Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations probe linked the murder of Nakuru PCEA cleric Reverend Julius Ndumia Ngari to a notorious armed criminal gang previously profiled in 2022 and known for carrying out violent robberies while disguised in security forces uniforms. According to investigators, the gang is suspected to have fatally attacked Rev. Ngari on the night of May 3, 2026, at PCEA Tabuga Church in Nakuru North Sub-County. Detectives say the group used a LIAi firearm that had earlier been recovered by police in 2024. The same gang has also been connected to a violent robbery on May 1, 2026,…

Police in Nairobi blocked separate groups of protesters on Tuesday from accessing venues hosting the ongoing Africa Forward Summit, with anti-riot officers dispersing crowds and arresting several demonstrators along key city routes. The first group of activists was stopped near the area around Serena Hotel Nairobi after attempting to move toward the city centre. Officers intercepted them and pushed them back toward the YMCA hostels Nairobi area, dispersing the crowd before they could advance further. A second group of human rights activists was later blocked along Uhuru Highway as they attempted to approach the main venue at the Kenyatta International…

Mandera East MP Abdirahman Hussein Weytan accused armed militias linked to Somalia’s Jubaland region of carrying out a deadly attack along the Mandera-Arabia Road that left six people dead and three others seriously injured. Speaking during the consideration of the 2026/2027 budget estimates before a National Assembly committee, Weytan criticised security agencies for what he termed a failure to protect residents despite a heavy security presence in the area. Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and other senior security officials had appeared before the committee to defend their budget allocations. The MP dismissed suggestions that the attack was linked to…

A section of residents in Nairobi’s South C estate issued a seven-day ultimatum to Housing Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome demanding immediate action and public accountability over the collapse of an illegal 16-storey building that killed two people in January 2026. In a strongly worded letter addressed to the Ministry of Lands, Public Works, Housing and Urban Development dated May 11, the residents accused the government of silence and inaction more than five months after the tragedy at Muhoho Avenue in South C involving Plot No. 68/1306. The residents, through South C Residents Association chairman Abdi Karim Hassan, said repeated calls…

A Filipino senator who oversaw former president Rodrigo Duterte’s deadly war on drugs has taken refuge inside the country’s Senate, hours before the International Criminal Court unsealed a warrant for his arrest. Ronald Dela Rosa was pictured fleeing into the Senate on Monday as officers chased after him. He narrowly escaped and was placed under protective custody. Police later said they would not arrest him while he was in custody of the Senate. Dela Rosa is accused of the killing of at least 32 people between 2016 and 2018, as an “indirect co-perpetrator” in Duterte’s anti-drugs campaign, in which thousands…

Israel passed a new law to impose the death penalty and conduct public trials for those involved in the unprecedented Hamas-led attacks and mass hostage-taking in Israel in October 2023. The legislation was passed by 93 votes to 0 in Israel’s parliament – the Knesset – and was unusually jointly sponsored by government and opposition politicians. The remaining 27 lawmakers were absent or abstained. “May everyone see how the victims and their families look into the whites of the eyes of those murderers, rapists and kidnappers,” Yulia Malinovsky, a co-sponsor of the bill, told a news conference ahead of the…

An Australian musician has been forced to cut short his North America tour after officials banned him from re-entering the US, prompting an apology from his girlfriend over an online post referring to Donald Trump. Keli Holiday, best known as one half of electronic duo Peking Duk, had already performed several shows in the US when he travelled to the Canadian city of Toronto. Last Friday, he tried to return for a gig in New York, but was “detained” at the border “despite having the proper visa documentation,” Holiday said. Separately, on Tuesday, his partner, podcaster and TV host Abbie…

