Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Benga musician popularly known as Lady Maureen is reportedly very sick and admitted at Pastor Machage Memorial Hospital in Migori County. Reports reaching Kahawa Tungu indicate that the famous Luo singer’s mother is with her in the hospital and lost for means of caring for her. Close family members and friends have called upon willing fans to pray for her as well as offer financial support where possible. Read: Kenyan Benga Star Lady Maureen Jailed In Tanzania For Lack Of Travel Documents This is however not the first time the singer has been reported unwell, as last year an almost…

Felix Orinda Odhiambo alias Dj Evolve is paralysed from the neck down following a fatal shooting on the morning of January 17 involving MP for Embakasi East Babu Owino. Reports reaching Kahawa Tungu indicate that the diskjockey is suffering from a condition known as quadriplegia. The condition is as a result of injury or illness, almost always affecting the spine. Hence, Evolve has lost use of his limbs and torso. The loss is usually sensory and motor, which therefore means that both sensation and control are lost. While it is said that his alleged attacker was supposedly intoxicated, sources privy…

Uasin Gishu woman representative Gladys Boss Shollei has been a free woman for a couple of days now after Chief Magistrate PN Gesora dissolved her marriage with Sam Shollei. “It is my considered view it’s highly unlikely that they will get back together and perform spousal duties as envisaged by law and vows they took when they got married. It is only fair that their relationship be terminated and parties allowed to move on with their lives. I allow the petition and order the marriage be dissolved forthwith,” Gesora said. The once power couple have traded accusations with the lawyer…

Ahmed Rashid, stationed at Pangani Police Station is arguably the most feared Nairobi’s Police officer, having gunned down some of the most dreaded gang members in broad daylight. The mention of his name makes criminals and suspect shudder and scramble for safety. For approximately 10 years, Kahawa Tungu has learnt that Rashid has been the leading police officer playing the role of flushing out criminals out of their hideouts in informal settlements including Mathare, Huruma among others. To many, he has been branded a hero especially in Nairobi’s Eastleigh for maintaining law and order by bringing criminals to book. However,…

Kenya’s premier learning institution University of Nairobi (UoN) is engulfed in a leadership wrangle as President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto are currently locked in a war through proxies to control who assumes its leadership. While DP William Ruto is still interested in having control over the businesses at the university, President Uhuru believes that his deputy is trying to control UoN as it will be key in putting pressure on the government right before and after 2022 elections. On Friday, Education CS Prof George Magoha overturned the appointment of Prof Stephen Gitahi Kiama as the institution’s Vice-Chancellor,…

There is growing discontent within Kenya’s civil service as President Uhuru continues to look for some of his associates whose only qualification is that they are young and naive to appoint into senior positions. According to sources within the Public Service Commission and various ministries, “President Uhuru is fond of appointing slay queens and campaign thugs to positions which should be reserved for individuals with a greater mastery of the statecraft.” READ: Safaricom Comes Out To Explain Okoa Jahazi Credit Advance Facility President Uhuru recently appointed his young campaign mobiliser and social media parrot Zack Kinuthia to the position of Chief…

Uasin Gishu County Women Representative and former Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Gladys Boss Shollei has finally divorced former Standard Group Managing Director Sam Shollei. In a ruling delivered early last week in Nairobi, MP Gladys Shollei has been given a favourable ruling allowing her to keep the urban home in Kitisuru Estate Nairobi and the matrimonial farm in Uasin Gishu. The ruling is said to have been a big relief to the MP who previously obtained orders barring her husband Sam Shollei from her matrimonial home after he eloped with a junior employee at Standard Group, Faith Rono. Faith…

The University of Nairobi Student Leader Anne Mwangi Mvurya is on the spot over drug links within campus. In a publication by Citizen weekly, the 21 year old law student is apparently being probed by the state in regards to drugs and money laundering, with her sources of wealth questioned. In addition, secret state agencies have launched an inquest over her bank accounts, the vehicles she drives and source of income, with the aim of unearthing whether they are registered under her name. In question are some of her close allies and associates as well as her movements in a…

