Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Kahawa Tungu’s investigative desk has delved deeper into the National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) issue, after discovering that there is more than meets the eye in the saga. The bigger scandal revolves around the Human Resource Management Director Mr Julius Olayo who was unceremoniously ejected from Kenya Service and the Independent Police Oversight Authority for misconduct. Through connections at NITA, Olayo got a job in 2014 at the institution. Since then, he has wielded absolute personalised power and influence courtesy to open support from a few board members who include Mr Ernest Nadome, Ms Jacqueline Anyango Mugo and Mr Benson Okwaro. According…

Media personalities Shaffie Weru, DNG and Grace Msalame have signed up to be hosts on Switch TV, the Kenya Red Cross owned channel which is set to launch soon. The digital free-to-air Switch TV targets the youth (18-35 years) and aims to empower with entertainment. READ: Okiya Omtatah Moves To Court To Petition Against The Media Shut Down Already available on Signet, Switch TV offers local & international content that includes an entertaining mix of; drama, comedy, reality, sports and current affairs programmes. Just like all other Kenya Red Cross assets, Switch TV will be headed by someone who is from…

President Uhuru believes that his Deputy, William Ruto, is openly sabotaging his war on corruption. According to a source which travelled with the President to China, Uhuru was taken aback when DP Ruto mentioned him as a donor in the Kajiado goat auction despite the President not giving the deputy any money to give. Apart from that, President Uhuru’s Big 4 agenda has now been ditched as the head of state was advised by his closest advisers that focus on Big 4 without fighting corruption is like fighting to leave no legacy at all. READ: RUMOUR: Trouble at Safaricom as the Board…

Supporting your start-up business through the challenging first year is certainly easier if you have access to funding. In fact, the ‘The Hidden Factors: SA Women in Business’ research report, carried out by the Sage Foundation and Living Facts, found that 61% of women cited not having access to money as a barrier to starting their own companies. However, money is only one element of a successful business. Skills, grit, hustling and smart time management are as important as financial management. Yet only 21% of women who did not have a business said they had good business skills and only 33%…

Chinese man who was caught on video saying that Kenyans are some poor, black and dirty monkeys has been arrested and is waiting deportation at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Liu Jiaqi was arrested at midnight at his residential after the video of his utterances went viral. Liu Jiaqi works at Sonlink (K) Limited which is a Chinese company which sells motorcycles in Ruiru along the Northern bypass. His utterances drew anger with most people wanting to know where he works to personally go evict him from the country. Some of those who demanded to know his whereabouts are…

Barely a month after Kahawa Tungu unearthed dubious dealings in the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) being used by senior management to steal from the bank, another scandal has emerged. In the new scandal, the bank is set to lose more than Ksh1 billion, with a tender of IT service awarded to a local supplier XRX in collaboration with IBM and Esat Ferra from UK. An insider at CBK intimates that the Deputy Governor Sheila M’Mbijjewe is the mastermind of the project, but chose to work through Jeff Mugo, the IT manager in order to cover her steps. The deal involves…

Nairobi’s Brookhouse School is hosting the first Google Web Rangers summit in Africa they claim is aimed at spreading awareness about internet safety and “promoting responsible digital citizenship on the continent,” whatever that means The program which is ongoing at the prestigious Brookhouse School is composed of 26 Web Rangers from Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa. They are attending the summit to meet and share ideas on how they can make the Internet a safer place for young Internet users. READ: Chandarana Foodplus Management Apologizes For Racist Email, Faults Director’s Lack Of Proficiency Highlights of the Summit  programme include: a bootcamp…

Before rushing off to your nearest shopping mall, I encourage you to look local and support small businesses in your area, not only on Small Business Friday (September 7) but every day. Small businesses are the lifelines of every community. If we don’t support them, the economy suffers, and we miss out on great benefits. Here are a few of those benefits:- Unique products and services Small businesses exist because the founder identified a gap in an unsaturated market. In your community, this could be transport to schools in the area, or a home cooking service that delivers freshly prepared, healthy meals…

