Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

It is less than three weeks to the August 8 elections and multiple sources in government have revealed to Kahawa Tungu that there are no plans to swear in a new president who is likely to be NASA’s Raila Odinga. As at now, no transitional committee has been formed which ordinarily would have seen some handlers of the NASA presidential candidate incorporated to begin learning the ropes of state-craft both on inauguration day and after. It is also evident that as at now, Jubilee is not sharing any intelligence with the NASA leader even as observers see this election as too…

Murang’a Governor Mwangi wa Iria’s re-election bid met its last obstacle following his thrashing of Kigumo MP Jamleck Kamau to clinch the Jubilee Party ticket. Earlier, a series of politically instigated cases which culminated in charged senate grilling and publicized EACC appearances nearly saw him knocked out. Those opposed to his re-election had sought to portray him as corrupt. And failed. Seen as one of the strongest examples of devolution successes, Wa Iria would receive backing from strange quarters, including from ODM supremo Raila Odinga. With a petition to remove him from office having collapsed, and impeachment proceedings having faltered…

While ODM’s candidate for Kisumu gubernatorial election Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o did not win fairly but ‘played dirty’, he has spent the post-nomination period reaching out to people who long felt the Kisumu County under incumbent governor Jack Ranguma had been totally mismanaged. Nyong’o appeals to voters who feel Kisumu needs a different direction to prosper, and has launched a progressive manifesto to buttress his bid as an alternative to Ranguma. The Economics and Political Science professor has been aided in part by the totally mediocre campaign that Ranguma is running, where key campaigners are still on a looting spree.…

That Raila Odinga is taking nothing to chance to dislodge President Uhuru from power has seen him fire his second campaign manager Willis Otieno and hire long time associate Joe Ager. In total, Raila has had three managers now, which is in sharp contrast to the 2013 election where he stuck with Eliud Owalo, accused to have bungled the campaigns of that year. Raila had initially hired University of Nairobi don Dr. Adams Oloo whose short stint ended abruptly as NASA settled on Raila as the joint presidential candidate. Willis, an advocate, was brought in just after presiding ODM Appeals…

ODM candidate for Mombasa County gubernatorial race Hassan Joho is likely not to participate in a joint debate by all candidates seeking the position. Sources have intimated to Kahawa Tungu that Joho will not participate in the debates, despite his bravado and positioning as ‘unbeatable’. Joho is taking cue from other incumbents who are opting not to debate their competitors. In Kisumu, incumbent governor Jack Ranguma failed to show up to debate ODM’s Prof. Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o. Only in Nairobi did all the top gubernatorial candidates face each other. The Mombasa debate had been billed as a clash of titans,…

Winnie Odinga, a soft power player in ODM and NASA circles has shared some interesting thoughts on her worldview with Pulse Magazine. The last daughter of NASA presidential candidate Raila Odinga has revealed she loves Tupac Shakur to Biggie, and is also dating, though could not reveal the identity of the man (or woman). She’s been rumoured to play in Team B. She loves sneakers and boots, doesn’t do heels and sure doesn’t carry handbags around. Her sobriquet is “Kazi”. Given to her by her sister Rosemary. Educated at exclusive Rusinga School and Brookhouse, then to the US where she…

The independent Elections and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) has finally revealed it will print the voter register and display it in the 40,833 polling stations a week to the general election. A printout of the register will be displayed at all the 40,883 polling stations 7 days to the polls. You do not need a voting card to vote — IEBC (@IEBCKenya) July 11, 2017 At the same time, NASA recently alleged that there are as many as over 400,000 double registrations in the voter register. “In the voters register which we have obtained from the IEBC website, NASA campaign secretariat…

President Uhuru is today campaigning in the expansive Narok County, seen as a swing county in the August presidential election despite voting for a Jubilee governor in 2013. The county has witnessed the proliferation of Chama Cha Mashinani (CCM) which is expected to give the Jubilee candidate, incumbent governor Samuel Tunai, much headache. CMM candidate is Patrick Ntutu, current MP for Narok West. The ODM candidate, Tiampati Ole Musuni, is a former ICT Principal Secretary in Uhuru regime who was sacked over graft as his name appeared on the 2015 ‘list of shame’. Meanwhile, the NASA brigade led by presidential…

