Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Jubilee Insurance is now on the spot for manipulating several state officials to secure tenders worth billions cumulatively. Kahawa Tungu’s investigative desk has discovered that in the last two years, Jubilee has been directly contacting state agencies in which tender documents that are prepared with specifications that favor Jubilee.Underwriters trying to compete with Jubilee find it hard to win the tenders because mandatory requirements and the scope highly favor them. For instance, in the period we investigated, Jubilee won a medical tender with Kenya Forest Services worth Ksh324 million, another with the Agricultural finance Authority worth Ksh26 million, Public Service…

Bernard Otieno Okoth, brother to late Member of Parliament Ken Okoth, who was declared the winner of Saturday Kibra constituency ODM nominations, may have been rigged in by the party mandarins, Kahawa Tungu has learnt. Benard Otieno alias Imran was declared the winner on Sunday morning having garnered 4382 votes. However, the screenshots in our possession reveal that prior to the Saturday poll, Imran was in constant communication with Philip Etale, ODM Communication Director, and his victory may have been well planned even before the Kibra electorates saw the ballot papers. Party Secretary-General Edwin Sifuna and Elections Board Chairperson Judith…

The Standard Media Group on Friday announced that it had sacked one of its correspondents, Willis Awandu, for what has been reported to be involvement in bribery. According to reports by Business Today, Awandu is said to have received a bribe of Ksh1,500 from Eunice Njoki, who works for a non-profit organisation engaged in the education of children from poor backgrounds, Maktaba Mashinani Foundation, to facilitate coverage which included a pictorial segment. However, Awandu failed in his part of the bargain, prompting Njoki to ‘expose’ him in a Facebook page popularly known as Buyer Beware. Seemingly, Awandu was not moved…

White South Africans who are heading the Nissan Kenya franchise are on the spot as they continue to belittle and insult Kenyans working at the motor dealership. According to sources within the firm, the white bosses at Nissan Kenya who are accused of being racist and insensitive to Kenya include CEO Gerhardus Barnard, Workshop and Service Director Johan Smith, and the Director of Sales and Market Expansion Ash Ramraj who was previously with Nissan Tanzania. Some employees recently decided to go to court seeking redress over the toxic work environment as well as the mistreatment among other plights. In one…

Long rumoured dating platform on Facebook is launching in the U.S.A with plans to roll out in 20 other markets before the end of the year. Apart from the U.S.A, Facebook dating is launching in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Laos, Malaysia, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, the Philippines, Singapore, Suriname, Thailand, Uruguay and Vietnam. A launch in Europe and other markets is promised to be live by early 2020. Facebook’s new dating product comes on the heels of the recent fine by US authorities due to privacy concerns while also other markets grow weary to the ability of…

Governor Mike Sonko has disputed claims that he spent more than 9 hours with investigators at the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Tuesday. According to the governor who spoke to KahawaTungu, he only spent 1 hour with the investigators who were interested in getting clarifications on why some errors were made while changing the garbage collecting companies in the county. According to the governor, he was invited to EACC to appear there last week but he couldn’t make it as he was in Dubai with his family for a private visit. He informed the EACC investigators that he’d be available…

With even strong opposition from a section of the civic society, KCB Group PLC is set to take up control of the National Bank of Kenya (NBK) and has upped the ante by naming the transition Managing Director. In a statement issued this morning, KCB Group Director of Regional Businesses Paul Russo is set to assume the role of National Bank of Kenya Managing Director for a period of two years to oversee the full integration of NBK with KCB. Paul Russo will lead the transition team that will report to the KCB Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director…

The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has today announced that it teamed up with the Multi-Agency team on illicit trade to destroy illicit excisable products with a market value of over Kshs. 1.5 billion at stony Athi, Kajiado County. READ: Njenga Karume’s Jacaranda Hotel On Auction Over Ksh257 Million Loan According to KRA, the products which were seized from various traders in Nairobi and could have led to a loss of over Kshs. 400 million in tax revenues. The products destroyed include 25,070 bottles of beer, 102,004 bottles of wine spirits packed in 82,538 bottles and 104,786 bottles of juice. Other goods…

