Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Facebook forum Buyer Beware has since 2012 been used to expose unscrupulous business people and companies. It is run by Mildred Atty Owiso who was allegedly abducted for a couple of hours in May 2018 and her co-administrator Jackson Njeru. The two have in the past noted that they always establish the authenticity of a piece of information and arm themselves with documents before making public a post. Read: How Crooked City Mortuary Officials Dupe Bereaved Families This they have said helps ensure they do not tarnish an organization or individual’s name. This time around, Kahawa Tungu understands, someone might…

Nominated senator Millicent Omanga can really get down. In a video that has been deleted, the lawmaker is seen dancing to Nadia’s Radio Love alongside K24 TV’s Betty Kyallo. In the 45 second clip, Omanga twerks and does the gwarra gwarra dance as well. Asked by Betty if she loves dancing, the legislator said, “Eiii, I love dancing.” The short video really excited netizens who said: Not afraid to show off what her mama gave her, Omanga showed off her dancing skills earlier on in the year during an interview on Radio Jambo. Then she got down to fellow legislator…

Drug smugglers have finally taken over the Kenya Ports Authority’s main port as they have removed those who recently pushed for a cleanup of the port following the call by President Uhuru to fight corruption. According to insiders, Abu Joho who is the man manipulating KPA’s General Manager in Charge of Port Operations, Captain William Ruto, has now resorted to planting his own close associates who will enable him to control the main port and have his businesses running without hindrances. READ: “I’m More Kikuyu Than Others,” Atwoli Says As He Defends Popular Washenzi Insult The new KPA Managing Director Daniel…

Geothermal Development Company chief executive Johnson Ole Nchoe’s term ended on April 10 but was extended by Energy CS Charles Keter by one more year. This was despite the board’s “poor” score and a NO verdict when he sought a further three years in the company that is supposed to develop steam fields and selling geothermal steam for electricity generation to KenGen and to private investors. “At the 172nd Special General Meeting of the Board of Directors held at Kawi House on February 18, the board resolved to recommend to you that his term NOT to be renewed as per…

Interior CS Fred Okengo Matiang’i is considered one of the toughest Cabinet Secretaries in President Uhuru Kenyatta’s government. He has always caused controversies in the ministries he leads, from education, interior security and lands over his hardliner stances. Despite his ‘loaded’ academic history, he will always shun cognitive discussions for reasons best known to him. He rarely appears in media interviews, and will always shun a debate among his peers by all means. This is unlike a man who is said to have studied Communication and Comparative literature. A spot check on the University of Nairobi (UoN) website reveals that…

The County Government of Garissa has hired a total of 13 Prados from Governor Ali Bunow Korane’s brother, Mohamed Bunow, at a monthly fees of Ksh600,000 each, this desk can authoritatively report. This amounts to Ksh7.8 million per month, and Ksh93.6 million per year. The V8 guzzlers were acquired in 2017 when Korane took over the leadership of the county, opening the lid o massive corruption in the county. According o our sources with the county government, the governor changed the number plates of the vehicles after realising that the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) was investigating the matter. Kahawa…

Pevans East Africa Limited, the company that owns betting firm Sportpesa, is on the spot for failing to remit taxes amounting to Ksh14.9 billion to the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA). KRA accuses Sportpesa of failing to withhold 20 percent tax from winnings, as per the stipulations of the Income Tax Act. The firm should have withheld and remitted Ksh12 billion from the Ksh60 billion paid out to betting winners, but never did so. The amount has shot up to Ksh14.9 billion given payment penalty and interest accrued. However, the firm says that there is a court order barring it from…

