Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has submitted a bill to Parliament seeking to criminalize homosexuality, same-sex marriages, and LGBTQ behaviors. The legislator said that should the family protection bill be passed into law, it will criminalize the promotion, recruitment, and funding of homosexuality and LGBTQ. “I have submitted the Family Protection Bill to the National Assembly. It seeks to ban comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) in Pre-primary, primary and secondary schools education programs,” he said. Kaluma aims to outlaw sexual health rights and education. Read: Wetangula Denounces Supreme Court’s Ruling on LGBTQ Rights Groups If the law is approved, it will protect…

Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua has hit out at President William Ruto for launching a road twice. The head of state commissioned Captain- Ndemi-Wanjohi-Kwa Matu-Geta-Kahuruko-Ndunyu Njeru road five years ago and again on Thursday. Karua noted that the President should have acknowledged the first launch. “Nothing can excuse the deceptive launching of an already launched project. If at all it was in good faith, the second launch should have acknowledged first upfront not wait to give lame excuses after being outed,” she said. https://twitter.com/MarthaKarua/status/1644563937155862535 But Dr Ruto through the State House Spokesperson, Hussein Mohammed, said the road was denied…

Sol Generation artist Bensoul is set to leave the Sauti Sol-owned record label. The singer has been with the label for five years. Bensoul said he is ready to leave the label and take charge of his future. “I’m the jungle male cub, akifika a certain age, wanafukuzwangwa from the pride, wanaambiwa sasa enda ujitafutie. So wanafukuzwangwa wakiwa wengi, wengine wanamake it, na wengine wanakufa in the wilderness,” Bensoul said. Read: Bensoul Speaks On Impregnating Campus Girl, Relationship with Noni Gathoni The hitmaker told Tuko Extra that the label has done wonders for his promising career. “It’s a beautiful thing that…

Members of Parliament are yet to receive their March salaries, Ugunja MP Opiyo Wandayi has revealed. The minority leader in the National Assembly on Friday said that legislators usually receive their pay between the 26 and 30 of every month. “For the first time in our history, even MPs have not been paid as we head towards mid-month,” he said. Apart from teachers and those employed in the security sector, such as the military and police, other civil servants, he said, have also been impacted. Read: Uhuru, Moi Skip Azimio Parliamentary Group Meeting “For the first time since independence in 1963,…

Oyster Bay Bar and Restaurant in Kilimani has been closed down by the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) as a result of noise pollution complaints from residents. NEMA Director General Mamo Boru Mamo stated in a statement on Friday that the Kilimani bar was endangering the welfare, health, and safety of residents by playing extremely loud music. Mamo added that the bar has continued to operate without a valid license despite NEMA previously sending improvement letters to the club’s management in response to prior complaints of noise pollution. “Enforcement actions have been taken including issuing of improvement notices, arrests, confiscation…

Foreign Affairs CS Alfred Mutua has criticized Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka over his comments that appeared to depict the Kamba community as cowards. Kalonzo on Wednesday remarked that if Kambas wanted to clinch the presidency in the future, they should act like the Luos. The former vice president asserted that his kinsmen displayed cowardice during the anti-government protests led by himself and Azimio la Umoja leader Raila Odinga. “If you Kambas behaved like Luos, this seat we would clinch the following day. The cowardice that we displayed… If we were like Musembi, the whole nation would take notice. These things…

Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader Raila Odinga has unveiled a seven-member team that will face the Kenya Kwanza team for bi-partisan talks. The team will be made up of Narok senator Ledama Ole Kina, Nairobi senator Edwin Sifuna, Kitui senator Enoch Wambua and Amina Mnyanzi Others are Millie Odhiambo, David Kosing and Otiende Amolo. The team will address issues such as the high cost of living, recruitment of IEBC commissioners among others. Read: Agree to Bipartisan Talks or Wait for 2027 Polls – Ruto Tells Raila “The joint committee should recommend measures to lower the cost of…

