Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Police are investigating an incident where a 29-year-old man was found dead at a home after a domestic dispute with his former wife in Kagumo, Kirinyaga County. According to the police, Dennis Muriithi had traveled to the Kamuiru village to talk to his estranged wife at her home on Sunday March 1, 2026 when the incident happened. Witnesses said he held talks with the former wife and her mother in efforts to solve their differences in vain. The witnesses claimed he stabbed himself in the chest using a kitchen knife and died on the spot. Police were called to the…

There was traffic chaos after two trailers collided and burst into flames on Mombasa Road, Athi River. Emergency service providers were scrambled to the site as the fire raged, with motorists keeping a distance. It is not clear how the accident happened as both lorries were headed in the same direction on the morning of March 2. Police said they were yet to confirm if there were any casualties from the incident. The lorries included a trailer with fuel and another one with a forty feet container. This affected traffic flow inbound the city. Police said they were investigating the…

An employee of a road construction company was found dead after he had been shot by unknown gunmen in Bura, Garissa County. The incident happened on March 1, 2026 evening and involved Ancient Muli Kasole, 42. He was a mechanic and was also driving a road mixed alone from one site to the other when he was attacked. His body was found on the roadside while the mixer he was driving was still running on the road. Police said the body had a gunshot wound in the stomach and a deep cut in the back of the head. The camp…

The body of a 43-year-old woman was found in her house after a suspected murder incident in the Kasarani area, Nairobi. Police said the body of Florence Nyagah was discovered in her room on the second floor of their apartment long after her murder. The suspect is said to be a police officer. The discovery was made on March 1, 2026 morning at the apartment along Lumumba Drive, police said. Police who visited the scene said the body had three stab wounds in the chest and forehead and lay in a pool of blood on the floor. The murder weapon,…

At least five suspects were killed in separate incidents reported on Sunday amid a surge in such attacks. Police discourage mob lynching and want suspects to be surrendered to authorities for processing and possible prosecution. Police say such cases are on the rise in both urban and rural areas. In the first incident, two suspects were stoned to death after they attempted to steal a bag from a pedestrian woman in Gatongora area, Kiambu County. The woman was headed to work on Sunday morning when three men on a motorcycle approached her in Kihunguro roundabout. She told police one of…

Kenya has strongly condemned the recent strikes targeting the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman, Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain as tensions continue to escalate across the Middle East. In a statement issued by President William Ruto on Monday, Kenya expressed grave concern over what it described as the “regionalisation” of the conflict, warning that the widening hostilities pose a serious threat to international peace and security. He noted that the expansion of the conflict beyond its initial theatre risks destabilising not only the Middle East but also the broader global order at a time of heightened geopolitical fragility.…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a 28-year-old man was stabbed and killed as he walked to work in Shauri Moyo area, Nairobi. Stephen Musyimi Musyoki’s body was found on the roadside minutes after his attack in the morning hours on February 27, 2026, police and witnesses said. The motive of the attack was not immediately known as nothing was stolen from the victim, police said. He had stab wounds in the abdomen. Witnesses said there was a confrontation between the deceased and the assailants before they attacked him and escaped. He was rushed to the hospital where he was…

Oil prices rose sharply Monday as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain. Traders were betting the supply of oil from Iran and elsewhere in the Middle East would slow or grind to a halt. Attacks throughout the region, including on two vessels traveling through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf, have restricted countries’ ability to export oil to the rest of the world. Prolonged attacks would likely result in higher prices for crude oil and…

Kenya’s Brigid Kosgei set a new course record with a commanding victory at the Tokyo Marathon. The 32-year-old finished in 2:14:29 – more than two minutes ahead of Ethiopia’s Bertukan Welde, who was second in 2:16:36. Welde’s Ethiopian compatriot Hawi Feysa came third in 2:17:39. The previous course record was 2:15:55 – set by two-time Tokyo winner Sutume Asefa Kebede in 2024. Kosgei, who won marathon silver for Kenya at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, is planning to represent Turkey at the 2028 Los Angeles Games. “We have a lot of athletes in Kenya,” said Kosgei. “I want some young…

The Actor Awards took place in Los Angeles, honouring the best film and TV performances of the last year. The ceremony, formerly known as the SAG Awards, is the last major precursor event before the Oscars, and the winners could offer some clues about who will win at the Academy Awards on 15 March. The SAG Awards are voted for by fellow actors. Here are the winners and nominees in full, updating live throughout the ceremony. The film nominees Best ensemble cast * Frankenstein * Hamnet * Marty Supreme * One Battle After Another * Sinners Best actor * Timothée…

The UK agreed to a US request to use British military bases for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile sites, Sir Keir Starmer has said. But the prime minister said the UK had learned lessons from the “mistakes of Iraq”, and was not involved in the initial strikes on Iran and “will not join offensive action now”. Sir Keir said the basis of the decision to accept the US request was the “collective self-defence” of allies and protecting British lives, accusing Iran of pursuing a “scorched-earth strategy”. The BBC understands the US is likely to use RAF Fairford in Gloucestershire and…

Three people were killed and over a dozen injured in a shooting outside a beer garden in Austin, Texas, in an incident the FBI says may be related to terrorism. The suspect has been identified as Ndiaga Diagne, a naturalised American citizen born in Senegal, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS News and other US media. After responding to calls of an active shooter at around 02:00 local time (08:00 GMT) on Sunday near Buford’s bar in the southern US state’s capital, police said they shot and killed the suspect, bringing the death toll to three. Police have not…

Kenya issued an urgent advisory to its citizens living in or travelling through the Middle East following a sharp escalation of hostilities involving Israel, the United States and Iran. In a statement released Sunday, the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs said the advisory follows reported attacks by Israeli and U.S. forces on Iran and subsequent retaliatory strikes by Iran targeting Israel and U.S. military installations in parts of the Gulf region. The Ministry warned that the deteriorating security situation could pose risks to Kenyan nationals across several countries in the region, including Iran, Israel, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain,…

One person has been killed and 11 injured at airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as Iran launched attacks across the Middle East in response to a massive and ongoing attack against it by the US and Israel. Authorities in Abu Dhabi confirmed a drone targeting Zayed International Airport (AUH) was intercepted, leading to “falling debris”, killing one person and injuring seven. Dubai International Airport (DXB) – the world’s busiest by passenger traffic – was damaged in an “incident” that injured four staff, according to authorities. Thousands of flights have been grounded to and from the region, in one of…

At least six people were killed and about a dozen were wounded in violent clashes with police and paramilitary forces Sunday after hundreds of protesters stormed the U.S. Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, authorities said. The violence came hours after the United States and Israel attacked Iran and killed the country’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Police and officials at a hospital in Karachi said at least eight people were also wounded in the clashes. Summaiya Syed Tariq, a police surgeon at the city’s main government hospital, confirmed that six bodies and multiple injured people were brought…