A female politician based in Nairobi and owner of the popular Ruby Cut Gardens Restaurant along Chania Avenue in the upmarket Kilimani area peed in front of friends who accompanied a man she claimed to be her boyfriend to pay the dowry for her wife. The incident happened in Awendo, Migori County during the cultural wedding between Bonke Komwayi and his wife Felicitty. READ: Kanyari Regrets Losing Betty Bayo As Singer Plans Second Wedding According to sources well aware of what happened, Risper Adinda urinated in the main house of the mother-in-law of Nairobi Businessman Bonke Komwayi during the traditional marriage…

Kenyan socialite-turned-entrepreneur Huddah Monroe’s inbox is apparently flooded after she confessed on Thursday that she hasn’t had carnal knowledge for two months now. In an Instagram story, the lass, further, admitted that she has been drooling for 18-year-olds. “Haven’t had my conjugal rights in 2 months. Practicing self-control in this sinful world. 18-year-old boys looking like snacks, I want to eat them all. So if you see me rant as you all call it, instead of speaking one’s mind. Understand it’s a cry for help. LMFAO! F*ck that shit. I stay speaking my mind forever, I don’t care,” the bosschick…

A bishop at the Mightiest Prophet’s Repentance and Holiness Ministry strayed and is now no longer a clergy. Bishop Joseph Gitonga, lead pastor at the Kasarani branch was ex-communicated from the church on Sunday after details of sleeping with some of the female flock emerged. Gitonga was not only a minister, but was the go to man if one wanted to reach Prophet David Owuor. He has also been Owuor’s personal assistant and head of security in the past. Read: #Census2019 : Enumerator Gang Raped, Robbed In Kisumu “This is an official communication that you Joseph Gitonga are forthwith excommunicated…

Kenya’s export and brand promotion agencies – Export Promotion Council (EPC) and Brand Kenya – have been merged into a new entity called Kenya Export Promotion and Branding Agency (KEPROBA) and named Peter Biwott as the CEO of the entity. At an event presided over by Ms. Jane Mugambi, CEO, State Corporation Advisory Committee (SCAC), Biwott was unveiled at the ceremony which was also witnessed by officials from State Department for Trade. The move to merge the two entities was announced in July 2018. KEPROBA was established vide a Legal Notice No. 110 of 9th August 2019, which revoked the…

Mainstream media has halted live coverage of the Keroche case, in what is suspected to be orders from above, Kahawa Tungu has learnt. Kenyans who were following the case via TV were left hanging, minutes before the two were released on bail. Keroche CEO Tabitha Karanja was released on a Ksh10 million cash bail while the husband Joseph Karanja was released on a Ksh2 million cash bail. In the case, Keroche’s battery of lawyers led by James Orengo, Kioko Kilukumi and Irungu Kangata termed the case presented by the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) as “questionable” and faulted Kenya Revenue…

Sometime back, Keroche Breweries borrowed Ksh 5 billion from Barclays Bank of Kenya to modernize its factory. With such a loan, it’s always a good practice for the bank to require some political assurance as security for its investment. Tabitha Karanja wrote to Pres. Kibaki to honour an invite and open modernized factory on completion. Kibaki agreed to be the guest of honour. Powerful people in State House saw this schedule on the then President Kibaki’s itinerary. They didn’t like it. Tabitha was a threat to their wealth. That opening of Keroche’s new factory by Kibaki was silently removed from…

Artcaffé Group has announced the opening of its 29th outlet, Artcaffé Coffee & Bakery at the Kitengela Mall in Kitengela. The 130-seater establishment marks the second opening for the Group in 2019, having opened another one along Mombasa Road earlier this year. The Kitengela branch marks the foray of the premium outlet into the lower segment of the market. According to the Artcaffé Group, ‘Kitengela has become an attractive hub with its burgeoning middle class and manufacturing industry. Artcaffé will become a social hub for the local area and its environs, appealing to Kenyans in search of cosmopolitan experience. The…