President Donald Trump has nominated longtime ally Kari Lake to be the next US ambassador to Jamaica. Lake most recently led the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle federally funded news organisation Voice of America (VOA). If Lake’s appointment is confirmed by the Senate, it will close out her time as the top official in charge of the US Agency for Global Media, which oversees VOA. During her time leading the agency, Lake – under the direction of a presidential executive order – moved to terminate hundreds of employees at the global broadcaster. Trump has been a staunch critic of VOA,…

Police in Kehancha are investigating a fatal shooting incident in the Namba area of Kuria West after an unidentified man was shot dead by unknown assailants on Monday night.
Police said they responded to reports of gunfire in the area and upon visiting the scene, officers recovered five spent 9mm cartridges, confirming that a shooting had occurred. Police said efforts to identify the deceased were unsuccessful after a group of armed and hostile residents allegedly turned violent and blocked officers from accessing the body, which had been locked inside a house. During the confrontation, one unidentified person allegedly attempted to stab…

Police in Teso South, Busia County arrested a 33-year-old woman in connection with the suspected murder of her 12-year-old son following allegations of severe assault at their home. According to the police, the case came to light after the woman and her husband visited a local chief’s office seeking a burial permit for their son. The child reportedly died on May 9 while being rushed to Alupe Sub-County Referral Hospital. Police said the area chief became suspicious after inconsistencies emerged in the couple’s explanation regarding the boy’s death, prompting further inquiries. Preliminary investigations established that the deceased, a Grade Six…

Police in Mwea East are investigating an incident where suspected thieves stole Sh2 million and a laptop from a parked vehicle in the Piai area. According to the police, the incident occurred after the complainant withdrew Sh3 million from a Family Bank branch in Mwea at around noon Tuesday May 11 before proceeding to Oriental Hotel to meet business associates. The businessman reportedly carried Sh1 million with him into the meeting and left the remaining Sh2 million locked inside his white Volkswagen Touareg parked at the hotel. At about 3pm, he heard the vehicle alarm sounding and rushed outside, only…

Two children were found dead and two other family members critically ill inside a house in the Nderi area, Kikuyu, Kiambu County. According to the police, the incident was reported by a man, who told police he had been involved in a domestic dispute with his wife on the night of May 9. He stated that following the disagreement, he was locked out of their residence at Shell View Apartments and spent the night in a guest house. On Monday May 11 morning, he returned to the house and found the door locked from inside. Despite knocking and making phone…

In an effort to tackle rising air pollution in African urban areas, 17-year-olds Fredrick Njoroge Kariuki and Miron Onsarigo from Kenya were named as the African Winners of The Earth Prize 2026. Their solution, HewaSafi (meaning ‘clean air’ in Swahili), is a low-cost vehicle exhaust system that captures harmful emissions using filters made from maize, agricultural waste, disposed batteries, coconut shells and algae. They won USD100,000 prize.  The project was driven by Fredrick’s personal experience with a serious lung condition caused by air pollution. Across Africa, air pollution remains a significant health risk, contributing to an estimated 1.1 million deaths…

Police in Kisauni, Mombasa County, are investigating an attempted murder and suicide incident in which a 28-year-old man allegedly attacked his sister-in-law before taking his own life. According to the police, members of the public alerted police to the incident at Bombo area in Bamburi within Kisauni Sub-County on Monday afternoon. Police officers who rushed to the scene established that Hussein Charo, 28, had reportedly quarreled with his sister-in-law before allegedly hacking her on the head with a panga. Police said the suspect then proceeded to his house where he allegedly stabbed himself in the chest and neck, dying on…

A cow and a dog were killed after coming into contact with a live electric fence allegedly connected illegally by a homeowner in Chwele, Bungoma County. Police and Kenya Power and Lighting Company officials said they are investigating the Monday May 11 electrocution incident. Police said the incident was discovered on Monday morning in Makhonge village, Mukuyuni Ward. Police said a brown cow and a brown dog were found trapped on a barbed wire fence surrounding the compound of a neighbour. The owner reportedly rushed to the scene after being alerted by a passerby heading to Chwele Market that his…