Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Employees of Samasource, a technology company in Kenya, are said to be locked at Ole Sereni Hotel since April to work from the facility. According to an employee who has leaked the information to blogger Abraham Mutai, the workers have been threatened that they will not be allowed back if they leave. “They continue to threaten us that we wont be allowed to come back to work if we leave and even worse is; the mothers who have been cut off completely from their little kids given most of staff members are young people under 30 yrs for months now,”…

The recent #BlackLivesMatter (BLM)  protests that have been witnessed across the globe following the murder of George Floyd have ignited mixed reactions. Questions have lingered on issues regarding systemic injustices and police brutality more so in Kenya. In photos shared online by activist Boniface Mwangi, two sections of people were captured staging protests, one in solidarity with the BLM movement while the other addressed police brutality in Kenya that has so far taken many lives. The comparison has sparked debates online with issues of racism and colour being introduced in the picture. Read: 15 Kenyans Killed By Police, 31 Others Injured…

Westlands market has finally been completed and allocations made to traders who previously occupied the market. In an announcement on the local dailies, the government invited Kenyans with complains about the allocation to address their complains to the Principal Secretary, State Department for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga on or before June 15. The construction of the market has seen leaders engaged in a push and pull, with the initial contractor being kicked out midway. The Ksh195.6 million project will accommodate 500 traders. Majority of the stalls have been allocated to Kikuyu traders, a matter that did not settle…

Giraffe Manor, a luxurious hotel in Karen that hosts a number of giraffes was on the receiving end of Kenyans’ wrath over the weekend after ‘re-openning for Kenyans’. Traditionally, the hotel has been reserved for foreign tourists who visit the country, and any local/black Kenyan who tries to book the hotel is frustrated, according to Kenyans who shared their experiences online. PR practitioner Anyiko Owoko recounted her own experience of how she was required to pay Ksh60,000 for breakfast alone. The management said the money would cater for airport transfer, car and chauffeur. However, Ms Anyiko did not need all…

Citizen TV reporter Kadzo Gunga says that she has not met her family in the last six months, majorly due to the lockdown instituted by the government in Nairobi, Mombasa and Mandera. Responding to a question posed by his colleagues and news anchors Lulu Hassan and Rashid Abdalla, Ms Gunga who hails from Taita Taveta said in a text that she has been unable to travel home for six months. “Naona ujumbe mmoja kutoka kwa Kadzo Gunga anasema ‘mimi sijaona familia yangu kwa miezi sita mflulizo’ (In a text from Kadzo Gunga she says that ‘I have not seen my…

The Peponi School in Ruiru is one of the few schools offering British Curriculum in Kenya and East Africa, owned by the Kenyatta family. From outside, it is one of the most beautiful schools in Kenya that every leaner would like to go through. However, things are different when one goes in, too rotten especially for the African child. According to a former student, many black-skinned students who go through Peponi School have gone through hell, and most end up depressed to a point of contemplating suicide. According to the victim using the Twitter handle @rnbfayz, she was transferred from…

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has raised an alarm over a scam office in Nairobi using their name to steal from the public. This comes after the office in Nairobi ran a tender advert on Sunday Nation of May 31, calling for supplies, with the potential suppliers required to pay Ksh4,100 for each tender bid. “We are aware of a potential scam involving a foundation office in Nairobi, Kenya. Please know that we do not have any office in Nairobi, Kenya, and ask that you report any fraudulent activity to local authorities in Kenya,” the Bill and Melinda Gates…

Embu DCIO Jervasio Njeru will spend the night in custody after a woman who was in custody accused him of rape while she was locked up. According to a police signal from Embu North Sub-County, Jervasio Njeru allegedly raped the woman on the night of 30/31 May. She was being held on a charge of obtaining money by false pretence after a complaint by one Stephen Gathiru Gakaru. READ: Driver Arrested Ferrying Drunk Students In Embu Jailed For Six Years The woman was released on 31st May 2020 on a free bond through OB. No. 21/31/05/2020 after which she was required…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti has indicated that there is enough evidence to prove Keroche Heiress Tecra Muigai was murdered. “We have enough evidence to prove that it was murder,” Kinoti is quoted by the Standard. This is after the detectives were reported to have made visits to various places frequented by the lovers as well as a compilation of statements from doctors who treated Tecra after the fatal fall. The mysteries surrounding Tecra’s death are yet to be solved despite the autopsy revealing she suffered trauma on the left side of her head after falling…

He is revered by many in Uganda and some in other East African countries as a Prophet. Elvis Mbonye, a man in his early 40s, is a man who has grown from almost zero to controlling massive crowds in Kampala Uganda, and he claims that whatever he has prophesied has come to pass. According to video clips posted online, Elvis Mbonye has Prophesied several events that have come to pass, but the interpretation on whether he is a true or false prophet, that we cannot determine. For instance, on January 2, 2018, a video posted on YouTube shows that Elvis…

The National Police Service (NPS) commission is once again on the spot over unfair treatment of its officers. In the latest incident, Lawrence Njue, who served as an Administration Police Constable, details about his suspension from the service and the long wait for justice. Njue was dismissed in 2016 over what he terms as a sour relationship with his boss and his salary stopped. Not a man to take blows lying down, Njue sought legal action and won a case against unfair redeployment, dismissal and ill-treatment by his employer in 2019 but a year later he is yet to be…

The Nyali School is now allegedly bankrupt and forcing parents to pay second term fees in full a year after buying school buses at an exaggerated prices, Kahawa Tungu can reveal. Sources in the school intimate that the school has been running on overdrafts since November 2019, despite denial by the board of management. This writer understands that the two school buses were bought at inflated figures of Ksh13.8 million from a bank loan that is currently being serviced. Also, several suppliers have not been paid since last year after supplying goods to Nyali School.  The board and the principal…

Sensational TV girl Lilian Muli is one who does not shy away from expressing how she feels. In recent photos, she posted a picture of a fine young man that left her fans speculating and wondering if he was the new catch following her scandalous break up with her second baby daddy. In the post, the Citizen TV presenter celebrated and described the man as someone she adored not forgetting his drip and finesse. Curious fans were quick to allude that the two were dating but she quickly brushed it off saying that they were just friends. https://www.instagram.com/p/CASM5VqFfqz/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Read: Lilian Muli…

Radio presenter and comedian Felix Odiwuor who is popularly known as Jalang’o has finally addressed details of the leaked conversation that exposed the ‘Boys Club’ claiming that YouTuber Edgar Obare just hates him as all men have such groups. In a series of messages, Jalang’o has intimated that Obare is fixated on ruining his reputation and career adding that the chats in the group are not different from any conversations that other men have, the only difference is that they got leaked. Also, the Radio presenter has claimed that people have blown the message out of proportion as in most…

Even after the states promised to stop demolitions around Nairobi during Covid-19 pandemic, it has emerged that state machinery were demolishing structures at Ruai last night, where demolitions were partially done last week. Kahawa Tungu understands that it is a race against time to have some projects started before September, for the benefit of President Uhuru Kenyatta’s Northlands city. Among the projects is construction of sewer plants in Kariobangi and Ruai before September, when a loan facility by World Bank expires. On May 10, 2012, the World Bank approved Ksh33 billion facility called Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement Project (NMSIP), which…