Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A suspected online fraudster was charged with fraud after reportedly receiving Sh1.3 million from a woman while promising to supply kitchen equipment, appliances, and utensils. Stevens Omondi is accused of collecting Sh1,385,000 from Fiona Wacuka at Italian Kitchen Limited in Westlands, Nairobi, on several occasions between June 25 and September 30 last year. Omondi, a co-director of Italian Kitchen, is accused of colluding with others to acquire money from Wacuka while falsely claiming to be able to import a white Mia kitchen for her from Italy, knowing full well that this was also untrue. Wacuka came across the company when…

Police are searching for a Migori County employee who was last seen on Sunday. Patrick Lumumba, a water technician, on the said day informed his family that he was headed to a garage on a county government motorcycle. Witnesses told the police that they last spotted Lumumba in Soko Mjinga market before he was “abducted” by four unknown people suspected to be police officers. It is said that a Toyota Probox pulled up alongside Lumumba and some of the passengers got out and handcuffed him. Read: New Details Emerge On DP Ruto’s Fan Abducted, Killed After Karen Visit “They accused him…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have commenced investigations into the death of nominated Member of Parliament David Sankok’s fourth born child. Memusi Sankok died on Monday afternoon after allegedly shooting himself using his father’s gun at their home in Ewaso Nyiro, Narok South sub-county. On Tuesday, DCI detectives in Narok questioned the legislator over the son’s death. He was asked to give a detailed account of events that led to the son taking his own life. The officers also recorded statements from the MP’s wife, Hellen Seyianoi Sankok, daughter, and all workers at their home. The 15-year-old…

The eldest son of nominated Member of Parliament David Sanko took his own life at their family home in Narok County on Monday. Police reports indicate Memusi Sankok, who was a Form Four student at Kericho High School, shot himself dead using his father’s firearm. The legislator was not at home during the incident. It’s not clear how the 15-year-old accessed the firearm that ought to have been properly secured. It was not immediately clear what prompted the minor to take his own life. However, family sources said the father, who represents Persons living With Disabilities (PWDs) in the National…

Ezekiel Mutua, the former CEO of the Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB), received Sh3.1 million in excess salary in the financial year ending June 2020. KFCB had paid a total of Sh15.3 million as of June 30, 2020, with Sh9.2 million and Sh6.1 million paid in the financial years 2019-20 and 2018-19, respectively. The excess payment was highlighted as irregular by Auditor General Nancy Gathungu. The payment was approved by the Board without the approval or advisory by the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC). According to a report seen by Kahawa Tungu, the Board at a meeting on January 31,…

A middle-aged man linked to a series of online scams has been arrested by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Justin Mwirigi Murungi is alleged to have conned a number of unsuspecting members of the public through a non-existing online gas cylinder shop. The suspect was traced and nabbed by detectives in Thika, Kiambu County, after a number of Kenyans launched complaints about his dubious dealings. In one such instance, DCI detailed on Tuesday how Robert Isiche Mzee, a resident of Langata, unknowingly found himself in the grasp of the serial fraudster. Mzee, through hard work and grit…

Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter will resign from the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party on Monday. Speaking to the Nation on Sunday, the legislator dared the deputy president William Ruto-led party to a duel in the August 9 polls. He advised the party to ready itself for a humiliating loss in the constituency. As for his nullified victory, Keter said it was no coincidence. He added that no tribunal was set up to hear the matter. Read: UDA Declares Nandi Hills MP Alfred Keter’s Nomination Null and Void “There was nothing like a tribunal. It was just a rubber stamp to…

Gatundu South MP and Chama cha Kazi party leader Moses Kuria has been facing a litany of accusations from party members. The firebrand MP has in the last couple of weeks been accused of shortchanging aspirants. Now, the CCK deputy organising secretary Peter Muchendu has called it quits over mistrust and poor leadership by the legislator. In a letter to the MP, which was also copied to the Registrar of Political Parties boss Ann Nderitu, Muchendu accused the party leadership of unilaterally running the party through decisions that were punitive to aspirants. According to Muchendu, 300 aspirants have had their…