Mombasa County ODM leadership is under serious threat of disintegration with the possibility of jeopardizing the re-election of ODM Deputy Party Leader and current governor Ali Hassan Joho. Trouble begun with a number of serving Luo MCAs, including former Speaker Thadius Rajwayi bolting out of the Joho camp, citing frustrations. Attempts by ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga to have the Luo community in Mombasa back his deputy in ODM has failed twice, the latest being last weekend. Today, a section of Luo leaders and elected Luo MCAs have thrown their weight behind Wiper gubernatorial aspirant Hassan Omar. The group was…

In a series of tweets that point to the continued frustrations in the law office of Ahmednasir Abdulahi, the once powerful lawyer, now a pale shadow of his former self, took to twitter to join Jubilee overrated simpletons like Kipchumba Murkomen, Kimani Ichungwa and Aden Duale in bashing the three judge bench that ruled against IEBC, particularly Justice George Odunga. Already, we’ve heard how one of the judges is related to NASA’s James Orengo. Ethnic profiling. How about the other two? Judges make mistakes & on many occasions get it totally wrong. As a country we must always respect their…

First elected to parliament in 1997, Samson Kegengo Ongeri served until 2002 when the ‘Narc wave’ engineered by Raila Odinga swept him aside. Ongeri had remained in KANU while the Gusii had moved, almost to a man, to support the presidential bid of Simeon Nyachae. Five years later in 2007, he regained the seat, and was quickly appointed cabinet minister for education in the first Kibaki cabinet formed a few hours after the totally bungled election was called for Kibaki. Elsewhere in the country, fire and smoke billowed. As a KANU politician allied to then PNU, Prof. Ongeri emerged as…

Once revered in judiciary circles as among a small clique of influential lawyers to go to for high profile cases, Ahmednasir Abdulahi has seen his legal career suffer massive setbacks since the 2013 supreme court presidential debut that remains the highest profile case in recent times. Ahmednasir thrived under Dr. Willy Mutunga, who was himself accused of having benefited from the lawyer’s treachery as then a member of the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) that recommended his name for the Chief Justice post. Ahmednasir had been exposed as having leaked interview questions to Mutunga, then coached him on how to answer…

The family of the late Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery is barring politicians allied to the opposition NASA from accessing the rural home of the late cabinet secretary. Kajiado Governor David Nkaidenye, Kajiado Central MP Elija Memusi both allied to ODM and Wiper Kajiado Women Rep aspirant Simaiya Rakita were among leaders stopped from entering the home. Former Kenya Meat Commission Chairman Taraiya Ole Kores, who was endorsed by Gen. Nkaissery to vie for governor of Kajiado but lost to Joseph Ole Lenku and defected to the opposition, was also barred. Governor Nkaidenye and MP Memusi are said to have…

Julie Gichuru and her gang of “PEACE” hawks are back in business and these are their times for heightened activities. The electioneering period is their time for peak business and she never fails to seek attention with totally irrelevant calls. RELATED: Robert Gichuru was the Driver of Fidel Odinga’s Ill-Fated Range Rover The TV host, gambling company owner (M-Cheza), wife of an opportunistic fraud (husband is known corruption baron while father in law is wanted in a foreign country for the same) and known victim of spousal abuse (she is a victim) got the guts to come out again and preach…

ODM nominee for Kajulu ward, Clifford Mwalo has been missing for one month and nobody seems to know where he might be. Even the ODM party has not raised a complaint with the police or even announced this sad news. The candidate who left Kisumu on 5th June for China was only traced until Dubai where he arrived and has not been heard of since then. According to friends and relatives of the aspirant, Cliff can’t take more than 2 hours before communicating with his family but this time his silence is worrying his friends, supporters and family. The family…

Lawyer Ahmednasir has claimed that Jubilee honchos and key officials in the Judiciary tried to make sure that they were in control of the NASA’s case against IEBC from the start. According to the lawyer, senior government officials made serious attempts to ensure that Judge Odunga was not hearing the case and the team they had “prepared” was to handle the matter. The claims are surprising considering that the lawyer was a key part of the IEBC legal team against Raila. Breathtaking drama behind the scene in the case NASA filed yesterday. 2 failed attempts made to ensure Odunga J…