Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

An advertising company associated with Nairobi Senator Johnson Sakaja which also owes the county close to Ksh10 million in rates has been blacklisted and its billboards removed from major roads. According to sources within the county, Seven Star Media Limited which is owned by James Omondi Ojwang, Sportpesa CEO Ronald Kamwiko Karauri and Nairobi Senator Johnson Arthur Kubasu Sakaja lied that it installed only a total of just over 400 billboards along major roads in Nairobi but a count discovered that they had over 900 billboards. The county then demanded that the company which advertises for Sportpesa and others as…

Wakaazi wa kijiji kimoja mjini Kakamega wameshangazwa na kisa ambacho barobaro mmoja ameamua kujichimbia kaburi mbele ya nyumba yake huku akidai kuwa amechoshwa na maisha. Kulingana na mdokezi wetu jamaa huyo kwa jina Fredrick Mumeyu almaarufu Holiday amekuwa akilalama kuwa maisha yamekuwa magumu kutokana na gharama ya maisha kupanda. “Maisha imekuwa ngumu, bei ya bidhaa inapanda kila kuchao, kupata kazi imekuwa changamoto kubwa ni heri kujitoa mapema kabla ya gharama kukuwa ghali zaidi,” alisema Mumeyu. Kulingana na jamaa zake, barobaro huyo pia amejinunulia jeneza analodai kuwa ni nzuri na linamfaa. “Tumekuwa tukisikia tu watu hujichimbia kaburi leo tumeona na macho…

Biwi la simanzi limeikumba familia moja kutoka kijiji cha Embwambwa eneo  bunge la Lurambi kaunti ya Kakamega baada ya mwili wa mwanaume mmoja  kupatikana ukininginia kwa kamba chumbani mwake. Patrick Siteti, mwenye umri wa miaka 40, anadaiwa kujinyonga kwa kamba baada ya mkewe kumtoroka huku akimwachia mzigo wa kuwalea wanao. Kulingana na mamake marehemu Salome Siteti, mwendazake aliamua kuchukua hatua hiyo baada yake kuachwa na mkewe kutokana na hali yao ya ufukara. Soma: Burundi Yawaachilia Huru Wanafunzi Waliomkejeli Raisi Nkurunziza Kupitia Michoro Inaripotiwa kuwa jambo hili lilimfanya kusongwa na mawazo, na mara kwa mara amekuwa akijaribu kujitoa uhai kabla yake kuokolewa…

The Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) reportedly paid $1.8 million (Ksh180 million) as an advance payment for $2.6 million worth of software deal from Oracle East Africa, a system which was never used by the organization. READ: How CBK Awarded Oracle Ksh1.3 Billion Contract In A Record Time Of Three Days According to insiders at IEBC and Oracle, the electoral organization procured the system without following due process and by single sourcing Oracle as the provider, leading to massive loss of funds for a system which the organization really didn’t need. Excerpts from the Oracle contract with IEBC; Despite the…

Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) has a couple of overzealous and egocentric senior officers hindering the growth of their subordinates. In our possession is a dossier showing just how two KAA employees have been overbooking training sessions oversees for courses out of their scope. Kahawa Tungu is training its eye on Selina Gor, Kisumu Airport manager and her Isiolo counterpart Christine Eyanae. While Ms Gor for example is a Corporate Communications expert, she has been booked for at least 4 course trainings in Korea, some under Airport Management, security and engineering. She is also on a long list of KAA employees…

Notorious Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officials are harassing unsuspecting Kenyans and robbing them off their hard earned money by asking for kickbacks. Kahawa Tungu is in the know about two such ill-famed officials who have for the longest time been extorting business owners of monies running into millions of shillings. The two; Beth Turi and Chris Kibata audit companies and sometimes individual companies but for a certain percentage. According to a source privy to the goings-on, the two who are apparently lovers ask for Sh200,000 or more when anomalies are found in the books. The two are not new to…

Director of Studies at Kiganjo Police Training College Ms Susan Wangeci Mwangi is on the spot for allegedly extorting trainees at the college. According to sources within the college, Ms Mwangi collects Ksh2,400 from all the officers in the college for track suits, which turn turn out to be low quality suits. Assuming she makes Ksh1,000 from each of the 1,000 trainees in the college, this amounts to over Ksh1,000,000 in just a single supply. This desk also learns that the trainees are also forced to buy printing materials (Azar and spectar) from specific company believed to be associated with…

