Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Major internet platforms, including X and ChatGPT, were inaccessible for thousands of users globally on Tuesday as web-infrastructure firm Cloudflare (NET.N) was hit by an outage, disrupting internet services. Cloudflare, whose network handles around a fifth of web traffic, said it started to investigate the internal service degradation around 6:40 a.m. ET. It has deployed a fix but some customers might still be impacted as it recovers service. The incident seemingly prevented thousands of users from accessing platforms such as Canva, X, Grindr and ChatGPT as users logged reports with Downdetector. Reports about issues with Cloudflare had, however, come down…

US rapper Eminem has taken legal action against an Australian beachwear company called Swim Shady, saying its name is too similar to his trademarked rap pseudonym Slim Shady. In September, Eminem – whose real name is Marshall B Mathers III – filed a petition to the US Patent and Trademark Office, calling for them to cancel a trademark that was granted to the company. US law requires the company to respond to the petition by next week. The rapper’s lawyers accused the Sydney brand of creating a “false association” with Eminem. In a statement to the BBC, Swim Shady said…

People should not “blindly trust” everything AI tools tell them, the boss of Google’s parent company Alphabet has told the BBC. In an exclusive interview, chief executive Sundar Pichai said that AI models are “prone to errors” and urged people to use them alongside other tools. Mr Pichai said it highlighted the importance of having a rich information ecosystem, rather than solely relying on AI technology. “This is why people also use Google search, and we have other products that are more grounded in providing accurate information.” However, some experts say big tech firms such as Google should not be…

Safaricom has issued detailed guidance on how families can legally access M-PESA balances belonging to deceased customers, addressing a question many Kenyans often overlook despite the mobile wallet’s central role in daily transactions. Although an M-PESA account remains active after the owner’s death, the funds do not automatically transfer to relatives. Safaricom says the process begins with the family formally notifying the company and requesting information about the account. “The next of kin or family member must write to Safaricom indicating their relationship to the deceased and their request regarding the funds,” said Selline Akoth, Retail Operations Lead at Safaricom.…

Mombasa-based lawyer Andrew Chacha Mwita was among 22 individuals who fell into the dragnet of a counter terrorism operation targeting terror supporters, financiers, and beneficiaries in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kapseret, Moyale, and Marsabit. Mwita was arrested on Friday, November 14, 2025, in Mombasa following a sting operation led by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit for financing terrorism. The ongoing operation also netted other suspects accused of facilitating, radicalization, recruitment, and financing terror activities nationwide. Mwita was presented before Kahawa Law Courts Monday where detectives sought 20 days custodial order. The ruling will be made on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. A custodial application…

Two suspects were arrested after they fatally assaulted a 27-year-old man in the Villa area, Nairobi. Police said Alkuli Ali Mohamed died from the injuries. Police said the victim had visible injuries on the face, and blood was oozing from the mouth and ears. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The suspects were later arrested by locals and handed over to the police. Police said they are interrogating them over the murder on November 17, 2025. In Naiberi, Uasin Gishu County’s Kipkabus shopping centre, one Jennifer Jelagat, 49 was found in the middle of a feeder…

Kenya Power recorded a 470 percent increase in the number of tenders awarded to businesses owned by youth, women, and people living with disabilities (PWDs), awarding contracts worth Sh3.5 billion in the last financial year ended June 30, 2025. This compares to Sh614 million awarded to these groups in the previous financial year ended June 30, 2024, making the 2024/25 performance the highest in the last eight years and underscoring the Company’s commitment to inclusive procurement and economic empowerment. “Last year, we were intentional in meeting and sensitizing the youth, women, and PWDs about procurement opportunities that exist for them…

A 19-year-old man was found dead after an electrocution incident in Obama area, Nairobi. Police said they found the body of Daniel Omusilingani in a swampy area while holding a wifi cable. Police suspect the cable was illegally connected to an adjacent structure where the incident happened. The victim was a garbage collector in the area. He is suspected to have touched the live cable, killing him. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. In Kiwanja area, Kahawa West, Nairobi, one James Kibunja, 83 was found dead in his house. He is suspected to have fallen in…

A man was burnt to death in a fire incident in his house in Narok Town. Police said the incident happened on Monday morning, affecting iron sheet-made structures. The fire started from one of the affected structures before spreading fast to others and reducing them to ashes. It was then that the body of one Anthony Mwangi was found badly burnt. He was sleeping in his house when the fire broke out. Several other families were left homeless by the fire incident. Police said the cause of the fire is yet to be established. The body was moved to the…

A US federal judge says “investigative missteps” and “government misconduct” may have tainted the Trump administration’s criminal case against former FBI director James Comey. In a 24-page opinion, Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered justice department lawyers to release grand jury materials, including transcripts and evidence, to Comey’s defence team. The justice department has appealed against the order. Comey was charged in September after President Donald Trump called for his prosecution and appointed a new federal prosecutor to pursue the case. Comey, who has long drawn Trump’s ire, has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include obstructing a congressional investigation. The…

Canada’s parliament has narrowly approved Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget, allowing his minority Liberal government to avert an early election. The fiscal plan, which raises Canada’s deficit to a projected C$78 bn ($55.3 bn; £42.47 bn), was passed thanks to crucial support fromopposition MPs, including Green Party leader Elizabeth May. Many opposition lawmakers have sharply criticised the fiscal plan – the second largest in history. The plan passed with 170 votes in favour and 168 against it. Carney, who served as the former central banker for both Canada and the UK, has defended the budget as a “generational…

Federal agents arrested 130 people in two days in Charlotte, North Carolina, the latest city to face President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, according to a US official. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told the BBC that a number of the people arrested are criminals and gang members. But local leaders say the operation is doing more harm than good. DHS said a US citizen allegedly injured an officer by ramming a law enforcement vehicle with their car. By population, Charlotte is roughly a quarter of the size of Los Angeles and a third…

Former Harvard University President Larry Summers has said he will step back from public commitments after his emails with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were made public. “I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr Epstein,” Summers said in a statement to the school newspaper. Emails released by Congress last week show Summers, a former US Treasury Secretary, communicated with Epstein up until the day before Epstein’s 2019 arrest for sex trafficking minors. Files related to Epstein continue to roil Congress with…

A South African man who was seen attending a neo-Nazi rally outside an Australian state parliament has had his visa revoked. Matthew Gruter, who has been in Australia since 2022, took part in an anti-Jewish protest outside the New South Wales parliament organized by the National Socialist Network earlier this month. He was seen among around 60 men clad in black, who held up a banner that said “Abolish the Jewish lobby”, Australian media reports. Australia has seen a recent rise in right-wing extremism. Its government made the Nazi salute punishable by a mandatory prison term earlier this year. Australia’s…

Forty-five Indian pilgrims have been killed after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in an accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia, the police commissioner of India’s Hyderabad city has said. The bus had 46 passengers, said VC Sajjanar in a news conference, adding that one man who survived the accident had been admitted to an intensive care unit in a local hospital. Most of the victims are from Hyderabad, which is in southern Telangana state. The pilgrims were travelling from the Islamic holy city of Mecca to Medina when the accident took place, the Telangana government said in…