Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Popular gospel musician, Owen Mwatia aka Daddy Owen is a troubled man after his wife, Farida Wambui reportedly left him for a rich tycoon. According to a local blog, Farida walked out of her matrimonial home in the first week of December and has never returned. The Tobina singer is reportedly a troubled man as he has no idea on what to do and neither which way to follow. Owen and Farida walked down the aisle in 2016 in an exclusive wedding ceremony. The wedding was the talk of town as it was attended by most prominent people. Read: Daddy Owen…

Lake Basin Development Authority (LBDA) managing director Raymond Omollo is on the spot over Ksh100 million allegedly paid to workers retrenched 20 years ago. The saga was hatched in June 2019, when he convened a meeting with the authority’s legal officials Mr Clifford Otieno and Michael Okuk in Kisumu. This was after President Uhuru Kenyatta directed that all state agencies should clear their pending bills. Seeing an opportunity, Omollo crafted an out of court settlement that would see a case for compensation that had been ongoing withdrawn. The two, Okuk and Otieno, were instructed (by Omollo) to liaise with the…

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched a hunt for a man identified as Dickson Kimani Kamau, wanted over several criminal activities. According to the DCI, Kamau is wanted for the offences of obtaining money by false pretences, personation and obtaining registration by false pretences. “The suspect, who presents himself as the director of Learning Twist Academy in Kenol Murang’a County, is believed to have gone into hiding after committing the above offences, ” DCI said in a tweet on Wednesday night. The DCI asked members of the public to give any information that may help detectives…

Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji has dropped treachery charges against blogger Robert Alai. The blogger was in June 2019 arrested for sharing pictures of bodies of police officers killed in Wajir attack on social media. Alai faced two counts of treachery and disclosure of information against the law before Milimani Chief Magistrate Francis Andayi. Read: Blogger Robert Alai Detained For 14 Days To Pave Way For Investigations Court heard that by sharing the gory images, he interfered with the public order within the Republic of Kenya. In the second count, the blogger was charged with disclosing information in the form…

Media personality and former TV presenter Betty Kyallo has weighed in on the conversation surrounding celibacy, stating that it is difficult. In a Q&A session with her sister, Mercy Kyallo, the mother of one intimated that she has tried to be celibate but did not succeed. She was further asked if she could date a younger person and she replied on the positive adding that age is just a number. “Do you ever get a dry spell? Answer yes or No Tumalize,” Gloria asked. “Dry spell ya doo si sana… I have tried to be celibate, It’s hard,” said Betty.…

The newly recruited Nairobi Hospital CEO assumed his new office at 5 AM on Monday despite the sacked CEO Allan Pamba obtaining a court order which blocked the assumption of office of the new CEO until his case was heard and determined. According to sources within the senior management team, the new CEO was introduced to them by the board and employees ordered to accord him necessary support and cooperation. Nairobi Hospital has seen protracted leadership wrangles since the previous CEO Gordon Odundo initiated various measures and development projects. The trustees running the institution are said to be angling themselves…

Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko was impeached on Thursday, December 3, after 88 MCAs out of 122 voted in favor of the ouster motion. Following his impeachment, Sonko has suffered major blows that have left netizens wondering what is next for him. In a ruling yesterday, Justice George Odunga declined to issue orders sought by Sonko to suspend his prosecution in Sh357 million corruption case. “That division is competent enough to refer the matter to the Chief Justice as sought as well as determine whether the judges mentioned can excuse themselves from hearing the matter,” Justice Odunga ruled. Read: Governor Sonko Impeached…

Machakos Senator Boniface Mutinda Kabaka is receiving treatment at the Nairobi Hospital after collapsing at a woman’s house in Kilimani, Nairobi. According to an incident report at Kilimani Police Station, the legislator checked into the house in the company of a woman on Thursday. It is said that Kabaka complained about a headache and asked the female companion to fetch paracetamol for him. The unidentified woman then notified the management when the legislator’s condition worsened. They called for an ambulance which rushed him to Nairobi Hospital where he is currently admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). After receiving word,…

Fatou Bensouda, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor, has revealed that The Hague-based Court is open to receive new information that may help revive cases against Deputy President William Ruto and journalist Joshua Sang. Bensouda told Nation, that the crimes against humanity cases against the two were not terminated. The DP and his co-accused were among six Kenyans who were charged at the ICC with instigating the 2007-2008 Post Election Violence. However, the court vacated the cases against the duo citing lack of sufficient evidence. The presiding judges, however, left the door open for possible fresh charges in future if…

The Ministry of Education has rubbished the claims circulating on social media detailing the deaths of four standard 8 pupils and two teachers due to COVID-19. Through a sattement, the Ministry has indicated that the reports are fake as a survey had been carried out and no such incident had taken place. “In addition, the county director of public health Kisumu and the County director TSC have confirmed that no pupil was admitted nor any teacher currently in ICU over Covid-19 cases as at November 25,” reads the statement in part. Read: 68 Students, 5 Teachers At Bahati Girls Test…

Award-winning singer Eric Wainaina has revisited the affair with Tusker Project Fame (TPF) star Valerie Kimani as he advised against siring children out of wedlock. Speaking on Churchill Show, Eric took us down memory lane years back when the story of his affair with Kimani broke the internet. Married to Sheba Hirst, the affair brought forth a son who is now 10 years old and according to the singer, he would not recommend anyone to sire a child outside marriage. Read: Eric Wainaina’s Wife Ruthlessly Assaulted By Police Officers  Eric intimates that Kimani recently got married and his son refers…

A sense of unease is slowly creeping in among employees at Kisumu County government’s Directorate and Enforcement Department after the contract of a former intelligence officer, who was seconded to the county, elapsed. Reports indicate that the contract of John Kabong expired last year but he is often seen at the Prosperity Building which houses county government offices raising concerns among employees. He was seconded to the county government last year but has since retired from service. Weekly Citizen reports that Geoffrey Kigochi, the county secretary, recently wrote to the County Public Service Board (CPSB) demanding to know what Kabong…

The wrangles in Ford Kenya Party have gone a notch higher as rival groups plan meeting to outwit each other. According to Citizen Weekly, a group led by Kanduyi MP Wafula Wamunyinyi is set to convene a meeting at the Bomas of Kenya on November 21, 2020, despite a court order putting leadership wrangles to halt. The publication cites that millions of shillings have been raised for the conference with the pro-Wamunyinyi legislators receiving back up from powerful individuals from the handshake. Among the financiers of the conference to be held at Bomas include Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati and Mukhisa…

All is not well at Coast Water Services after an employee told it all in a “tell it all” affidavit. Lillian Makenzie has accused the chairman of the board, Mustafa Idd, of massive nepotism after he married a fellow board member. Mr Idd is said to have married Amina Munyazi and later had a child with her whom they named after his mother. Munyazi’s appointment to the board was in contravention of section 8,9 and 10 of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act. Read: Waititu’s Corruption Case Fails To Kick Off Again As Lawyer Says Ex-Governor Is Hospitalised It was also…

A fortnight ago, Deputy President William Ruto announced that he had postponed his scheduled tour to the Ukambani region until further notice citing a surge in Covid-19 cases. In a tweet on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, the DP said the move was part of his plans to significantly scale down public engagements amid the worrying Covid-19 trend that saw President Uhuru Kenyatta ban all political rallies and gatherings for 60 days. However, there is more than meets the eye in the DP’s move as the same weekend that he was expected to start his Ukambani tour he was in Nyahururu…