Despite James Macharia being in government for over six years now, as a cabinet secretary, an average Kenyan cannot associate him with any positive change. From his days at the ministry of health to the ministry of transport, his reign has been of ill-health and bumpy road, riddled with scandals and nonviable policies that have always flopped. At the ministry of health the CS oversaw the loss of Ksh5 billion, in a scandal that involved phoney companies, just like the NYS scandal. Among the companies implicated in scandals include one owned by Mr Philip Kinisu, the former chairman of the…

Garissa Town MP Aden Duale on Tuesday launched a football club named the “Northern Wanderers” reigniting claims of a possible URP relaunch. The once Deputy President William Ruto led party disintegrated to form the now ruling party, Jubilee Party. But according to the National Assembly majority leader, the club which hopes to rise through the ranks just like Gor Mahia, is meant to engage the youth “in meaningful and productive services which are beneficial to the community and the nation prosperity. We shall use sports to fight extremism ideologies, radicalization and drug abuse among our valuable youth. ” https://twitter.com/HonAdenDuale/status/1120653407751168006?s=19 Duale…

A heated exchange on Twitter between activist Boniface Mwangi and former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga ensued this weekend, over the eligibility of lawyers to represent graft suspects. The two were arguing about renowned lawyer Ahmednasir Abdullahi, over his moral authority to comment on the war against graft, at the same time representing suspects of graft. According to Mutunga, people charged with corruption need legal representation. “They are innocent until proven guilty. Suppose an activist like you cannot get legal representation?,” Posed Mutunga. Earlier, Ahmednasir had tweeted, giving counsel to President Uhuru on what he should do about corruption. “If H.E…

A city lawyer was on Tuesday night arrested on allegations that he has been defiling his children and house-help. The advocate who runs a major law firm Mbaluka and CO. Advocates and his offices located near City Hall, this writer can reveal is Joel Kyatha Mbaluka. As reported by a local daily, Kyatha, who was previously a director at a state regulatory board, took five of his 11 children for a medical check up on Tuesday evening at the MP Shah hospital. While there, he requested that three of the kids; a boy and two girls undergo HIV and gonorrhea…

There was a quiet order to the through the police rank and Office of the President, barring all police officers, chiefs and their assistants from attending the AIPCA function which was graced by Deputy President William Ruto in Nyeri. According to sources within the DP’s entourage, there was not a single police officer or members of the national administration at the county level in the event which was organized by the warring factions within the African Independent Pentecostal Church of Africa (AIPCA) in Nyeri. Even with that, DP Ruto was confident saying that it is the opposition party ODM which…

Muhoroni Town residents are planning a second demonstration against Agro Chemicals And Food Company Limited Human Resource Manager Mr Moses Kolum on Wednesday over alleged tribalism. The residents are irked that Kolum has been openly favoring his tribe when it comes to employment at the company situated at the heart of Kisumu County. They also claim that Kolum, who hails from Nandi County, has grown increasingly arrogant and no longer even employs locals as casuals. “He’s importing everybody from his village and employing them at Agro while we have our own qualified youths doing nothing here,” said one resident. In…

Trouble at the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) is far from over, as this desk learns that there is more than meets the eye that has led the firm to start sinking in losses. In the latest revelation it was discovered that the shoddy scholarship programme engineered in 2019 amid loss making had been flagged as an ISO non-conformity practice. A part from the scholarship programme, managing director Rosemary Barasa is accused of malice and non-professional practices at the helm. To start with, Ms Barasa reported to work on December 3, 2018 and the entire week even after her contract had…

While Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko tries to clean up the city of the lot that is corruption, there seems to be one area that he has overlooked. According to a source privy to the details, the City mortuary is a cash cow for crooked police officers, attendants and some gate-men. Kahawa Tungu has learnt that while burial permits for disposal of bodies are issued free of charge in all facilities, private or public, at the city mortuary, relatives of deceased persons are duped to pay so as to obtain this crucial document, parting with cash ranging from Sh2,000 to Sh3,500…