Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Former Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale left social media users in stitches as he celebrated KCSE results of yet another child. Taking to Twitter, Khalwale congratulated his son, Engine Kukaste Khalwale who scored a B+ from Alliance High School. “Once again our merciful God has heard our prayers. We thank Him together with the entire @AllianceHighSch family,” he wrote. https://twitter.com/KBonimtetezi/status/1391738000233705473 Twitter users took to the comment section inquiring how many children the ex-senators has as almost every year he celebrates a candidate. Read: KOT React On Khalwale’s Children Who Sit For Exams Yearly One user said, “I wonder how this guy Khalwale…

A report recently released by the Ministry of Health (MoH) has revealed that boiled eggs popularly known as (Mayai kachumbari) sold in Nairobi are unfit for consumption. The famous mayai kachumbari is sold across different joints in Nairobi with vendors along the bus station, railways, tearoom, odeon among other places trying to make a living following tough economic times as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Normally, the kachumbari is mixed with onions, tomatoes, coriander and hot chillis. It is then served with tomato sauce or hot chilli sauce. Read: More Businesses Revert to Cash Transactions Due to Reversals from Customers…

Great Wall Gardens apartment owners are still suffering a year after a certificate of completion was issued and houses occupied. According to sources privy to the details, homeowners living in the Chinese built apartments in Athi River are squatters in their houses. “Inquiries by homeowners and their lawyers go unanswered. It is sad that people spent between Sh3.5 to Sh4 million on your (Zeyun Yang) properties,” a source told this writer. The source intimated that homeowners are yet to receive their sub leases even after efforts from their leaders. On May 3, 2019, the homeowners wrote to the developer, Edermann, and…

USIU- Africa Vice Chancellor (VC) Paul Zeleza is on the spot for continued retrenchment of staff despite court order stopping the exercise. In 2020, the varsity was dragged to court after it tried to cut lecturers’ pay and terminate their services. Some 54 lecturers led by Prof Maina Muchara who is the Faculty Council chair, moved to court seeking to suspend the move and bar the institution from terminating their services or interfering with their terms of employment, pending the determination of the case. In his ruling, Justice Onesmus Makau of the Employment and Labour Relations court stopped the institution…

That the cracks in the ruling Jubilee party are irredeemable is no longer a secret. With two forces one led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and another by his deputy William Ruto pulling in the opposite directions it’s just a matter of time before everything comes crashing down. In the latest show of defiance both on the presidential directive on a ban on public gatherings amid the Covid-19 pandemic and party loyalty, Kandara Member of Parliament Alice Wahome has launched a recruitment drive for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party. https://twitter.com/UDAKenya/status/1382961445453885440?s=20 UDA rebranded recently from the Party of Development and Reform…

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor (DVC) in charge of Administration and Finance for Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology has already been appointed, Kahawa Tungu can authoritatively report. Reports reaching this writer indicate that Prof Francis Ang’awa Okere is set to be announced any time, despite reports of a bungled recruitment process, that saw tribalism take centre-stage. Three candidates had applied for the position and interviewed by the Public Service Commission (PSC) in conjunction with the University Senate on February 9. The three contestants include Prof Aggrey Daniel Maina Thuo who scored 74 points during the interviews, Prof Peter A.…

Tanzanian singer Bernard Paul Mnyang’anga alias Ben Pol has allegedly filed for divorce from his Kenyan spouse, Anerlisa Muigai. In a post shared by media personality, Millard Ayo, the  Kidani crooner filed the suit at Mwanzo Court in Dar es salaam. The reason for the divorce is still unknown. Ben Pol has been married to the Nero Company proprietor for barely a year. The two got hitched in a private ceremony back in May in the leafy suburbs of Mbezi. The rumours first started on Monday when Anerlisa dropped Ben Pol’s last name from her social media handles. Marriage, they…

