking if there still an exist a Kenyan embassy in Saudi Arabia. This is because before we were in prison (Al’Malaz maximum prison) for 4months and we were brought here in Jawazat(cell) whereby we were told we will be deported after 21days. This was a lie because we’ve stayed here for one and a half month yet others have stayed for…

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I have just received the mail below from a friend. He was sent the mail by a Kenya Army Soldier. We can’t reveal the ID of the soldier. I am a Kenya Army soldier deployed in K****** barracks. On 10th september 2013, we were told that we needed to renew our armed forces job ID cards so that the name on the ID was to change to Defence Forces as per the constitutional change in the name. This was to take place immediately after the inaugration of the new constitution. On 12th Sept the exercise began by BVR machines…

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Pic from Standard Some Facebook friends are reporting that the Mzungu PIMP arrested with the women is a UNDP employee. I think they are getting that from the registration of the vehicle recovered from the building. The vehicle with registration 40UN221K is of the UNDP line. But some users are also revealing how bestiality is common at the COAST. Read this post on Facebook Group, County 411, by Cally Wanjala I’m dead surprised at similar surprise exhibited about news that a Mzungu paid ladies to have sex with his dog.This is an old behavior which has been reported before. It…

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YouTube has finally announced that it is launching a pilot partner program in which users will be able to pay for subscription to channels like Ultimate Fighting Championship and Sesame Street. With subscriptions starting at $0.99, YouTube will let viewers test out a channel for free for 14 days. Once they sign up, subscribers can watch the paid channels on all platforms using the same ID, i.e. phones, tablets, PCs and connected televisions. Through a blog post, Google announced that it looks to help content creators get paid for their videos. “Today, there are more than 1 million channels generating…

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Kenya is asking the UN security council to terminate the ICC cases against Uhuru Kenyatta and William arguing that the cases were not well intentioned and does not respect Kenya’s sovereignty. In a note verbale sent to the UN through Macharia Kamau in New York, Kenya is arguing that the ICC cases are being used by western powers to undermine the voices of Kenyans. The country further argue that there is no case since the communities which had been indicated as having fought have now reconciled and so taking action against Uhuru and Ruto might just undermine the peaceful atmosphere…

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A lady has gone to court and obtained a court order directing that she be allowed to proove that Mutula Kilonzo is the father to her child. Eunice Nthenya claim that she dated the former Senator between 2005 and 2008. Eunice Nthenya happens to be the daughter of Robert Kavita Malinda who works at Mutula’s ranch as a herdsman. In the affidavit, Eunice Nthenya claim that Mutula Kilonzo provided for the upkeep of the kid till his death. Eunice is represented by Lawyer Beatrice Chelangat while the family of Mutula Kilonzo is represented by Archer and Wilcok Advocates

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By: John Githongo An Arab friend once told me in reference to the perpetual struggle with Israel that, “We shall fight until the last Egyptian!” Egypt remains the most populous Arab country and most central to the politics of the Middle East in many ways… WAITING FOR ODINGA I remember showing up for a ‘change-the-constitution’ rally in the mid-1990s at Uhuru Park only to find it had not started. I ended up hanging around with a pack of local and international journalists under a tree waiting for things to start. The police had already shown up in force. There were the…

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Greetings Star! I have been silently and admirably watching your star rise every single day! Boy,ARE YOU A STAR! You have captured crowds,swept away the President,hyptonized the nation and sent the First Lady falling over with laughter! You are a rare gem. A beautiful discovery. And a vivacious rock star in the making! You have the talent,the charisma,the gait,the aura and the X factor! Owira,You are quite something! But Owira,Did You watch HOME ALONE? Then You must know the main actor MACAULY CULKIN. Macaulay was a child/teen star just like You! He swept America away,landed numerous tv jobs,went to a…

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During the last general elections, Kenyan intelligence put in action a scheme where the military was to be used to ensure that Uhuru won. So we were called for parades and told that we were going to be issued with second generation ID cards.

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Nairobi County Senator, Mike Mbuvi aka Sonko and Nairobi women rep, Rachel Shebesh, were this weekend spotted in Kwale. Sonko is reported to be in a romantic relationship with the female representative. On Friday evening, Sonko and Shebesh were found shopping at the Limitless shopping centre in Mombasa. They then drove to Kwale in the black Range Rover owned by the same guy who owns Limitless. You can see the Range Rover used by the duo in the photo attached. Mike Sonko is also reported to be in a relationship with a lady called Njeri who owns a curio shop…

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The British government is negotiating payments to thousands of Kenyans who were detained and severely mistreated during the 1950sMau Mau insurgency in what would be the first compensation settlement resulting from official crimes committed under imperial rule. In a development that could pave the way for many other claims from around the world, government lawyers embarked upon the historic talks after suffering a series of defeats in their attempts to prevent elderly survivors of the prison camps from seeking redress through the British courts. READ MORE

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The cases of ethnic hatred online are getting ugly now with even very influential media personalities using the social media platforms to spew all manner of insults on people from different ethnic groups. Muthee Kiengei Watoria is a popular Kameme FM station presenter. The station is owned by President Uhuru Kenyatta under the Mediamax group. So it was surprising recently when he made a very bigoted comment on Facebook on a post. Most of the readers including some who are Kikuyus like him did not like it that instead of debating on what was posted, Kiengei thought it best that…

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