Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Kirinyaga Woman Representative Wangui Ngirici now says she regrets investing millions into DP William Ruto’s UDA party only to be shortchanged. Speaking in Kiamanyeki, Mwea constituency on Saturday, Ngirici recounted losing their family home at the cost of popularizing the party. Apparently, Ngirici’s husband, Andrew Ngirici sold the family home worth millions of shillings just to popularize UDA party in Kirinyaga county. This, she says was a total waste of time as the party betrayed her and is openly supporting her rival, Governor Anne Waiguru. https://twitter.com/KahawaTungu/status/1508001735289319431 Ngirici further called on his constituents to vote for individuals who will represent their…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a 22-year-old Maseno University student. James Omollo, a third-year student in the School of Computing and Informatics at Maseno University was found murdered and dumped in a thicket near the school. According to the report filed by the school authorities, Omollo was attacked by unknown people while in the company of his friends. They were heading to their hostel after a night out at the local club. Apparently, following the attack, his colleagues escaped and it was until the next morning that they realized Omollo did not make it home. Read: Maseno University Student Claims…

It has now emerged that Deputy President William Ruto orchestrated the impeachment of his boss, President Uhuru Kenyatta. This was however unsuccessful. Speaking yesterday during a meeting with Mt Kenya elders, President Uhuru Kenyatta for the first time revealed that his Deputy had planned to have him impeached through sabotaging his administration. In his revelations, the country’s First in command stated that Ruto had an insatiable appetite for power that he went to every extent to ascend to it including sabotaging him, the President. Ruto reportedly went behind his back and sponsored legislators to shoot down bills necessary for the…

Suna East MP Junet Mohammed has urged Kenya Kwanza co-principal Moses Wetangula to return to Azimio la Umoja movement. Speaking in Busia on Friday, the legislator claimed the Bungoma senator has been making calls to those in the Azimio divide in the night. “Nataka kuambia Senator Wetang’ula wacha kupiga simu usiku. Kama jua imekuwa kali huko rudi kwa baba haraka sana,” said Junet. The legislator also stated that it would be foolish for Wetangula to continue associating himself with the DP William Ruto-led alliance if he was unhappy. Read: I Meant to Say Wetangula, Kindiki on Martha Karua Attending UDA Party…

Citizen TV’s Mike Okinyi has been appointed to steer the committee for the 2022 Birmingham commonwealth games. Okinyi will also steer the committee for the Cairo 2022 Africa Youth Games. This was confirmed through a gazette notice by Sports CS Amina Mohammed who added that Okinyi, among other people, has been tasked to foresee the preparations of the continental games 2022. Among the things the committee will foresee are approving budgetary works and the final lists of athletes who will take part in various games both in the United Kingdom and Cairo, Egypt. Read: SJAK Secretary General Mike Okinyi Responds To…

Viewers on DStv can look forward to the second round of the 2022 Formula 1 World Championship, the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, live from the Jeddah Corniche Circuit on the evening of March 27. The first round in Bahrain this past weekend saw Ferrari claim a stunning 1-2 to open the new season in style, as Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz claimed the first two steps of the podium, with Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes finishing third. “Coming into this season, we knew we would be in a better position than we have been for the past two years, but we didn’t know exactly…

Bongo King Ally Salehe Kiba popularly known as Alikiba has slammed journalists for inquiring about his broken marriage to Kenyan beauty Amina Khalef. During an interview with Tanzanian blogs yesterday, the Bwana Mdogo hitmaker was asked to shed more light on his ongoing divorce and he did not take it lightly. An angry Alikiba told off journalists insisting that Amina is still his wife. He further directed them to focus on their own issues and leave people’s marriages out of their daily topics. “You got a lot of energy to follow people’s marriage like. It does not concern you. She…

