Thanks Steve! Unfortunately that didn't make any difference in my case. :/
FYI I also have a thread going over at SpiceWorks: Kiwi SysLog Not Capturing Messages - Spiceworks
I also found a thread with the exact same problem - his solution was to install the "eval" version instead of the "free" one - but that didn't work for me. Re: Kiwi Syslog not capturing syslogs