Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

MP Babu Owino’s lawyer in the petition against his election, James Orengo, had to exit the court premises in a huff when one of the witnesses testifying disputed the MP’s account of the voting day events. READ ALSO: Students Leaders Accuse Babu Owino Of Interfering With Union Operations According to ANC candidate in the August election, Joshua Obiende, he didn’t manage to vote as goons who were allied to MP Babu Owino assaulted him, forcing him to be taken to hospital and not vote. The testimony confirmed his oath in the sworn affidavit which was also filed in court. Sworn affidavit…

A Gilbert Ogango is suing Siaya Senator and Senor Counsel James Orengo for non-payment of salary accruing to Sh950,000. In the suit, Ogango who claims he served at Orengo’s J A B law firm as a clerk said he was employed via verbal agreement for Sh20,000 but that the senator has refused to pay him despite having worked for 17 months without a salary owing to “hard economic” times as the lawyer allegedly claimed every end month. The suit filed under certificate of urgency at the Employment and Labour Relation Court seeks to have Orengo pay his former clerk Sh340,000…

Self imposed National Resistance Movement Commander Miguna Miguna has alleged a plot against his life by Police boss Joseph Boinnet and the Nairobi Police Commander Japheth Koome. Miguna who was arrested  last week by police who he claimed were “armed jubilee goons” on his way to Kilifi when NASA leader Raila Odinga commissioned the first People’s assembly said the ‘detainment’ was plotted to prevent him from swearing in Raila Odinga. https://twitter.com/MigunaMiguna/status/943019553906360322 The Controversial lawyer who backed UhuRuto in 2013 has changed camp and is believed to be among the hardliners insisting on having Raila sworn in as president. https://twitter.com/MigunaMiguna/status/943802809220202497 Do…

In 2018 as a digital leader, you can connect even more deeply with your data, network, smart assistants and with any cloud of your choice. 1. Put your data to work These days, organizations collect more data than a human brain could possibly process in a lifetime. (Or even several.) So we’re using artificial intelligence and machine learning to gather and analyze data from everywhere. All with the goal of helping you make smarter decisions. We already see this trend in action. Hospitals can track if doctors and nurses wash their hands at the right times, banks can find and…

US President Donal Trump  has threatened to cut aid to countries that will today (Thursday, December21) vote in favour of a UN draft resolution condemning the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. Trump said at the White House on Wednesday the US would be “watching those votes” in the General Assembly. “They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars, and then they vote against us. Well, we’re watching those votes. Let them vote against us. We’ll save a lot. We don’t care,”  Trump was quoted by an International News Agency. The UN…

A student of Moi Nyabohanse in Kuria, Migori County has committed suicide after scoring C minus in the released 2017 KCSE results. 21 year old Carren Ouma jumped into the family borehole at their Osingo home in Suna East at 11 PM last night after allegedly receiving a tongue lash from her parents for ‘dismal performance.’ READ: Migori County Loses 800Million Annually Due To Poor Sanitation Confirming the incident, Migori County Commander Joseph Nthenge said the body has been retrieved and taken to Migori level four mortuary. Do you have a story you want told? Do you know of a…

Almost 90 percent of 2017 KCSE Candidates did not get the C Plus cut off mark required for one to gain entry into the Country’s University system. Those who got A plain improved by a single student to 142 up from last year’s 141 while while those with A minus reduced by half. The same failure en masse witnessed last year has recurred this year with the Education CS Fred Matiang’i saying that most students did not follow instructions and questions that required one to discuss or explain were simply stated. READ: Varsity to close its Kisumu and Nairobi campuses…

Nairobi County Deputy Governor Polycarp Igathe has shared a photo of Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko, Former Governor Evans Kidero and him while the three were at Muthaiga Golf Club. Igathe captioned the photo saying it was delightful to have bumped into their predecessor Kidero while he and his ‘boss’ as he refers to Sonko had gone for lunch at the members Club. Kidero and Sonko have been embroiled in legal tussle with the latter seeking to have the petition challenging his win struck out. In an application before Justice Mbogholi Msagha, Sonko sought to have the petition filed by Japhet…

