Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Sharon Otieno, lady who was kidnapped together with journalist Barrack Oduor of Nation Media, has been found killed and dumped in K’Odera Forest. According to sources close to the family, the Sharon Otieno’s body was found last evening after an entire day search. READ: How Migori Governor Obado’s Personal Assistant Had Nation Journalist Barrack Oduor Kidnapped SHARON OTIENO, the university student abducted with Nation reporter Barrack Oduor in Migori, found dead in Kodera Forest, Homa Bay: her father. pic.twitter.com/gN0WElTdm7 — NationBreakingNews (@NationBreaking) September 5, 2018 Sharon was kidnapped together with Barrack Oduor after being lured for a meeting by Michael Oyamo,…

Prophet Bushiri, controversial Malawian preacher, has now disowned his church in Zimbabwe after being criticised by HIV and Aids activists child advocates for exposing and stigmatising a child living with HIV through his Facebook page, claiming to have healed the minor of the disease. According to reports in Zimbabwe, Prophet Shepherd Bushiri has now come out to claim that the Enlightened Christian Gathering Church (ECG) in Zimbabwe was not registered under his flagship. READ: Controversial Preacher Shepherd Bushiri Headed to Kenya as SA Police Investigate Him for Money Laundering Many of those in Zimbabwe knows that the church was launched by Prophet…

Deputy President William Ruto has called on Kenyans earning hundreds of thousands of shillings to be ready to contribute more. Speaking in Kajiado during the goat auction to support 5,000 families pay NHIF, DP Ruto argued that those earning more than Ksh 500,000 like MPs, County Executive Officers (CECs) and MCAs should be able to pay at least Ksh 10,000 per month and help cushion those who earn lower salaries. READ: ‘I Will Not Support DP Ruto In 2022’ Karua Declares The DP also called on the county leadership to help add value to farmers who depend on cow and mechanise…

Mary Okello pocketed at least Ksh 930 million in the sale of her 71% stake in Makini Schools to Scholé Limited and Advtech in May this year. According to Business Daily, Johannesburg Stock Exchange listed Advtech revealed the amount paid to purchase Makini Schools in its financial results for the 6-months period ending June 2018. Mary and Pius Okello’s started the school which now holds more than 3,000 students in founded more than 4 decades ago. According to the filings, Advtech is also holding a stake in Crawford Schools which is opening in Nairobi in September 2018 at the Tatu…

ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga this morning paid courtesy call to Mama Grace Onyango, the country’s first woman mayor. The ailing 91-year-old was the first Kenyan woman mayor after being elected in Kisumu in 1965, replacing Mathias Ondiek before being elected the first woman MP for Kisumu Town in 1969.  Raila Odinga was accompanied by Kisumu Deputy Governor. Dr. Ochieng Owili, Luo elders and Senate Minority Leader, Sen. James Orengo. Also present was Kisumu Sen. Fred Outa, Kisumu Women Representative Rosa Buyu, Kisumu County Assembly Speaker Onyango Oloo, Nyakach MP. Aduma Owuor and a host of MCAs. Raila is facing…

By Boniface Mwangi David Mwai used to operate a play station shop and a number of boda boda’s. He was approached one day with a job offer to kill someone. In Kenya, human life has no value. It’s cheaper to get someone killed than it is to bribe them. Lawyers and witnesses against powerful politicians have been killed in the past. It’s become the norm. The offer on the table for carrying out the job was Sh2.4 million. Mwai couldn’t resist. The target for this kill was Idriss Mukhtar and his lawyer Charles Kanjama. The client, according to Mwai’s family,…

One of the suspects in the case where Garissa Governor Ali Korane is to be charged with attempted murder has reportedly committed suicide inside Parklands Police Station. According to sources within the National Police Service, David Mwai Wanjiru aka Mwas reportedly hanged himself in the cells around midnight. READ: How Garissa Governor Korane Planned The Murder Of Ex-CEC Idriss Mukhtar David Mwai was one of the three suspects who were facing attempted murder charges after shooting former-CEC Finance in Garissa County and leaving him for dead. They were reportedly hired by current governor Ali Korane. Police has reviewed CCTV footage and…