President William Ruto has advised Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader to either agree to bipartisan talks or wait for the 2027 elections. Dr Ruto said Azimio leaders should be mindful of the political mood in the country just six months after the August 2022 General Election and vowed he would not be held at ransom by the opposition. In addition to stating that a parliamentary process might not be able to address their issues, Raila suggested the creation of a group synonymous with the 2008 National Accord. Speaking at Kasemeni ward in Kwale County, during the…

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta and Kanu’s Gideon Moi on Thursday missed the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance Parliamentary Group meeting. Uhuru who is the Azimio Council chairperson sent his apology but asserted that he was in support of whatever the group will resolve. “I bring apologies from our chairman Uhuru Kenyatta, he wanted to come but he was unable, but he said he will support whatever resolution we will make today,” Raila Odinga told the members present. Moi too sent his apologies but did not give reasons for skipping the meeting. Read: MP Ichung’wa Warns Raila of Charges at ICC…

The High Court has declined to stop the recruitment of Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) commissioners and chair pending the hearing and determination of a case filed by Busia senator Okiya Omtatah. Justice Mugure Thande on Thursday, however, certified the matter as urgent and directed him to serve the respondents. The IEBC Amendment Act 1 of 2023, which establishes a procedure for the appointment and selection panel for the recruitment of nominees for appointment as chair and members of the IEBC, is what Omtatah is attempting to have declared invalid in his complaint. He contends that on January 19,…

A police officer has been arrested after he shot and injured two persons involved in a scuffle in Umoja on Wednesday. The bodyguard is assigned to Embakasi West MP Mark Mureithi Mwenje. According to eyewitnesses, the incident started when a gang associated with former area MP George Theuri disrupted a meeting led by Mwenje, setting off a fight at a pool in Umoja 1. The injured were taken to nearby hospitals with life-threatening injuries to the abdomen and thigh. Mwenje claimed that the Theuri-affiliated youths allegedly stormed the swimming pool area at the nearby National Government Constituency Fund offices. He…

National Assembly Majority leader Kimani Ichung’wa has told off Azimio la Umoja One Kenya Alliance coalition party leader Raila Odinga following fresh demands to the government. The Kikuyu MP on Wednesday told the former prime minister that they would involve the International Criminal Court (ICC) should he resort to lawlessness. Ichung’wa said threats to go back to the trenches would not work. The lawmaker, however, noted that Raila was free to lead peaceful protests but should violence be witnessed, the government would ensure he faced charges at the Hague. Read: Raila Makes Fresh Demands, Says Parliamentary Process Will Not Address Issues…

Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says he is yet to recover from the arrest and prosecution by the previous administration. Speaking at the 3rd regional symposium on greening judiciaries in Africa, Gachagua averred that he is still intimidated by the judiciary. “I must say that appearing before many chief justices and judges is rather intimidating. In my earlier life, before the people of Kenya decided to bring me to this side of the divide, I was a constant visitor before you in not-very-pleasant circumstances,” he said. Read: Gachagua Commends Ruto, Raila For Reaching Deal “Anytime you invite me I am a bit…

Bishop David Adang Oginde, the nominee for the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chairperson position, has declared his net worth is Sh170 million. Appearing before National Assembly Justice and Legal Affairs Committee for vetting on Wednesday, Bishop Oginde said that he has accumulated the wealth from his assets, including property and land. “I have not asked any accountant to help us with the valuation of the property but the things that we have is Ksh.170 Million,” he said. “It comprises of houses that we are letting out, our own house where we live, some land that we have here and…

June Jerop Kangogo was last seen alive on March 18. The MBA student at Kenyatta University left class at 5 pm in a hurry to meet an unknown person for coffee. According to her elder sister, Joyce Jepkemoi, her sister was supposed to collect money for their ailing mother and transfer it on Sunday. But the 36-year-old’s accountant at the National Industrial Training Authority (Nita) phone was switched off. “Her friends told us she informed them that she was going to meet a male friend, but did not disclose much more about it, only for her body to be found…