Online retailer Jumia engaged in massive fraudulent practices in a bid to list in the US stock market, a new research has revealed. In a 12-page report published by Citron Research, a stock commentary website, it is alleged that Jumia ballooned its numbers before listing the US bourse since its key investors were leaving. In a Jumia Confidential Presentation of October 2018, the retail company indicated that it had 2.1 active customers online, but inflated the numbers to 2.7 million in public reports. The company also indicated that it had 43,000 merchants in the confidential report but in public it…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Noordin Haji was not genuine in his fight against substandard fertiliser imported into the country last year, Kahawa Tungu can reveal. Sources within intimate to this desk that the fertiliser which was nabbed last year did not have mercury as alleged by the DPP, but the prosecution was part of frustrating business in which Haji was involved. This desk learns that 109,380 bags of fertilizer were imported while 43,423 bags were released to the market. This is when the allegation of contamination by mercury arose  with Kenya Bureau of Standard (Kebs) officials being charged…

Director of Public Prosecution (DPP) is intending to drop charges against journalist Jacque Maribe in the case where she was charged with being an accessory in the murder of Monica Kimani. According to sources close to the prosecution, Jacque Maribe will become a key witness in the murder trial after transitioning from being a suspect in the murder case which shocked the nation in 2018. READ: Jacque Maribe Granted Bail, Jowie To Remain In Custody Jacque was accused of being a key accessory in the murder of Monica Kimani in the latter’s apartment in Kilimani. Monica was murdered in what is…

Kisumu County government has put on hold the Ksh15 million Hippo Point project after an exposé by Kahawa Tungu’s investigative desk. The Anyang’ Nyong’o-led county had set aside Ksh5 million to fence the Hippo Point which has been grabbed by Empire and sold to Grain Bulk at Ksh100 million. Another Ksh5 million was set to be used for building a viewing point, erecting a jetty and constructing a swimming pool. Read: How Kisumu Hippo Point Was Grabbed, County Gov’t Now Fencing It For Cartels The remaining Ksh5 million was to be used to construct a restaurant. The sinister move was…

A man was beaten for 13 hours for telling on a drug and fake money ring in Nairobi. Kevin Mango, a varsity student was lured into a house along Kirichwa Road by a well-known drug (cocaine and heroin) and shisha dealer identified as Robert Omwenga Momanyi, former Makadara MP aspirant. READ: Three Suspected Carjackers Shot Dead On Naivasha – Nakuru Highway The victim was called at 4 pm by Robert Momanyi to “go for a drink at Stano’s place” along Kirichwa Road, where he was assaulted by seven men before he escaped at around 5 am. Stanley ‘Stano’ Rimbere was in…

Officers from the Office of the Auditor-General (OAG) are on the spot for running an extortion ring in counties, forcing governors to give them kickbacks before releasing of favorable reports, according to governor Mike Sonko. Appearing before the Senate’s Public Accounts Committee chaired by Senator Moses Kajwang’ and repeating the same in Milele FM’s morning show, the governor surprised presenters and listeners with his well-documented allegations. READ: Kenya Airports Authority Was Not Involved In JKIA Proposed Takeover – Ouko According to Nairobi County Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko, two officers (Anita and Oyoo) are reported to have demanded at least Ksh 100million…

Following the story of nominated MP David Ole Sankok paints a picture of a man who has come from rags to riches, inspired by childhood memories. However, putting it under the microscope paints another picture, of a pathological liar, ready to spit lies to remain relevant, and advance his business agenda. One of the lies is that he is a medical doctor who graduated from the University of Nairobi (UoN). According to one doctor, Lukoye W’Atwoli, Sankok is nowhere near the medical profession, let alone his daydreams that he is a surgeon. “One of the biggest problem in Kenya is…

Disgraced and sickly Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore is set to leave the telco by the end of his contract in August, over what is reported to be health complications. This comes a few months after he took a nine-month medical leave since late 2017 to battle leukemia, cancer of the blood. READ: Safaricom CEO Bob Collymore Paid More Than Half A Million A Day, Report Shows Kahawa Tungu has learned that the exit follows Safaricom’s decision to refuse to renew Collymore’s contract with the board pushing for a new CEO as Bob Collymore’s time continues to be occupied with treatment. Currently,…