Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto are yet to make public statements, or send condolences, after the dastardly murder of IEBC ICT Manager Chris Msando. This is in contrast to top NASA leaders who yesterday strongly condemned the murder, calling on the government to come clean on it. The heinous act has gripped the country, with various groups including the diplomatic community demanding expeditious investigations to bring the killers to book. The US and the UK have offered to assist unravel the murders, offers the government is said to have rejected. The silence of the president and his…

A week to the general election, NASA Leader Raila Odinga has opened an unassailable lead against President Uhuru in 27 counties, achieving the first constitutional requirement to be president which demands that a presidential candidate must win in at least half the 47 counties. Raila also beats Uhuru convincingly in Nairobi, where the president is trailing with double digits. Nairobi has nearly two million votes and the NASA Leader is eyeing over 1.5 million. Other major towns and counties Raila leads are Mombasa, Kakamega, Bungoma, Kisumu, Kilifi, Kisii, Trans Nzoia, Taita Taveta, Kwale, Migori, Busia, Homa Bay, Vihiga, Kisumu, Nyamira,…

Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria has been spotted with the car of the missing IEBC ICT Manager Chris Musando. It is unclear how the lawmaker got the car whose owner is still missing but sources told Kahawa Tungu that Kuria will be taken in for interrogation by detectives investigating the incident. Kuria also alluded the missing IEBC official may have been involved with a woman in Roysambu. Who is Kuria and what was he doing here? He actually wrote on his facebook that Musando was ‘enjoying’ women in Roysambu. WHAT does he know? pic.twitter.com/qxuXG3C2zF — Lord Mutai (@ItsMutai) July 31, 2017…

Wiper Party candidate Wavinya Ndeti who has benefited from the combined support of NASA with nearly all the principals and Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho pitching tent in Machakos for her is inching closer to beating incumbent governor Dr. Alfred Mutua. In March, Dr. Mutua’s popularity was in the highs of 80% while Wavinya was polling less than 15% but a new poll by TIFA now places Wavinya at 35% while Mutua’s popularity has reduced to 59%. Both Mutua and Wavinya dispute the polls. Considering that current Deputy Governor Benard Kiala who was in the race as an independent candidate…

ODM Party candidates in Mombasa and Kwale Counties are struggling to fund their campaigns after people who pledged support, including Mombasa Governor Ali Hassan Joho, pulled out of bankrolling them. In Mombasa, most of the candidates for MCA seats were hand-picked by Joho, many of them very unpopular on the ground which is now causing serious panic among the orange party supporters that they may lose to other candidates. “Gov. Joho is not financing anyone. He promised but the help has not come and many ODM nominees may just lose because of lack of resources,” a source told Kahawa Tungu.…

The Independent Elections and Boundaries Commission has increased the number of presidential ballot papers to beyond 1% that the commission had earlier informed the candidates and the Kenyan public. IEBC had claimed the reason for the extra ballots will be to allow for situations where a voter spoils his ballot and needs to vote again. This reason is itself very controversial, as it is only allowed on the presidential vote. It therefore appears IEBC seems to be telling Kenyans that the presidential vote is more important than the other elections, a position not supported by any known law. The discretion…

A Nairobi-based hotel, Oak Place, is giving its workers only three hours to go vote and return to work. The hotel has sent out a memo also informing its Kenyan staff that the three hours will be on shifts. What happens if for some strange reason the staff is delayed or is unable to vote within the stipulated three hours? Well, the hotel has informed its workers to either choose work or politics. Such is the disdainful attitude of the expatriate-dominated high end hotel industry in Kenya. On TripAdvisory, boarders at the hotel made the following observation: “OK facilities for…

Kenyans on social media yesterday took issue with Kenya Defence Forces getting involved in politics which is a civilian affair. NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga and his Deputy Kalonzo Musyoka yesterday revealed what they termed as plan by KDF to harass voters and rig the election for President Uhuru, providing documents of correspondences to prove the collusion. However, KDF quickly refuted the claims, claiming the documents NASA had were authentic, but were being used out of context. KDF maintained the operation plan contained the documents are meant to keep law and order during the coming election. It should not be…