Kenya Broadcasting Corporation (KBC) managing director Naim Bilal has banned discussion of Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) on all TV and Radio stations owned by the State corporation, Kahawa Tungu has learnt. It is intimated to this writer that Evans Makori (Presenter at Minto FM) invited Kisii Deputy Governor Joash Maangi to discuss the BBI among other things on the station. However, when the MD learnt of the planned show, he ordered Makori to cancel the discussion, forcing the presenter to call Maangi and lie that the station was having technical problems. This writer understands that there was no such problem…

East African Development Bank (EADB) is embroiled in a loan tussle with Jubilee Party Secretary-General Raphael Tuju amounting to Ksh1.5 billion. The loan was advanced to Tuju’s Dari Limited for the construction of Ksh100 million two-storey, flat-roofed bungalows sitting on a 20-acre forested land dubbed Entim Sidai and purchase of a 94-year-old bungalow built by a Scottish missionary, Dr Albert Patterson, which currently operates as a high-end restaurant. Construction of the same fell behind schedule prompting a default. On Friday last week, the High Court blocked EADB from auctioning Tuju’s Karen property to settle the loan. Read: Tuju In Trouble…

Lawyer Miguna Miguna has again been ejected from a Nairobi bound Air France flight after the airline reportedly received a warning from Nairobi that it will not be allowed to land at JKIA with the combative lawyer on board. This means that Miguna Miguna is still stuck at Berlin’s Tegel “Otto Lilienthal” Airport which has ICAO abbreviation, TXL. In what is now proving to be a game of ping pong between Office of the President, Judiciary and the lawyers of Miguna Miguna, the lawyer might just be returned back to Toronto as chances of his entry into Kenya are proving…

There was a fight at Kenya Pipeline and yesterday (2 January) after acting Kisumu Kenya Pipeline depot manager John Chege refused to obey orders by the Principal Secretary Petroleum Andrew Kamau. Mr Kamau called John Chege and ordered the Depot Manager to quickly load fuel onto Kenya Railways wagons as President Uhuru Kenyatta was reportedly planning to visit the depot and inspect the wagons loaded with fuel. The order didn’t make much sense to the junior officer who sought clarification from his immediate boss, General Manager Operations and Maintenance, Joshua Mutea. Mr Mutea informed John Chege that he was not…

The government is on the spot after it merged that Antiretroviral (ARVs) drugs meant for Kenyans were last year shipped to a country in West Africa after the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) demanded tax. The drugs donated by the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), landed in the port of Mombasa in October last year. The drugs with a budget of USD35 million (Ksh3.5 billion) were to benefit at least 900, 000 Kenyans living with HIV/AIDS. The US government partnered with the Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA), a state corporation under the Ministry of…

A new twist into K24’s news anchor Betty Kyalo’s daughter Ivanna’s sickness has emerged, with allies to her ex-husband Dennis Okari crying foul. In an end of year post, Ms Kyallo explained how she struggled with her daughter Ivanna’s condition, leaving out ex-husband Dennis Okari in the picture. “Early this year my sweet lovely daughter Ivanna was diagnosed with a rare autoimmune disease. It was marked by a sudden widespread attack of inflammation in the Brain and spinal cord called ADEM (acute disseminated encephalomyelitis). What this means is that one day my beautiful four year old daughter stopped walking, soon…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko is a mysterious man, from how he shot into the political arena to his personal life. What is not a secret however is that the embattled county chief was once in the penitentiary system. According to the BBC, Sonko escaped from a maximum security prison some 20 years ago. He was however released in 2001 after claiming that he was HIV positive and epileptic. The Star also reported that Sonko, in a sworn affidavit, stated that he was suffering from chronic tuberculosis and peptic ulcers. “Currently I am admitted at the prison hospital and my chances of…