Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A man was arrested over the murder of his brother in Soweto, Kayole, Nairobi. The man is said to have killed his brother Peter Wahome in a dispute in their house. The two lived together in the area before the murder happened on January 27, 2026. The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said. After the murder, the suspect cleaned blood stains in the house and changed his clothes which he hid in the roof of their bathroom. The clothes were recovered and kept as exhibits. The body had stab wounds in the chest. The brother…

A man who had been kidnapped by gunmen from his home in Kandisi, Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County was rescued after a clash between police and the said kidnappers. The clash happened hours after the victim was taken hostage from his house on January 26, 2026, at night. The police said the victim was attacked in his home in Rimpa as he drove in. The attackers forced their way into the house and held the family hostage as they robbed them of their cash and valuables. The attackers had pistols and a handcuff. They then drove out in the man’s car…

Deputy Inspector-General of the Administration Police Service (DIG-APS) Gilbert Masengeli on Tuesday visited Hulugho Township following the killing of a local chief and a teacher in a suspected al-Shabaab attack that has shaken the border community. The gang also blew the chief’s car at his home in the attack on Monday January 26, 2026. Masengeli represented Inspector-General of the National Police Service (IG-NPS) Douglas Kanja during the visit, which focused on consoling bereaved families, engaging the local community, and assessing security operations in the area. He paid condolences to the family of the late Abdifatah Ghani, the chief of Boma…

Police are investigating an incident where a 29-year-old man stabbed his 32-year-old uncle to death after accusing him of cohabiting with his mother in Ndanai area, Sotik, Bomet County. Bomet County Police Commander Edward Imbwaga said the suspect ambushed his uncle, Gilbert Kiplangat Bett, stabbing him in the cheek and inflicting fatal injuries to the neck, leading to his death at the scene. Imbwaga said the suspect’s mother attempted to intervene and defuse the situation, but her efforts were unsuccessful as her son was reportedly enraged over his uncle’s alleged behaviour. The suspect escaped the scene as his uncle fell…

A couple was arrested over claims that they murdered their nine-year-old daughter and buried the body in a shallow grave in Eshiabwali village, Kakamega County. The body of the girl was on January 26, 2026 exhumed from a shallow grave outside the couple’s house in the village. The motive of the murder was not immediately established. Police said the suspects included a man and his two wives. The girl is said to have died on January 24 and the couple kept the body in the house until January 26, 2026 at 4 am when they buried it in the grave…

Three passengers were Tuesday killed while 14 others were injured when a speeding bus rammed into a stalled lorry along Argwings Kodhek Road in Nairobi. Police and witnesses said the accident happened at a drift near the Argwings Kodhek/Oledume Road junction. It also caused a huge traffic jam as rescuers rushed to rescue those trapped. This was after a lorry that was carrying construction materials stalled at the drift while headed for Kawangware direction. Police said a bus that was carrying passengers headed for Kawangware and on high speed rammed onto the lorry killing two passengers on the spot. A…

Former Judicial Service Commission (JSC) Vice Chairperson Macharia Njeru protested to Chief Justice Martha Koome, raising concerns over what he describes as the open participation of JSC Vice Chairperson Isaac Ruto in partisan political activities. In a letter addressed to the Chief Justice in her capacity as JSC Chairperson, Njeru cited media reports and images showing Ruto attending meetings of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), including the party’s National Governing Council meeting held at State House in Nairobi. A similar concern was raised by the Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) which said it was protesting in the public interest pursuant…

A US judge temporarily blocked the deportation of a 5-year-old boy, whose detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents last week drew widespread public outrage amid immigration raids in Minneapolis. Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian Conejo Arias, who are asylum seekers from Ecuador, were arrested on January 20 by ICE agents. Photographs soon went viral of 5-year-old Liam, wearing a fluffy blue cap and a backpack, being held as he was detained by a federal agent dressed in black. “Any possible or anticipated removal or transfer” of the child or his father was prohibited while they…

Former Nigerian oil minister Diezani Alison-Madueke took bribes including luxury goods and the use of high-end properties from industry figures interested in lucrative oil and gas contracts, British prosecutors said at her corruption trial on Tuesday. Alison-Madueke was minister for petroleum resources between 2010 and 2015 under then-president Goodluck Jonathan and was also briefly president of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the first woman to hold either role. The 65-year-old is now one of the most high-profile former energy officials to stand trial for alleged corruption, having been charged in 2023 with five counts of accepting bribes…

Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar was attacked with an unknown substance at a town hall she was hosting on Tuesday, when an audience member used a syringe to spray liquid at her, Minneapolis police said. Omar was uninjured and continued to speak. The man was immediately arrested and forensics were being conducted at the scene, police added. “I thought it was one of her aides going up to hand her a note or something,” Jacquelynn Goessling said of the man that attacked Omar with liquid, the acrid smell of which consumed the front of the room. In a statement on X,…

President Donald Trump said his administration was “going to de-escalate a little bit” in Minnesota, after the second fatal shooting of a US citizen by federal immigration officers there. “Bottom line, it was terrible. Both of them were terrible,” he said in a Fox News interview on Tuesday. In early January Renee Good was fatally shot by an immigration officer, followed by Alex Pretti, who was killed after being stopped by border agents this past weekend. Pretti’s death reignited local protests and public outcry across the country, and led to criticism from lawmakers in both parties. Trump’s remarks are the…

President Donald Trump has threatened to end US support for Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wins power again. Maliki, who has links to Iran, was selected at the weekend by an alliance of Shia-led parties as its nominee for prime minister. The US president wrote on Truth Social that Maliki would be a “very bad choice”, adding: “Last time Maliki was in power, the Country descended into poverty and total chaos.” Maliki, whose time in office between 2006 and 2014 was marked by sectarian violence, stepped down after Islamic State seized large parts of the country. After being…

Republican lawmakers are starting to break with the Trump administration over its immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, as the party scrambles to respond to growing public anger after two US citizens were killed by federal agents. But even as some Republicans in Washington speak out against the fatal shootings, they’ve avoided directly criticizing President Donald Trump or his broader immigration agenda. The emerging messaging on Minneapolis points to the party’s main dilemma heading into the midterm elections: whether and how to distance itself from the biggest controversies of Trump’s second term, while running on his overall record on immigration and other…

The European Union and India have announced a landmark trade deal after nearly two decades of on-off talks, as both sides aim to deepen ties amid tensions with the US. “We did it, we delivered the mother of all deals,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said at a media briefing in Delhi. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called the deal “historic”. It will allow free trade of goods between the bloc of 27 European states and the world’s most populous country, which together make up nearly 25% of global gross domestic product and a market of two billion…

A top US immigration official is expected to leave the US city of Minneapolis in what may mark a shift in the White House’s tone after the fatal shooting of a second US citizen by federal officers over the weekend. As Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino and some immigration agents leave, President Donald Trump’s border tsar Tom Homan will begin leading on-the-ground efforts in city after the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti on Saturday escalated tensions. Trump’s decision may indicate the administration’s interest in walking back more aggressive federal action in his nationwide immigration crackdown. Despite the announcement, online tracking…