Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A guard was Friday night killed while on duty at Minaj Supermarket in a robbery along the Bungoma–Mumias Road at Musikoma area. The incident is the latest in a worrying surge of robbery-with-violence cases reported around Bungoma town and its environs. According to investigators, the attackers gained access to the premises during the night and fatally assaulted the guard using sharp objects, leaving him dead at the scene. Police launched investigations into the attack and are appealing to members of the public to share any information that may help track down the suspects. Authorities have also urged business owners to…

President Donald Trump is issuing a slew of pardons, a White House official said Friday, including granting clemency again to a woman who was convicted for a second time after he commuted her sentence in his first term. Trump’s latest pardon of Adriana Camberos, along with her brother Andres, erases their 2024 convictions related to a scheme the Justice Department said involved deception in their resale of wholesale groceries and other goods. She had previously been convicted of an unrelated fraud, and Trump commuted her sentence in that case in 2021. The White House official claimed the family had been…

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine’s party said he was taken by the army from his house and brought to an unknown location on Friday as President Yoweri Museveni closed in on a landslide reelection. Wine’s National Unity Platform party said on Friday evening in a post on X that an army helicopter had landed in his compound in the capital Kampala and “forcibly taken him away to an unknown destination.” Reuters could not immediately verify the claim, and some senior party officials said they did not have confirmation. Spokespeople for Uganda’s government and military did not immediately respond to requests…

The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over possible obstruction of federal law enforcement, sources familiar with the matter told CNN. A person familiar with the matter told CNN that a grand jury has issued subpoenas for both men as part of the investigation. But neither office had received any notice as of Friday evening, according to sources familiar with the matter. It was not immediately clear when Frey and Walz would receive the subpoenas. The Justice Department declined to comment. President Donald Trump and his administration have been critical of state and…

At least seven Ugandan opposition supporters were killed overnight in disputed circumstances, as President Yoweri Museveni took a strong lead in results from Thursday’s presidential election. The opposition said they were attacked by security forces in the home of an MP in Butambala, about 55km (35 miles) south-west of the capital, Kampala, while police blame the violence on the opposition. Figures announced by the electoral commission on Friday afternoon put Museveni in front with 75% of the votes, based on returns from 60% of polling stations. He is followed by opposition leader Bobi Wine on 21%. His home in Kampala…

CIA director John Ratcliffe met Venezuela’s Interim President Delcy Rodríguez in Caracas on Thursday “at President Trump’s direction,” a US official has said. The two-hour meeting was aimed at building trust and communication following the US seizure of Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro almost two weeks ago. Ratcliffe and Rodríguez discussed potential economic collaboration and that “Venezuela can no longer be a safe haven for America’s adversaries”, according to the US official. The meeting took place on the same day Rodríguez gave her first state of the union address since taking over as interim president, where she announced oil industry…

A bipartisan group of members of the US Congress is visiting Denmark in what is seen as a show of support in the face of increasing pressure from President Donald Trump for the US to annex Greenland – a semi-autonomous region of Denmark in the Arctic. The 11-member delegation is due to meet MPs as well as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen. The visit comes days after high-level talks in Washington failed to dissuade Trump from his plans. He insists Greenland is vital for US security – and that Denmark cannot defend it against…

The first woman to publicly accuse high-profile twins Oren and Alon Alexander of sexual assault was found dead in Australia late last year, according to new reports. Kate Whiteman sued the men in March 2024, alleging they sexually assaulted her in the state of New York in 2012. Months later they were arrested alongside their older brother and charged with sex trafficking offences. An investigation into the death of Whiteman, 45, by the New South Wales coroner’s office has now concluded, finding her death was not suspicious. The Alexander brothers – who deny wrongdoing and have pleaded not guilty to…

South Korea’s beleaguered ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol has been found guilty of abuse of power, falsifying documents and obstructing justice when he tried and failed to impose martial law in the country in 2024. He has also been sentenced to five years in jail. Yoon is facing three other trials for charges ranging from insurrection to violating campaign law. The verdict comes more than a year after his short-lived decree threw South Korea into political turmoil, leaving it deeply divided. Here’s what to know about the key charges laid against Yoon. Obstruction of justice On Friday, Yoon was found guilty…

Five former Homa Bay County Government officials and a senior officer from the State Department of Public Works, as well as a private company, are set to be charged over alleged procurement irregularities amounting to Sh348 million. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) on Friday acknowledged the charge sheet following the conclusion of investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC). The charges relate to their alleged involvement in irregular procurement processes of a tender for the construction of the Homa Bay County Assembly office block between 2018 and 2019. “The tender was reportedly awarded to a…

When Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado walked into the White House on Thursday, she came bearing the gift US President Donald Trump has long coveted: a Nobel Peace Prize. Machado, a fierce critic of Venezuela’s former strongman Nicolás Maduro, won the award last year for her campaign for greater democracy. Now she was leaving the medal in the White House, hoping the gesture might buy her something far more valuable: US backing in the fight to lead Venezuela’s post-Maduro future. But, if she thought the gift might nudge the president toward providing a clearer endorsement, it appears she may…

A gold dealer was shot and killed by gunmen in a robbery incident in Kehancha, Migori County. Police stated that the incident occurred on January 15, 2026, at night and involved a Tanzanian national identified as Leonard Lucas Mabina, 23 years old. He sells gold both in Kenya and Tanzania. He was ambushed by four gunmen in his house in the area who demanded cash and other valuables that he had. This prompted a confrontation. It was then that the gunmen opened fire killing him on the spot. Police said he was shot in the mouth and at close range…

A police officer and a businesswoman were shot and killed in an ambush by gunmen in Naisunyei area, Samburu County. Constable Julius Muthaura was shot and killed as he escorted a herd of cattle on a lorry from Lolnguniani Market to Achers Post area. The owner of the cows who was identified as Khadija Ibrahim, 55 was also shot and killed at the scene. The gunmen also shot and wounded four men who were on the lorry escorting the cows in the ambush, police said. Police said the incident happened on January 15 at about 5 pm. The gang stole…

An elephant attacked and killed a herdsman in an incident at a ranch in Mwatate, Taita Taveta County. Police said the victim was identified as Hassan Hoshow, 48, and was a herdsman in Mwananchi Ranch. He was herding his cattle on the ranch when he was confronted by an elephant and killed. His body, with fractured legs and arms, was found on the ground. The wild animal had escaped by the time other herders responded on Thursday, January 15, 2026. The police and Kenya Wildlife Service personnel visited the scene and announced they had opened an investigation into the same.…

An Australian national was arrested and disarmed after he had threatened to shoot his wife in an altercation in Diani, Kwale County. Police said the suspect, whose alien card had expired in June 2025, was detained pending arraignment for threatening to shoot his wife on January 15, 2026. He was found to own a Kimar Competitive revolver with three rounds of blanks, 28 rounds of ammunition, a cartridge, a pistol carrier and a cleaning load. Police said he did not have a firearm certificate at the time of his arrest when he was arrested from the Mwisho Wa Lami area.…