The Principal Secretary (PS) for State Department for Shipping and Maritime, Nancy Karigithu has been sued by a senior manager of Kenya Maritime Authority (KMA). Karigithu has been sued for, among other offences, colluding with shippers to deny the government revenue resulting in more than Sh3 billion between 2012-2015 in uncollected merchant shipping fees. Mr Cosmas Kiplagat Cherop, the current KMA Director of Corporate Support Services, also accuses Mrs Karigithu of overseeing the fraudulent purchase of Plot L.R. Number MSA/BLOCK XLVIII/128 in which the Government astonishingly paid Sh195,000,000.00 to buy land it already owns through Kenya Railway Corporation (KRC). Cosmas…

Controversial political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi has weighed in on the recent debate on the country’s debt crisis. Ngunyi has slammed Kenyans for petitioning to have the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cancel the Sh255 billion loan it had approved earlier in the week to aid in the Covid-19 response adding that they are borrowing way more. Taking to Twitter, Ngunyi intimated that by the end of 2022, Kenyans will have borrowed twice the amount that IMF has loaned the country hence called on people to stop the hypocrisy. “By Christmas, Kenyans will have borrowed twice what IMF is loaning us. And…

Correspondents working with Radio Africa’s The Star newspaper are airing their grievances as tough times persist due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking to Kahawa Tungu, a correspondent working with the daily said they are yet to receive pay for the last four months. “We understand the financial constraints caused by the pandemic but our major concern is the issue of communication. No one is responding to our grievances,” the journalist intimated. The journo also noted that some of the correspondents on a retainer have been receiving threats from the company. Read: Radio Africa To Countersue Shaffie Weru For Sh150 Million Over…

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Fisheries and Cooperatives have apologized for controversial tweets sent through the official twitter handle. “The Ministry of Agriculture apologises for controversial tweets sent out from this account twenty minutes ago, which was temporarily hijacked.” The Ministry of Agriculture Livestock, Fisheries and Cooperatives apologises for controversial tweets sent out from this account twenty minutes ago, which was temporarily hijacked. Necessary security measures have been put in place to safeguard the account. Asanteni. — Ministry of Agriculture (@kilimoKE) April 1, 2021 KahawaTungu obtained screenshots of the already deleted tweets, which turned out to be retweets supporting a…

International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has revealed that Kenyan lawyer Paul Gicheru’s office landline was among various phone numbers used to call witnesses who had been lined up to testify against Deputy President William Ruto at the ICC. In the new filing that was made public yesterday, the prosecutor also told the court that her office had interviewed Gicheru in September 2018, two years before he surrendered to Dutch authorities following a warrant of arrest issued against him in 2015 over alleged witness tampering. In the interview, the prosecution says, Gicheru denied the charges against him but confirmed…

Unga Farm Care is on the spot after farmers recorded hundreds of deaths of their rabbits, after feeding them with feeds from the company. One of the farmers who spoke to Kahawa Tungu revealed that in September 2020 she bought 50 bags of feeds from Unga Farm Care, and as soon as she started feeding her rabbits, 96 died in less than 13 days. Maureen Wanyaga says that she also learned that other rabbit farmers in the country were experiencing the same, hence decided to contact the company. However, the senior managers who visited her denied that the feeds had…

Webuye East MP Alfred Sambu has fired two CDF officials mentioned in graft allegations relating to theft of funds, even as he looks to clear the mess created. The first to be shown the door was his long-time office manager and personal assistant Lincoln Barasa who was adversely mentioned in the scandal. Also, the CDF manager Allan Chemayiek was removed from his position, who was termed as a “disgrace” to Mr Sambu’s administration. “I have sacking letters from CDF national board transferring Rotich with Immediate effect. Sambu says that the duo is a disgrace to his administration,” said Webuye East…

Deusdedit Kakoko, the suspended Director-General of Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA), has been arrested, days after he was ejected over fraud links. Tanzanian media reports indicate that Kakoko was taken into custody for grilling on Monday night following a raid at his home by detectives from the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB). During the operation, the officials seized $1.5 million (Ksh164 million) at his home. The money was in a small bag. https://twitter.com/MariaSTsehai/status/1376768200545734656?s=20 The raid comes amid reports that billions of shillings were recently withdrawn from the Central Bank of Tanzania on orders from the fired TPA boss after…