Celebrated Real Madrid footballer Christiano Ronaldo is a dotting father of four. The Star’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez vaunted the four adorable children on her Instagram page. After giving birth to baby girl Alana Martina in early November, the model has proudly showed her family off to fans in a cosy snap. The photo shows the new mum cradling the newborn, while Cristiano and seven-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo Jr cuddle twins Matteo and Eva whom he (Ronaldo) sired with a surrogate mother. The 22 the year old model seemed smitten with her family as she captioned the snap:  “Create love with you and…

The once revered outfit has since been dogged by controversies centered around power struggles and under key supremacy between South and Central Nyanza. Two factions have since emerged with a leader at the helm each claiming to be the bonafide leader of the council. One is led by Willis Otondi who hails from Kisumu County while the other is led by Nyandiko Ongadi who comes from Karachuonyo in Homabay County. Ongadi has since taken a swipe at Otondi terming him as fake leader installed by political leaders led by Raila Odinga and not by the Luo community. He says Otondi…

A distraught father is seeking justice for the murder of his daughter, Diana Mumbi  Mwangi whose lifeless body he found at Kenyatta National Hospital mortuary. Diana was reportedly found unconscious in a lodging at Eastleigh, taken to KNH where she died after a few days. Preliminary reports indicate that the first year student at Multi Media University was drugged and left for dead by a man she had been having long conversations with over the phone. Another case is of 24 year old Ruth Wanjiru Kinyua who was found with neck wounds and who was allegedly murdered by her ex-boyfriend…

There is far too little financial Technology talent in Africa, and companies in the industry are feeling the pinch, CEO of the Digital Frontiers Institute (DFI) Gavin Krugel has said. “This human capacity gap is leading to escalating human capital costs and hiring delays, stalling business progress within the Fintech industry,” he added. Reports by the Institute  show that Kenya commands the highest salaries in the fintech space ahead of South Africa, despite the latter being reputed for its digitally advanced economy. The  DFI in its two new reports: the 2017 Fintech Talent Africa Leadership and Employee Engagement Report and…

Another  shake up has been constituted in the Prisons Service as a number of officers in charge have been transferred while others have been redeployed for duties. Commissioner Of Prisons, General Isaiah Osugo in a memo seen by Kahawa Tungu stated that said the transfer will take with immediate effect with the officers taking up their new positions beginning 1st and 2nd of January 2018 ‘without fail.’ Duncan Ogore has been appointed Regional Commander in charge of Rift Valley, Emaase Okodi formerly of Kakamega prisons has been affirmed as in charge Western region and is no longer on acting capacity,…

High Court has this evening (December 18) quashed move by NGO Board to de-register Africa Center for Open Governance Africog and have its directors arrested. Justice Odunga while ruling over the matter asked the Board to settle suit costs. Earlier, the High Court  through Justice Enoch Chacha Mwita had granted temporary reprieve to the lobby which was deregistered  for failure to register with the board. READ: Human Rights Networks Denounce NGO Embarrassment By Government The judge also ordered that none of its directors should be prosecuted and that its bank accounts should not be frozen pending hearing and determination of…

Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi has been elected as chairman of Public Accounts Committee and will be deputized by Kibwezi East MP Jessica Mbalu. Wandayi has pledged to uphold the constitution; the seat has again gone to an ODM allied legislator with embattled former Rarieda MP Nicholas Gumbo having served at the same seat. READ: Wiper MP Cries Foul After Party Locked Out Of PSC Nomination List Yesterday, as if in the know of the outcome, incumbent Rarieda MP Otiende Amollo took to Twitter to decry the same saying he had hoped to put the government to account through the PAC…