Thousands of innocent Kenyans have fallen prey to cons serving time at the Kamiti Maximum Prison at least once. An exposé by Citizen TV’s Lulu Hassan dubbed “Kamiti Call Centre” revealed the inner workings of the scam that has seen locals and foreigners lose millions of shillings. The anonymous source who spoke to Ms Hassan revealed that the inmates conduct their dealings in the prison’s Block A. There, the source said, is a busy area where no one should be caught idling. Read: Kamiti Inmate Pretending to be CS Wamalwa Swindles Job Seeker of Sh800,000 The inmates use a particular brand…

Mombasa politician Ali Mwatsahu is still in the race to succeed Mvita MP Abdulswamad Nassir even after gunmen attempted to end his life. Mwatsahu who was hoping to run on a United Democratic Alliance (UDA) ticket, was shot at 22 times on his way home on April 5 near JCC Buxton in Mombasa. The MP hopeful who had 13 bullet fragments lodged in his body, recalled his attackers trailing him from Bombolulu after Taraweh prayers. These are special prayers Muslims perform only in the month of Ramadhan. “It is God. My time to leave earth hadn’t arrived. But I am…

On Thursday, Education Cabinet Secretary George Magoha shared a light hearted moment with Elimu and Wings-to-fly scholars about his time in secondary school. Magoha, a Starehe Boys Center alumni, acknowledged that a cartoon depicting him was accurate. The former University of Nairobi (UoN) vice chancellor was depicted playing a guitar in a cartoon. He was dressed in a red shirt and blue shorts. It also said ‘featuring omore joj,’ which is one of his other names, George Omore. Read: Magoha Dismisses Claims that Bandits Interrupted Exams in Baringo According to the CS, he was a deputy commander of a gang before…

Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has just concluded its primaries in 38 counties. On Thursday night, the DP expressed satisfaction with the exercise that kicked off that morning. “We have delivered at least 60 per cent what the IEBC does with one per cent budget of the IEBC,” said the presidential hopeful. As for the violent incidents witnessed throughout the day in various polling stations, the DP said the party will take stern action against those found culpable. Read: UDA Summons 3 Politicians After Nomination Materials Set Ablaze in Embu “I am a very proud member of UDA.…

Police are investigating two separate cases where their colleagues died by suspected suicide in Mombasa County. The two officers are said to have shot themselves in separate incidents at their workstations. According to a post by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, the officers were identified as David Koech Kurgat and Dennis Kamau Ndung’u. In the first incident, the officers who reported the matter said they were patrolling when they found their colleague David Koech Kurgat lying facing downward outside the container in a pool of blood oozing from the back and an AK 47 serial number KP 5501874 rifle beside…

Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru is the trending at number one on social media after she referred to her party leader deputy president William Ruto as the leader of “Azimio”. Azimio la Umoja movement is led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and his handshake partner and ODM Leader Raila Odinga. Waiguru previously belonged to Azimio before she decamped to Dr Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) in October 2021. Her decision, she said, was informed by the Kirinyaga electorate who she claimed is solidly behind the second-in-command. Read: All Eyes on DPP As EACC Pushes For Waiguru, Kuria Prosecution On Tuesday during the formal…

Tullow Oil’s discovery of oil and gas in Kenya in 2012 provided Kenya with a fantastic opportunity to establish itself as an economic hub. However, the finding is fraught with difficulties, including a lack of capacity, political agitation, a sluggish income collection system, corruption, and negative environmental issues, just to name a few. Now, queues continue to grow in various parts of the country due to oil shortage. Last week, Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) were hoarding fuel in an apparent attempt to force the government to release Sh34,446,813,295 for the fuel stabilisation programme aimed at cushioning Kenyans from the high…