Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A federal grand jury in Virginia has declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, days after a judge dismissed the earlier case against her. It marks another blow to Trump’s efforts to prosecute those he considers political adversaries, which also includes ex-FBI Director James Comey. Last month, a judge dismissed the federal cases against James and Comey after finding the prosecutor appointed by Trump was not in the post legally. James, who had successfully brought charges against President Donald Trump before he won re-election, had said the federal case alleging she committed bank fraud and made false statements…

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for Texas to use a new congressional map that could help the Republican effort to shore up their majority in the coming 2026 midterm elections. Thursday’s unsigned decision comes after Texas filed an emergency request last month to block a lower-court ruling that blocked the new map, which was passed by the state legislature and signed into law by Republican Governor Greg Abbott in August. In an apparent 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court said in its “preliminary evaluation of this case”, Texas satisfied the conditions for emergency relief and that the lower…

A US Navy admiral testified that Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth did not give the order to “kill them all” during a controversial second US military strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, multiple lawmakers have said. The affirmations by Democratic and Republican lawmakers were made after viewing footage of the 2 September double-strike incident and hearing from Adm Frank Bradley in closed-door hearings. The briefing before members of the House of Representatives and later the Senate came as questions continued around the legality of military force used against suspected drug boats. The White House has said Adm Bradley…

A diamond-studded locket swallowed by a New Zealand man who tried to steal it has been “recovered”, police say. The Fabergé egg locket, valued at NZ$33,585 ($19,300; £14,600), was recovered in a “natural” manner. “Medical intervention [was] not required,” they told the BBC. This comes about a week after police arrested the 32-year-old man at Patridge Jewellers in central Auckland, minutes after he allegedly ate the locket. The ingested loot is set with 60 white diamonds and 15 blue sapphires, according to the jeweller’s website, and opens to reveal an 18-carat gold miniature octopus. The man has been charged with…

Ghana has expressed deep concern over the escalating political and human rights situation in Tanzania following the country’s general elections held on October 29, 2025. In a statement issued on Wednesday, Accra noted that the post-election period has been marred by violent clashes, loss of lives, and heightened confrontations between security forces and protesters—developments it warned could have far-reaching implications for Tanzania’s long-term stability. Ghana conveyed its condolences to families of civilians killed during the unrest and wished a quick recovery to those injured, describing the deaths as “unwarranted violence.” Accra also acknowledged assurances by Tanzanian authorities that they would…

Central Regional Police Commander Samuel Ndanyi was Wednesday named the new Rift Valley police boss in changes in the Kenya Police. Former Nairobi Regional Police Commander Adamson Bungei was also on Wednesday named the Director Kenya National Focal Point on Small Arms and Light Weapons in changes at the Kenya Police Service. Bungei took over from Jacinta Muthoni who exited on retirement. Until his transfer to the small arms, Bungei was the director of operations at police headquarters, Vigilance House. In the changes, Rift Valley Regional Police Commander Jasper Ombati was moved to Central in the same capacity and swapped…

Safaricom has confirmed an ownership restructuring that could see Vodafone Kenya Limited acquire the Government of Kenya’s 15 per cent stake in the telecom firm for Sh244.5 billion. In a public announcement on Thursday, December 4, 2025, Safaricom, through Company Secretary Linda Wambani, said it had received a Notice of Intention from Vodafone Kenya indicating plans to purchase 6.01 billion ordinary shares held by the government at Sh34 per share, representing a 21 per cent premium over Safaricom’s closing price of Sh28.20. “The shareholders of Safaricom PLC (“Safaricom”) are advised that on 03 December 2025, Safaricom was served with a…

The Government of Kenya has unveiled plans to partially sell its shareholding in Safaricom in a move aimed at unlocking capital for national development while reducing reliance on debt financing. In a public notice, the National Treasury confirmed that the proposed divestment is being undertaken in line with the provisions of the Public Finance Management Act (PFMA) and other existing legal frameworks governing the management and disposal of government investments in state-linked companies. Before any transaction can proceed, the proposal will undergo a sequence of statutory approvals. The plan will first be submitted to Cabinet for consideration, after which it…

Detectives are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in the toilet of a supermarket in Kakamega Town. Police said the body of Sabina Moraa was found in the toilet of Khetias Supermarket shortly after her death on Wednesday. She had been supplying pesticide merchandise to the supermarket in the town. Some staff had stumbled on the body and called other colleagues who attended to her in vain. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy. And detectives are investigating an incident where suspected thugs broke into St Thomas Catholic Church and stole assorted electronics in…

A gang hacked to death a night guard in a robbery at a liquor store in Kahawa West, Nairobi. The body of Saringe ole Gee, 40, was found with deep visible wounds in the head hours after his murder in the Weitemere area, Kamae, police said. A liquor store that he was guarding was broken into and robbed of alcoholic drinks. The assailants also dismantled the security cameras there and escaped with the footage that may have captured their crime, police said. Police said the deceased’s right hand was tied to his feet with two sisal ropes and he had…

An attempt by a man to remove a jerrycan from a borehole turned tragic when he fatally fell in there in Kapsabet, Nandi County. Police said Geoffrey Mutai had ventured into the family borehole on Wednesday to recover a jerrycan they had been using to fetch water when the incident happened. The jerrycan had accidentally fallen into a 50-foot-deep borehole, which forced Mutai to try to retrieve it. He then slid and fell into the borehole, fatally, locals and police said. His body was later retrieved from the borehole and moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures.…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a 31-year-old man identified as Allan Laboso was found in his rented house in Zimmerman area, Nairobi. The incident was first reported by the wife of the deceased. She told police that she arrived home and found their door locked from the inside on Wednesday evening. After knocking, her husband allegedly appeared briefly, broke a window pane, and told her to stay away. Believing he was distressed or possibly intoxicated, she stepped aside and alerted a relative to help calm the situation. When the two later returned to the house, they found the door…

Democrats on the House Oversight Committee have released never-before-seen images of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous island. The photographs and video appear to show several bedrooms in the US Virgin Islands home, as well as a room with masks on a wall and a phone with names written on speed-dial buttons. In a statement, the committee’s Democratic leader, Robert Garcia, said they collectively form a “disturbing look” into Epstein’s world and are being released to “ensure public transparency”. On 19 November, President Donald Trump signed a bill that ordered the release of government files on the late convicted sex offender – a…

US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth could have endangered troops’ safety when he used an unsecured app to discuss a planned attack on militants in Yemen, according to a report from the Pentagon’s inspector general, an internal watchdog. The details of the March attack were discussed on the commercial Signal app, and were first revealed after a journalist was mistakenly added to the group chat. Using his personal device, Hegseth shared information from a classified report, but the inspector general did not determine if Hegseth had declassified it first. The inspector general’s office provided a classified copy of its report to…

A California doctor who supplied ketamine to Friends star Matthew Perry has been sentenced to 30 months in federal prison – becoming the first person to receive a sentence in the actor’s overdose death. Dr Salvador Plasencia was one of five charged in a multiyear federal investigation that examined how Perry acquired the dissociative anaesthetic through an underground drug network in Hollywood. Perry, 54, was found dead at his Los Angeles home in 2023 after years of struggling with depression and addiction. The actor’s family asked the judge for a lengthy sentence, calling Plasencia the “most culpable”, and detailing their…