Michael Oyamo is a man well-known to those in Migori and many would only talk about him in low tones as he uses extreme thuggery and bravado to tame anyone who would dare criticise Governor Okoth Obado. According to those who know him well, Michael Oyamo is a trained former Kenya military officer who left the military in a cloud of darkness and later went to do various duties in Afghanistan and South Sudan. READ: Sharon Otieno, Lady Kidnapped by Gov. Okoth Obado’s Gangs, Found Dead Michael Oyamo returned to the country in early 2000s with a lot of money and…

Sharon Otieno, lady who was kidnapped together with journalist Barrack Oduor of Nation Media, has been found killed and dumped in K’Odera Forest. According to sources close to the family, the Sharon Otieno’s body was found last evening after an entire day search. READ: How Migori Governor Obado’s Personal Assistant Had Nation Journalist Barrack Oduor Kidnapped SHARON OTIENO, the university student abducted with Nation reporter Barrack Oduor in Migori, found dead in Kodera Forest, Homa Bay: her father. pic.twitter.com/gN0WElTdm7 — NationBreakingNews (@NationBreaking) September 5, 2018 Sharon was kidnapped together with Barrack Oduor after being lured for a meeting by Michael Oyamo,…

Prophet Bushiri, controversial Malawian preacher, has now disowned his church in Zimbabwe after being criticised by HIV and Aids activists child advocates for exposing and stigmatising a child living with HIV through his Facebook page, claiming to have healed the minor of the disease. According to reports in Zimbabwe, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has now come out to claim that the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) in Zimbabwe was not registered under his flagship. READ: Controversial Preacher Shepherd Bushiri Headed to Kenya as SA Police Investigate Him for Money Laundering Many of those in Zimbabwe knows that the church was launched by Prophet…

Deputy President William Ruto has called on Kenyans earning hundreds of thousands of shillings to be ready to contribute more. Speaking in Kajiado during the goat auction to support 5,000 families pay NHIF, DP Ruto argued that those earning more than Ksh 500,000 like MPs, County Executive Officers (CECs) and MCAs should be able to pay at least Ksh 10,000 per month and help cushion those who earn lower salaries. READ: ‘I Will Not Support DP Ruto In 2022’ Karua Declares The DP also called on the county leadership to help add value to farmers who depend on cow and mechanise…

Mary Okello pocketed at least Ksh 930 million in the sale of her 71% stake in Makini Schools to Scholé Limited and Advtech in May this year. According to Business Daily, Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Advtech revealed the amount paid to purchase Makini Schools in its financial results for the 6-months period ending June 2018. Mary and Pius Okello’s started the school which now holds more than 3,000 students in founded more than 4 decades ago. According to the filings, Advtech is also holding a stake in Crawford Schools which is opening in Nairobi in September 2018 at the Tatu…

ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga this morning paid courtesy call to Mama Grace Onyango, the country’s first woman mayor. The ailing 91-year-old was the first Kenyan woman mayor after being elected in Kisumu in 1965, replacing Mathias Ondiek before being elected the first woman MP for Kisumu Town in 1969.  Raila Odinga was accompanied by Kisumu Deputy Governor. Dr. Ochieng Owili, Luo elders and Senate Minority Leader, Sen. James Orengo. Also present was Kisumu Sen. Fred Outa, Kisumu Women Representative Rosa Buyu, Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo, Nyakach MP. Aduma Owuor and a host of MCAs. Raila is facing…

By Boniface Mwangi David Mwai used to operate a play station shop and a number of boda boda’s. He was approached one day with a job offer to kill someone. In Kenya, human life has no value. It’s cheaper to get someone killed than it is to bribe them. Lawyers and witnesses against powerful politicians have been killed in the past. It’s become the norm. The offer on the table for carrying out the job was Sh2.4 million. Mwai couldn’t resist. The target for this kill was Idriss Mukhtar and his lawyer Charles Kanjama. The client, according to Mwai’s family,…