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) through its Twitter handle has revealed that it is prosecuting PS at the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries over allegations of irregular purchase of maize. The PS will be facing allegations of irregular and fraudulent purchase of maize during the last dry season. The period so suspicious vessels hang around Mombasa port as the PS issued maize shortage alert which led to the vessels docking without much problems. #BreakingNews INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE ALLEGATION OF IRREGULAR PURCHASE OF MAIZE BY OFFICIALS OF THE NATIONAL CEREALS AND PRODUCE BOARD FROM TRADERS DPP directs prosecution of Principal Secretary…

Details have emerged of how Garissa Governor Ali Korane allegedly planned for the death of former Finance executive Idriss Mukhtar after a fallout that could have led to the governor losing his seat. According to high ranking sources in the County Government of Garissa, Korane and the former CEC fought each other verbally, and the two part ways never to see each other again, to date, despite being from the same clan. Since Mukhtar knew very well all the secrets of the Governor, he decided to reveal to authorities to take action against him. This could have brought down the…

According to experts on market competition issues, market power is considered a power over price and output. Each operator competing in differentiated products and services has degree of market power. Dominance however, is a legal concept and is generally understood to exist when firm holds significant market power (SMP), that is, a high degree of market power. The main characteristics of a dominant firm (or a firm in a dominant position) in a relevant market is its ability to act to a significant extent independently of its competitors, customers and ultimately of its consumers. This frees the dominant firm from…

Prophet David Owuor of the Repentance and Holiness Ministries many would say is some sort of a cult leader but what many do not know is that the man of the clothe has been stealing from his relatively poor followers. The publicized three day crusade at the Uhuru Park Grounds saw even men in blue who should be protecting the people, take it upon themselves to let the people know where in deed their help comes from on the streets of Nairobi. Kahawa Tungu only recently came across damning details of how exactly the “man of God” has been taking…

As revealed in part one of this story, Stephen Jenning introduced a new interest rate (33%) to the Tatu City loan, which was not known to other stakeholders This started the acrimony between the partners with Steve Mwagiru deciding to give it up and dissolve the companies. This was fought out in the courts. Meanwhile Jennings continued to charge the company now called Kofinaf interest at 33% (and 50% per annum at times) and through some loopholes, decided to reduce the shareholding of the other partners. According to him, the others did not pay anything but if that was the…

Central Organization of Trade Unions (COTU) secretary general Francis Atwoli had indicated in a television interview claiming that he had released his second wife (Roselinder Simiyu Atwoli) because she chose to run for a political seat, claims Kahawa Tungu can confirm are false. Details have emerged that the trade unionist abandoned his wife Roselinder Simiyu in December of 2016 and refused to go home since then. In a phone call that Kahawa Tungu obtained the two are heard arguing about his wife relocating from their house because the “household belongs to the man.” In the audio clip, Atwoli is heard…

In the spirit of COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli encouraging men to go for polygamy instead of maintaining mpango wa kando, Foreign Affairs Chief Administrative Secretary (CAS) Ababu Namwamba is now staying with two very beautiful and young women. Maybe trying to spite his former wife and make her go nuts, we can confirm that Ababu Namwamba is staying with a lady called Luciana Mimo and Paula Ann. Paula is known to be a former Miss Tourism Busia winner. While Luciana Nimo stays in Ababu Namwamba’s rural home, Paula Ann stays in his Nairobi home and serves all his needs…

While ERC is blaming all manner of factors for the rise of pump prices, those in the know blame the rise on a deal which was signed by PS Njoroge in Israel and whose details have been kept under wraps even from Kenya Pipeline Company bosses. According to our sources, the deal was a single sourced contract which will see an Israeli company supply and install cameras along the Kenya Pipeline lines to enable live monitoring of activities along it. READ: Kenyans To Dig Deeper In To Their pockets As Fuel Prices Set To Increase The deal which is valued at…