A medical officer who recently testified in the murder case against Migori Governor Okoth Obado and two others has gone missing. Cliff Momanyi, a clinical officer practising in Kisii, is yet to reach home after appearing in court on Wednesday, his family has said. According to the medic’s wife, Mary Kimaiga, the husband’s phone number was traced and last seen around Bomet before it was switched off. The family has since filed a missing person’s report at Kisii Central Police Station under Occurrence Book (OB) number 54/23/3/2022. “My husband was supposed to come back on Wednesday night but he is…

A senior telco manager has been accused of keeping a child away from the extended family following the mother’s demise. In details revealed to Kahawa Tungu, Paul Kaberia working as a manager at Safaricom and based in Mulolongo is accused of keeping baby Arella Faraja Kendi from the family after the mother, Christine Kajuju passed on. Apparently, Kaberia and Christine met in Murang’a when she was a sales representative for OPPO. They started a relationship that later blossomed and they were blessed with a baby girl in November 2021. The Safaricom senior manager was reportedly introduced to Christine’s family as…

The 2022 Formula 1 World Championship will be broadcast live on DStv, with the new season kicking off in Bahrain in March and running for 22 rounds in total, culminating in Abu Dhabi in late November. While the epic title struggle between Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen dominated the 2021 season, the 2022 season heralds in a new era for the world’s fastest sport, thanks to a series of new regulations that should make the new campaign the most unpredictable in years. The new rules, which were supposed to go into effect in 2021 but were…

Mama Ngina Kenyatta has appealed to the Mt Kenya region to follow the direction of her son President Uhuru Kenyatta saying he cannot mislead the country. Speaking during a burial in Gatundu, Mama Ngina stated that the President has the region’s best interests at heart hence his role in picking Raila Odinga as his successor. The country’s first First Lady further weighed in on the broken relationship between President Uhuru and his Deputy William Ruto saying the latter is the one at fault. For instance, Mama Ngina stated that everything was going on smoothly until the Deputy President relinquished his…

A house party in Nairobi’s Riruta area turned tragic after a 20-year-old man fell to his death from the balcony. Gachui Karanja fell to his death while partying in a house in Riruta. He reportedly fell from the fifth floor of the building. Details, as seen by Kahawa Tungu, reveal that Karanja was talking on his phone on the balcony before a scream engulfed the room followed by a thud. https://twitter.com/kybevybe/status/1505615239592693760 Upon rushing outside, they found Karanja lying in a pool of blood. According to Nairobi police boss James Mugera, Karanja might have been intoxicated at the time he fell.…

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officer attached to the intelligence unit, Francis Oyaro’s body was last week identified as one of the 15 bodies retrieved from River Yala. Mr Oyaro went missing in August last year on his way home from Marsabit National Park, where he worked. Speaking to Kahawa Tungu on Tuesday, his widow, Veronica Osore, said she suspects his killers were well known to him. Ms Osore who is a teacher at Kisumu Boys’ but is not employed by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC), told this writer that the driver of the matatu that her husband had boarded on…

The actions of an aspiring UDA politician have left social media users in shock after he was a no-show at his own traditional wedding ceremony. Theophilus Kiprop Kosgey, an aspiring MCA from Elgeiyo Marakwet County developed cold feet and failed to show up at his traditional wedding popularly known as ‘koito’ in Kalenjin. Apparently, the family of Kiprop together with that of his lover had organized for a small ceremony at the girl’s home where they would bless the young couple as the first step to solidify their union. The bride’s family set up everything in place including erecting tents…

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) is on the spot after claims of infiltration of its systems by cartels. In a recent exposé by BBC Africa Eye, undercover journalists brought to the fore the mess at NTSA that has contributed to the surge in accidents on Kenyan roads. The film dubbed ‘Kenya’s Killer Roads’, shows just how easy it is to get a driving licence in Kenya without having to step into a driving class. The documentary also highlights how NTSA insiders collude with rogue Public Service Operators (PSVs) to allow unroadworthy vehicles on the roads, endangering the lives…