Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A city lawyer was on Tuesday night arrested on allegations that he has been defiling his children and house-help. The advocate who runs a major law firm Mbaluka and CO. Advocates and his offices located near City Hall, this writer can reveal is Joel Kyatha Mbaluka. As reported by a local daily, Kyatha, who was previously a director at a state regulatory board, took five of his 11 children for a medical check up on Tuesday evening at the MP Shah hospital. While there, he requested that three of the kids; a boy and two girls undergo HIV and gonorrhea…

There was a quiet order to the through the police rank and Office of the President, barring all police officers, chiefs and their assistants from attending the AIPCA function which was graced by Deputy President William Ruto in Nyeri. According to sources within the DP’s entourage, there was not a single police officer or members of the national administration at the county level in the event which was organized by the warring factions within the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA) in Nyeri. Even with that, DP Ruto was confident saying that it is the opposition party ODM which…

Muhoroni Town residents are planning a second demonstration against Agro Chemicals And Food Company Limited Human Resource Manager Mr Moses Kolum on Wednesday over alleged tribalism. The residents are irked that Kolum has been openly favoring his tribe when it comes to employment at the company situated at the heart of Kisumu County. They also claim that Kolum, who hails from Nandi County, has grown increasingly arrogant and no longer even employs locals as casuals. “He’s importing everybody from his village and employing them at Agro while we have our own qualified youths doing nothing here,” said one resident. In…

Trouble at the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) is far from over, as this desk learns that there is more than meets the eye that has led the firm to start sinking in losses. In the latest revelation it was discovered that the shoddy scholarship programme engineered in 2019 amid loss making had been flagged as an ISO non-conformity practice. A part from the scholarship programme, managing director Rosemary Barasa is accused of malice and non-professional practices at the helm. To start with, Ms Barasa reported to work on December 3, 2018 and the entire week even after her contract had…

While Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko tries to clean up the city of the lot that is corruption, there seems to be one area that he has overlooked. According to a source privy to the details, the City mortuary is a cash cow for crooked police officers, attendants and some gate-men. Kahawa Tungu has learnt that while burial permits for disposal of bodies are issued free of charge in all facilities, private or public, at the city mortuary, relatives of deceased persons are duped to pay so as to obtain this crucial document, parting with cash ranging from Sh2,000 to Sh3,500…

Mombasa county executive in charge of finance Maryam Mbaruk faces arrest over a contempt of court for disobeying/ignoring a court order. High court judge Erick Ogola issued a warrant of arrest for Maryam and county chief officer of finance Aisha Abdi last year in case they failed to pay Robinson Onyango Malombo Sh18.5 million for rendering legal services. Justice Ogola said the county government was adjudged by a decree of the court on the judiciary review suit dated January 31 this year. He directed the county government to pay Malombo through his law firm Robinson and Company Advocate the sum…

Remember last year when Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ababu Namwamba introduced his newly found love interest Miss Tourism Busia County, Ann Paula Machio as his “next wife?” Well, seems like all is not well in paradise. Kahawa Tungu has learnt that the always dapper former legislator after walking out of his marriage to Priscah Mwaro, is no longer with Ms Machio. In August last year we reported that while cohabiting with the beauty queen, he was also secretly seeing Luciana Andafu. Luciana is said to have been living at his rural home while Machio stayed in…

Trouble is brewing at the oldest government publishing house Jomo Kenyatta Foundation over alleged harassment of employees, high-headedness and verbal venom by the Managing Director Rosemary Barasa. Sources say she insults and terrorizes employees openly and has managed to intimidate and box managers into mere spectators of the operations at the publishing house. The publishing house, we can confirm, has been making huge losses and has been marred with, among other things, delayed salaries, unmotivated staff and numerous resignations from once loyal employees. Over 7 employees, who were once loyal, have called it quits in the last three months. Sources…

A man is decrying the loss of Ksh20,000 to online fraudsters through HFC, after losing his ID and phone. According to his friend who reached out to Kahawa Tungu, the man lost his ID and mobile phone among other valuables on March 24, 2019. He proceeded to block the line a few hours later. Last week he received a notification from HFC asking him to pay back a loan of Ksh20,000. When he called back to inquire about this loan, he was informed that his mobile phone and ID details had been used to register an account with HFC and…

Reports circulating in the media about Moi University medical student Ivy Wangechi’s murderer working as an M-Pesa agent are fabricated. Naftali Njahi Kinuthia killed Wangechi, 28, in outside the Moi Referral Hospital, an incident that took the country by storm. His mother described him as one with a calm demeanor but his actions indicate otherwise. According to eye witnesses, Njahi who was last night fighting for his life at the same hospital arrived at the health facility at around 10 am and parked near the Accident and Emergency wing. He waited for the deceased and at around 11 am hit…

Players in the travel industry have come out to voice their concerns against Bonfire Adventure, especially its owner Simon Kabu who they accuse of buying domains related to their businesses and redirecting the same to Bonfire Adventure’s own domains. According to Bountiful Safaris (owned byEsther Njeri and Kelvin Migongo) and TrippyGo Tours (owned by Jalang’o and Dennis Omondi), Bonfire Adventures is playing dirty and dishonest when it has gone to the extent of buying all top level domains of competitors and redirected the same to its own websites. It’s clear that TrippyGoTours.NET and .ORG as well as BountifulSafaris.NET and .ORG…

In January this year the Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) instituted changes in its management amid corruption claims in awarding tenders for construction of roads. The Roads Civil Engineering and Construction Association petitioned the government to probe alleged bribery in awarding of tenders to local contractors. Apparently they claimed, dubious KeNHA executives were awarding tenders to lowest bidders after receiving hefty bribes. Fast forward to April, Kahawa Tungu has learnt that there is looming corruption at the KeNHA weighbridges through the supply and Installation of a substandard weighing software without due procurement procedures as is required by Law. According to…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have today afternoon recovered a Range Rover from Steve Mbogo’s home, which is thought to have been imported fraudulently to evade tax. Upon carrying out preliminary investigations, the vehicle number plates were found to belong to a probox. The detectives most probably acted on a tip off from renowned blogger Robert Alai, who indicated that there was fake currency and gold in Mbogo’s house. Here is Alai’s tweet:- This comes barely a week after the DCI revealed that they are searching for 9 other vehicles linked to an investigation. “If you own,…

Andela has parted ways with the long serving Country Director in Kenya, Joshua Mwaniki, over unclear issues. According to sources within the company’s Africa leadership, Joshua has been facing a host of investigations internally and has been let go in what the company calls, a need for new blood in company leadership. Joshua Mwaniki is one of the age-old dynamic tech leaders in the country. Before Andela, he worked at financial products company Cellulant, South African based ecommerce company Kalahari, mobile lender Tala and solar provisioning firm M-Kopa. Despite studying law, Joshua Mwaniki has been mostly in the tech services…

One of the most iconic buildings in the city, Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) should be generating revenues for the government for the benefit of citizens, going by the events being held there almost every month. However, the situation is different according to evidence in possession of Kahawa Tungu. Latest is an event at KICC that hosted American R&B singers SWV and Blackstreet boys. According to minutes dated August 4, 2016, KICC CEO Nana Gecaga convinced the board to sanction the expenditure of Ksh15 million on the two groups, with a promise that they would generate Ksh45 million. However, she…