Author: Wycliffe Nyamasege

Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) have launched a manhunt for a driver who stabbed and stole money from his boss in Ruiru, Kiambu County. Benjamin Munene Ndiang’ui is alleged to have committed the heinous act on Thursday evening. According to the DCI, Ndiang’ui drove his boss Jane Muraguri, an employee of the Kenya Tea Development Agency (KTDA) Nairobi, to a secluded spot at ClayWorks along the busy Thika superhighway, where he stabbed her multiple times on her face. Also Read: Manhunt Launched for Siaya Man who Allegedly Killed Neighbor for Mocking His Intimacy Skills The servant turned…

Keroche Breweries has threatened to lay off at least 250 employees over a Ksh322 million tax row with the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) that has affected its operations. In a press statement on Friday, Keroche CEO Tabitha Karanja said efforts to strike a fresh deal with the taxman on the payment of the tax arrears had proved futile. Tabitha said the company had tried in vain to have an audience with KRA Commissioner General James Githii Mburu. The Naivasha-based brewer has remained closed since February 1, 2022, after a back and forth with KRA. The CEO says the plant has…

Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria has given the clearest indication that his preferred coalition in the August General Election is Kenya Kwanza alliance. The Chama Cha Kazi (CCK) party leader confirmed on Friday that he is in talks with the Kenya Kwanza leadership on forming a grand coalition. In a brief statement shared on Facebook, Kuria noted a number of other parties are also set to ink a deal with the Deputy President William Ruto-led camp ahead of the next election. “This is to inform Kenyans that Chama Cha Kazi Party and 21 other political parties are in…

Deputy President William Ruto has intensified attacks on the Jubilee administration in his 10-day tour of the United States. In the latest jabs aimed at President Uhuru Kenyatta, the country’s second in command criticized the handshake between the Head of State and opposition leader Raila Odinga saying the March 2018 political truce had taken away the oversight role of the opposition and brought confusion government. He blamed the handshake for ‘derailing’ the Jubilee administration’s development agenda. Without mincing his words, Ruto described Odinga as a puppet of government and President Kenyatta as a refugee in the opposition. “Because of that…

Senate Speaker Kenneth Lusaka is seeking to reclaim the Bungoma Governor seat on a Ford Kenya party ticket in the August General Election, Kahawa Tungu can authoritatively report. Our news desk has established that Lusaka is set to launch his gubernatorial bid next Friday, March 11, 2022. The first governor of Bungoma lost the seat to Wycliffe Wangamati in the 2017 polls. Already, plans are in top gear to unveil Lusaka as the Ford Kenya candidate in an event set to be held at the Bungoma Posta grounds. The former county boss, who contested for the seat on a Jubilee…

The Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) has announced a service outage affecting pre-paid and postpaid customers. Kenya Power, in a statement on Thursday, said it’s experiencing a technical hitch that is affecting pre-paid token generation and postpaid bill payment. The management confirmed that restoration efforts are underway. “Our team has identified the issue, and restoration of normal services is currently in progress so that customers can access the affected platforms soon,” the utility firm said. Also Read: Kenya Power Employees To Go on Strike Over Planned Mass Retrenchments “We apologise for the inconvenience caused.” The system outage is said…

At least 30 Ethiopian nationals held in Nairobi for being in the country illegally are on a hunger strike, protesting against their continued detention. Kahawa Tungu understands that the aliens detained at Buruburu Police station began the strike on Tuesday. They are demanding a fast repatriation process as ordered by court recently. Some of the foreigners are said to be too weak and sick because of going without food for many hours. The individuals were busted at a house in Donholm area while waiting to be smuggled to South Africa. Also Read: 4 Arrested As Detectives Rescue Over 100 Ethiopian…

Deputy President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has been dealt a blow after losing yet another national leader to a rival party as the August contest takes shape. UDA party’s Deputy National Organizing secretary Wanjala Iyaya defected to the Democratic Action Party of Kenya (DAP-K) on Wednesday. Iyaya was among several defectors received to DAP-K by party boss Wafula Wamunyinyi at Chui House in Nairobi. DAP-K was launched in December last year. It’s one of the parties in the yet to be unveiled Azimio la Umoja coalition led by President Uhuru Kenyatta and ODM leader Raila Odinga. Iyaya…

