Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Recently, businessman Naushad Merali acquired an additional 1.91 percent stake Sameer Africa to reach a new high of 74.06 percent. The company recently dropped its tyre business in a bid to return to profitability by concentrating on its real estate arm. However, in their income statement for 2019, the company valued their investment properties at Ksh450 million, while in real sense it is worth billions. According to audited financial results of 2019, the company’s total current assets add up to Ksh867 million while the total cumulative assets (plus non-current assets) is Ksh1.53 billion. This is was is in the public domain,…

Tourism CS Najib Balala’s older brother Jalal Balala is on the spot after his employees accused him of refusing to pay their salaries. Jalal is the owner of Al Azizah General Trading and Events Organizing Company. The staff, based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) told Kahawa Tungu that their employer has not paid their salaries from December 2019 until March when they halted operations due to coronavirus. According to a representative identified as Simon Chege, their boss has not only held their pay but is also holding their passports. Mr Chege and 20 other Kenyans who also work for…

Yesterday, Churchill Show entertainer Zainabu Zeddy linked the recent deaths of her two colleagues to frustrations in the comedy industry. Through a long post, Zeddy exposed and accused Churchill Show Creative Director, Victor Ber of being a “dream killer” adding that he frustrated comedians and threw them into depression. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCEy4WoJMCT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The post ignited mixed reactions from comedians among them Sleepy David who hasn’t shied away from openly castigating Zeddy and rubbishing her claims thus creating a back and forth. According to Sleepy, Ber who happens to be Teacher Wanjiku’s husband is being accused falsely as he is the one who…

Domestic violence-related cases have been on the rise in the country, with those lucky to have survived coming out to narrate their stories. Sometimes, however,  it is too late for some who never live to tell their stories. In an emotional Facebook post, former Director at KTN, Patrick Odhiambo Ndeda has been accused of domestically abusing his wife, Esther Winter Ndeda and sending her to an early grave. Ndeda, commonly known as ‘Pare’ is a former director at various media stations including KTN, Nation media, Citizen TV and  Radio Africa. The stepdaughter to the deceased,  Vanessa, has penned down an…

A woman identified as Mary Kwamboka has accused the Chief Justice of Kenya David Maraga of being a dead beat father and ignoring his responsibilities. In a video circulated online, Kwamboka caused a spectacle at the Milimani Law Courts demanding an audience from the general public as well as calling for aid claiming she cannot afford a lawyer. In the clip, Kwamboka intimated that she has been having an affair with the CJ since 2013 and the two share a 6-year-old daughter. https://twitter.com/MediaMK/status/1277900970756845571 “I met with Maraga and had an affair. We’ve been friends since 2013 and now I have…

KTN news anchor Ben Kitili and gorgeous wife Amina Mude have separated barely two years after tying the knot. Taking to Instagram, Kitili’s wife, Amina made the announcement indicating that she was grateful for the good memories they shared during their union and their two beautiful children. Amina further intimated that she had no idea what the future had in store for them although a sneak peek into her Instagram timeline shows that she has deleted all photos belonging to Kitili. According to Amina, there is no bad blood between them as they are focused on raising their two beautiful…

Reinstated Assistant Inspector General of Police John M’Mbijiwe is already breathing fire, days after being brought back to the police service. According to sources within the security sector, John M’Mbijiwe seems to hold fake cop Joshua Waiganjo in high regard that when he was recently arrested along Kangundo Road, Mbijiwe swore to make sure that the Kayole-based officers who arrested him will not stay easy at their current positions. The sources indicate that M’Mbijiwe was recorded by intelligence and other officers while bragging in a bar along Kangundo Road while drinking in the company of the fake police officer, Joshua…

Wambui Kamiru Collymore, the widow of the late Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore, now says she has been experiencing loss of her sense of smell since her husband died last year. In an interview with the Sunday Nation, Ms Collymore says she first lost the sense of smell after the death of her husband on July 1, 2019, as a result of grieving and trauma. “I lost my sense of smell. It returned a few months ago and then disappeared again; so it goes and comes. In grief, a number of things can happen. You can lose your sense of memory; your…

On Thursday, June 25, Grace Wakhungu was sentenced to 69 years in jail over several counts o fraud, including the Ksh300 million National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) scandal. She was sentenced alongside Sirisia MP John Waluke, who was slapped with 67 years in jail unless he pays over a billion shillings in fine over the same, and several other counts of fraud. In the face of the media, the lawyers who were representing the two announced that they had filed a motion for appeal, while in the background the family was planning otherwise, to find the money to pay…

Controversial lawyer Miguna Miguna is embroiled in a twitter spat with Senior counsel Ahmednasir Abdulahi over Kirinyaga governor Anne Waiguru’s acquittal by a Senate committee. Waiguru survived impeachment after the Senate investigated the matter and found insufficient evidence to crucify her. Following the victory, Waiguru hailed the Senate for the historic ruling which saw her walk away scotfree. The county chief who has since forgiven her detractors has blamed her woes on her support of the BBI. “As I said before, my woes are solely because of my stand for BBI and support for the Handshake between His Excellency the…

Machakos governor Dr Alfred Mutua and his wife are building a multi-billion hotel in Machakos along Machakos Road, it has been revealed. The hotel could tower most hotels in Machakos County and even in the country if the photos and designs seen by this writer are anything to go by. The Governor first talked about the hotel on June  20, when he joined his wife for a 35 kilometre marathon in Machakos. “I later joined her at the 25km mark at the Machakos People’s Park covered 10 km and the final kilometers with her to the finishing point at the…

Kahawa Tungu has confirmed that Lady Maureen is alive and recuperating well at home after speaking to her mother. “Lady Maureen ako hai na mzima. Amegonjeka lakini yupo Mzima. Ata sisi tumeshanga kuskia ati ameaga,” said the mother. This loosely translates to, “Lady Maureen is alive and not dead. We were shocked to hear that she is dead but she is responding well to treatment at home.” Earlier, reports had swirled on social media alluding that the renowned Ohangla singer had passed on. Read: Benga Musician Lady Maureen Reportedly Very Sick, Admitted In Hospital The the ‘Wangni Wabiro’ hitmaker had been in…

Comedian and Presenter Felix Odiwuor popularly known as Jalang’o is among the journalists fired from Mediamax following the Sunday night retrenchment. Jalang’o has however claimed that he resigned following a lack of agreement on the terms of employment with the Human Resource manager. “Today has been a very amazing day and a sad day with everyone at my work Place at Mediamax. COVID-19 hit hard and everyone has to have their belts tight and unfortunately, Mediamax has been hit too…I was not at work today because we had not agreed on a lot of things and terms and even as…

The Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ) has faulted Mediamax Network Ltd CEO Ken Ngaruya for ordering for the firing of over 100 employees at night, through SMS’s. In a statement, KUJ secretary general Erick Oduor said that the move was a contravention of the law and unfair best practices that Labour and Employment Court has ruled against In similar cases brought before it in the past. “The process requires consultation and engagement with the affected employees before such decision Is made. Indeed, Mr Ngaruya has made history In labor relations as the first CEO to implement Section 40 of Employment…

Former TV anchor Louis Otieno’s son, Silas Miami has come out as gay and married to his lover for over one year in South Africa. Taking to Facebook, the filmmaker, photographer cum musician introduced his partner, Patrick Miami who took his last name adding that he was aware his post would ignite a lot of criticism but he was ready to take it all. “I met and married someone just under a year ago. He’s got all the things: Kindness, courage, honesty, etc. While all this is all fine and great, that’s not why I married him,” reads the post…