Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A family in Sabatia, Butere sub-county, Kakamega County, is in mourning following the death of their son in a tragic road accident. Simon Odera died on Saturday, March 19, after being knocked down by a vehicle in Kakamega Senator Cleophas Malala’s campaign motorcade. According to Butere Member of Parliament Tindi Mwale, the incident happened after Malala’s rally in Sabatia. The legislator claimed Malala and his handlers did not stop to save the young man’s life and instead continued with their journey. He died before getting medical attention. “The late, a youth at Sabatia, our great Butere was knocked down to…

Televangelist Pastor James Maina Ng’ang’a’s first-born daughter, Elizabeth Nyambura Maina has gotten hitched in a private ceremony graced by only friends and family. In a video by Mpasho, the televangelist, dressed in a navy blue tuxedo is captured walking the daughter down the aisle after arriving in a sleek Mercedes Benz S-class. Nyambura is getting married to Joseph Njeru, a businessman and pastor who operates outside the country. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CbPgIc9oaUd/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Read: Don’t Go for Beautiful Women, Pastor Ng’ang’a Advises Men Earlier in January, the clergyman advised men to avoid marrying the most beautiful women as their marriages would be in trouble. The…

Prince Edward celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee by planting a tree in Aberdare, Kenya. The Pondo tree was planted in an open field, close to Treetops where his mother, the queen was staying when she first learned she had acceded to the throne in 1952. The tree planted by the Earl will form part of The Queen’s Green Canopy – a unique tree-planting initiative created to mark the Platinum Jubilee in 2022 which invites people to ‘Plant a Tree for the Jubilee. Dressed in a short-sleeved beige shirt, matching trousers and a hat to keep off the hot sun, the…

Media sensation Betty Kyallo might have rekindled with her old flame, Nick Ndeda going by a recent video. Betty who was celebrating her 33rd birthday yesterday was captured hanging out with Nick Ndeda, just weeks after their purported breakup. Last week, during her pre-birthday celebration at Nairobi’s Club Gemini, Betty said she had one wish while turning to chapter 33 of her life. Betty said she had not given up on love and was looking forward to finding new love. “I am going to continue living life with a big spoon and making a lot of money and searching for…

Nigerians have taken to Twitter to express their dissatisfaction with what they believe is ongoing police harassment at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). In a series of tweets, the Nigerians claimed police profiled them upon landing at the Nairobi-based airport. One tweep, identified as Eshemoha, claimed that once he landed, he was taken straight to a police station and later searched for narcotics after which he was asked for a $50 bribe. “Landed in Nairobi and first thing na police station straight! Guy literally saw my passport and asked me to step aside. Delayed and searched me for narcotics…

Former Machakos County First Lady Lillian Nganga has blasted popular podcast hosts over misinformation on her relationship with Governor Alfred Mutua. In a podcast that has since been circulated widely, the hosts were validating Governor Mutua’s choice to delink Lillian from the A&L hotel. The Iko Nini podcasters stated that since Mutua and Lillian had separated with the latter moving on, it was only right that her name and shares are removed from the A&L hotel while ideally alluding that she did not deserve any stake at the facility. Taking to her Instagram, Lillian expressed disappointment and clarified that she…

Media personality and entrepreneur Betty Kyallo has one wish as she turns 33 next Tuesday, March 15, 2020. Kyallo, the mother of one celebrated her pre-birthday yesterday at Nairobi’s Club Gemini with her close friends joining in. From drinking champaign, floors filled with flower petals and good music, it is evident that the crew had a good time. In the moment of having fun, the former host of ‘Weekend with Betty’ show was questioned by her sister, Mercy Kyallo what she looks forward to as she adds a new age. In her response, Betty said she would continue living her…

Netizens are up in arms after a reveler was allegedly killed at a popular joint in Nairobi’s Westlands area. According to information reaching Kahawa Tungu, a man identified as Charles Chege alias Charlie was at Deja Vu club on March 5 when he was last seen alive. In a report by K24, Charlie left home for the joint that is located along Raphta Road for a night of merrymaking with friends. He is said to have arrived a few minutes past 7 pm. It is at this popular joint that Charlie would breathe his last. K24 reports that the deceased…