A footage from a CCTV camera at Ushirika Bank in Kimilili town, Bungoma County, has revealed how daring robbers made away with millions on Tuesday. The 24-second video shared on social media on Wednesday shows two men armed with guns carrying two boxes, said to have been containing Ksh25 million, in broad daylight. The robbers wore caps to conceal their identity. https://twitter.com/Ma3RouteCounty/status/1498929401559457795?s=20&t=C4UrtoXBYLs9VJDIB3rRLQ Also Read: Thugs Stage Daring Robbery at Equity Bank in Matuu Police reports indicate that the gun-totting men forced their way into the bank at around 1:30pm, just as the money was in transit from Co-operative Bank Bungoma…

Former Energy Cabinet Secretary Davis Chirchir has been appointed Chief of Staff at Deputy President William Ruto’s Annex Office. Kahawa Tungu has established that the Public Service Commission (PSC) appointed Chirchir to the position on February 24. Yesterday, he met the DP’s staff at the Annex office, according to a memo from Administrative Secretary Shadrack Mwadime. Chirchir replaces Ken Osinde who passed on in December last year. Osinde died at the Nairobi Hospital on December 10, 2021, after a short illness. Chirchir returns to government after keeping a low profile since his exit from President Uhuru Kenyatta’s cabinet in 2015.…

Lawyer Makau Mutua has been appointed Head of Raila Odinga 2022 Presidential Campaign. In the appointment announced on Tuesday, the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader also named the US-based counsel Head of the Campaign team’s Think Tank. The Think Tank team is expected to provide research and policy guidance to the board and other organs of the campaign. Mutua is an ardent supporter of Odinga and has been vocal about Odinga’s presidential bids on both mainstream and social media. He has severally claimed that the state rigged out Odinga in the 2007, 2013 and 2017 polls. Odinga will be…

Wiper party leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka on Tuesday made public an agreement between him and ODM leader Raila Odinga on the 2017 and 2022 General Elections. The former Vice President told journalists in Karen, Nairobi, that the aim of revealing the contents of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to pave way for an ‘honest conversation’ ahead of the August polls. Musyoka indicated that the former Prime Minister had breached their agreement by launching a presidential bid, instead of supporting him as per the deal. Our news desk got a hold of the two-page document signed by the duo and…

Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has insisted that ODM leader Raila Odinga should support him for the presidency in the August General Election. Kalonzo, in a personal statement on Tuesday, said Odinga had breached an agreement he had with him in 2017 by accepting ODM’s endorsement for the presidency. The former Vice President was the Orange chief’s running mate under the defunct National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition in the 2017 polls. The coalition comprised of Musalia Mudavadi of Amani National Congress (ANC) party and Ford Kenya’s Moses Wetangula lost to President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto of Jubilee.…

As the rest of Kenyans struggled to put food on the table due to the adverse effects of Covid-19 on the economy in 2020, it has emerged that the political class imported over 300 helicopters in preparations for the 2022 polls. Data from the South African Tax Authority shows that a total of 325 helicopters were imported from South Africa in the year that saw many Kenyans lose jobs due to economic shutdowns. The number is an increase from 212 choppers brought into the country in 2005, two years to the 2007 polls. The ‘birds’ are valued at Ksh3.6 billion…

United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party Treasurer Omingo Magara has severed links with the Deputy President William Ruto-led outfit. The former South Mugirango MP resigned from the party on Monday citing a lack of democracy. “..my political future and ambitions cannot be sufficiently addressed by the UDA party. I therefore immediately resign as a party member and as a treasurer,” he said in Kisii. Interestingly, he announced the decision a day after dismissing claims that he had ditched the party. Responding to viral social media reports on Sunday, Magara termed the claims as propaganda, spread by his political enemies. “I’ve seen…