Mombasa gubernatorial candidates Hassan Joho of ODM and Hassan Omar of Wiper are set to share a NASA platform as the opposition coalition holds a final rally in Mombasa on Wednesday next week. Joho remains the front-runner candidate with a thin, receding lead. Omar has gained inroads in what was initially an ODM stronghold, now a fiercely contested battleground of the two NASA parties. Ford Kenya and ANC do not have gubernatorial candidates in Mombasa, with the other two front-runners being former Nyali MP Awiti Bolo and Jubilee candidate Suleiman Shabhal. The Joho-Omar contest has sharply divided NASA, with the…

The Kenyan 2017 Presidential Election will be remembered by the arrant amount of ‘fake news’ and propaganda that spiraled out of control on social media, with reputable international institutions and personalities constantly having to deny involvement as backing either side, mostly the Jubilee side. So far, letters and memos authored purportedly by reputable organizations like the US Institute of Peace, non-prof organization Vanguard Africa, European Union, Africa Union to now videos purportedly done by media entities like CNN and BBC have all been produced and shared online in a bid to mislead gullible Kenyan voters – and they are many…

While the visit to Al Ghurair Printing firm in Dubai by the media, civil society groups and agents of presidential candidates had been vehemently opposed by Jubilee and a section of IEBC secretariat, IEBC proceeded with the plans, inviting and then facilitating the visit. There have been claims of serious differences in IEBC, with the commission and the secretariat often reading from completely contrasting viewpoints, the former ready for more accountability while the later ever opposed. What’s difficult to tell is what the report on observations of the printing process by each visiting delegation was to add to, considering the…

Despite the best efforts of NASA Presidential candidate Raila Odinga to clinch the presidency, it seems Jubilee interference in NASA plans is in top gear, with new revelations of senior NASA officials working at the behest of Jubilee. For instance, while Third Way Alliance Presidential Candidate Dr. Ekuru Aukot yesterday submitted a detailed report containing the mess that ballot printing in Dubai is undergoing, NASA, which has more at stake to lose in this election than Dr. Aukot, is yet to issue any report on their observations. Dr. Aukot’s report (see separate story) was so embarrassing to IEBC that the…

Raila Odinga’s network of informers assisted by high-tech tracking equipment imported from Germany have exposed Norman Magaya as the most highly placed Jubilee undercover mole deep inside NASA headquarters. The shocking development have come to light after a hurried press statement was given to media this morning in which Norman Magaya who is also the coalition’s CEO purportedly appointed himself as NASA Deputy Chief Agent for presidential and gubernatorial elections, a non existent position. Norman, a long term employee of the CORD coalition, has been under secret surveillance by Raila’s team and was being baited by deflective information that was…

Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos’ sovereignty on the top of the Forbes’ Real Time Billionaires List only lasted just a few Hours. Mr Bezos, for the first time was the richest with a $90.6 billion net worth opening market, but closing the market, Mr Bezos was out of the top spot. Bezos had $600 million dollars up on Bill gates when the markets opened on Thursday. Closing the market on Tuesday, Mr Gate had was at the top spot of the richest person in the world with an estimated $89.8 billion. Mr Bezos was only $1.1 billion behind Gates.…

Uasin Gishu Governor Jackson Mandago has welcomed the endorsement by NASA for his gubernatorial re-election, angering a section of Jubilee leaders in the county. Yesterday at a campaign rally in Eldoret, NASA leaders urged supporters to back Mandago bid. Jubilee leaders now accuse Mandago of having a secret MoU with NASA which he is not making public but which they claim is to support Raila. Sources say Mandago is among Jubilee Leaders said to be silently supporting NASA at night but associating with Jubilee during the day. NASA has nearly 100,000 supporters in Uasin Gishu, mainly the Luo, Luhya and…