Musician Arrow Bwoy and his lover, songstress Nadia Mukami are expecting their first child together, a baby boy. The couple held a lavish gender reveal party at the Nairobi Safari Park Hotel which was graced by the who and who in media as well as close family and friends. Notably, media personality and Lang’ata MP Aspirant Felix Odiwuor aka Jalang’o who is deemed a close friend to the couple was missing raising speculations that there’s bad blood. Addressing the same, Arrow Bwoy has said there’s no bad blood between him and Jalang’o and clarified on not inviting him to the…

The unborn child of slain university student Sharon Otieno could have been saved if the deceased’s body was found in good time, a Nairobi court was told on Thursday. This is according to Dr Samson Wanjala, an Obstetrics and Gynaecology specialist, presented in court as the 16th witness in the case. https://twitter.com/ODPP_KE/status/1501899996140089346?s=20&t=NDkVP8cYEHwyn0bbBFQ15A Sharon, who attended Rongo University, was found murdered in a thicket in September 2018. The 24-year-old was at the time seven months pregnant. Her killers stabbed her eight times killing her and the foetus. According to a medical report tabled in court by the gynaecologist today, the unborn…

Three employees from Transline Bus Company which operates the Nairobi-western-Nyanza routes are on the spot for assaulting a couple yesterday night. In a video seen by Kahawa Tungu, the three employees viciously assaulted a woman who was carrying a young child at their offices along Afia Centre. When the husband tried to intervene, he was also violently attacked. https://twitter.com/KahawaTungu/status/1501443237042704384 This is not the first time the company has been on the spot for gross misconduct and mishandling of customers and their goods. On several occasions, the company has been called out for violation of customer rights where the customers reported…

Two women were arrested with a consignment of bhang after a dramatic chase by the police on Monday evening. Caroline Mariwa and Nancy Wangare were ferrying over six sacks packed with stones of bhang from Busia to Nairobi when detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) got wind of the illegal activity. According to the DCI, the marijuana had been neatly arranged in a grey Toyota Wish, KBS 156S. The vehicle was being driven by one of the ladies. Also Read: Mkomani MCA Acquitted for Attempting to Free Drug Trafficking Convicts Prior to their arrest, the duo had engaged Transnational…

There is a video making rounds online where a female motorist has been assaulted by boda boda riders along Forest Road. Kahawa Tungu is not privy to the events that led to the same but witnesses claim the lady driver had allegedly been involved in an accident where she knocked over a boda boda rider. In the video, the lady is captured screaming helplessly as a group of men descend on her trying to lift her off the car. Some already had hands on her body, tearing her clothes and inappropriately touching her. The video has ignited fury online with…

A family is in distress after their son, a Form Four student at Kianyaga Boys High School went missing. Vincent Waruhiu who was set to sit for his Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations this month was last seen on Sunday, February 27 in the dormitory. Speaking exclusively to Kahawa Tungu, the student’s father, Waweru Waruhiu, said he received a call from the deputy principal notifying him that he (Vincent) was missing. The unusual call came at around 9.22 pm on Sunday, Mr Waruhiu told this writer. One of the deputy principals, Mr Ng’ang’a delivered the bad news. He…

Maureen Nyaboke, a house help suspected of torturing her employer’s kid to death has been arrested in Kahawa West. This has been confirmed by Kiamumbi DCIO Caroline Gathoni who stated that an alarm was raised regarding the case by members of public. https://twitter.com/Ma3Route/status/1498935567362502656 According to reports on social media, Nyaboke who was born August 12, 2000, was employed as a house help and her roles included taking care of a young child. She was reportedly hired on a Tuesday by Wangui Wambeca and on the same day she seriously beat up her employer’s child. Following the incident, the employer released…