Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 26-year-old man was stabbed and killed in a fight in a club in Githurai 45, Kiambu County. He was attacked by a reveler following an altercation on January 18, 2026, police said. The body of Daniel Logolie was found in the bar with a deep cut on his back after the attack. The assailant escaped the scene soon after the incident. It is not clear what prompted the fatal attack in Club Tik Tok, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The hunt on the assailant continued on Monday January 19, police said.…

An elephant attacked and killed a 61-year-old man in a forest in Merti, Isiolo County. The body of Hassan Galgalo was found with a crushed skull after the attack in Kone Galo forest on January 18. He and a colleague were cutting trees in the forest when the elephant charged at them and attacked him, the witness said. The witness managed to escape the scene as the animal trampled Galgalo to death. His body was found with a crushed skull and abdomen and moved to the mortuary. The police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials visited the scene and announced they…

A police officer was found dead in his house after he had died by suicide in Kangondi village, Kitui County. Police said constable Dennis Nzau Ndav, 40 was found hanging on a truss in his house with a rope tied around his neck after the incident. The incident happened on Sunday January 18, 2026, police said. His wife said she had been trying to reach him in vain. This was after he wrote a suicidal message to her. He then hanged himself. The wife called Ndav’s colleagues and informed them of the same. The colleagues went to his house at…

A 63-year-old man was kidnapped from Gatanga, Muranga County before his body was found dumped in Juja area, Kiambu County. Police said they were yet to establish the motive and those behind the kidnapping and murder of Bernard Kinuthia Karehu. He was shot at close range in the chest below the right upper arm before his body was dumped in the Abbasalama area on the roadside. Locals in Muranga had reported Karehu was kidnapped by unknown people on Sunday January 18 morning. Police who visited the scene said the man’s t-shirt had blood stains and that the victim was dumped…

A family weekend ended tragically when their three-year-old boy drowned in a swimming pool in Watamu, Kilifi County. The family had checked into Saba Saba Villas on January 16 for the weekend and were to leave three days later. On Saturday night, their three-year-old son went to swim alone in the swimming pool when he drowned. The family told police they realized the boy who had been playing in the house was missing. They mounted a search for him only to find his body floating in the water. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital. The body was moved…

A 33-year-old man was found dead with a stab wound in the chest after a domestic fight with her husband in a village in Wanguru, Kirinyaga County. Police said Simon Ngugi was stabbed once in the chest on January 17 following an altercation with his wife at their house. The man is said to have returned home late and picked up a quarrel with his wife. The wife told police she picked up a kitchen knife that she used to stab the man and ran away. The deceased was found in a pool of blood minutes later and rushed to…

Iraq’s government on Sunday said US forces had completed a “full withdrawal” from military facilities within the country’s federal territory, which excludes the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region where US troops remain. Iraq’s defense ministry said the final contingent of US advisers had departed from Al-Asad Air Base in Anbar province in western Iraq, which hosted US troops for more than two decades. The US military has been drawing down for several years after the Iraqi government called for it do so in 2023. The US-led coalition to fight against the Islamic State group, also withdrew from the Joint Operations Command headquarters,…

President Donald Trump said he plans to sign an executive order aimed at preventing any football games from competing with the annual Army-Navy matchup, seeking to preserve what he described as one of the country’s most cherished sporting traditions. The announcement Saturday night signaled an unusually direct effort by the White House to influence college football scheduling and television programming. “The Army-Navy Game is one of our Greatest American Traditions — Unmatched Patriotism, Courage, and Honor! This incredible Tradition is now at risk of being pushed aside by more College Playoff Games, and Big TV Money. NOT ANYMORE!” Trump wrote…

Chilean President Gabriel Boric announced a state of catastrophe in two regions in the south of the country early on Sunday as raging wildfires forced at least 20,000 people to evacuate and left at least 18 people dead. According to Chile’s CONAF forestry agency, firefighters were battling 24 active fires across the country as of Sunday morning, with the largest being in the regions of Ñuble and Bío Bío, where the government declared the emergency. The regions are about 500 km south of the capital, Santiago. “In light of the serious ongoing wildfires, I have decided to declare a state…

The derailment of two high-speed trains on Sunday has left at least 21 people dead in southern Spain’s Adamuz municipality, near Córdoba, the Andalusian Emergency Agency said. Andalusian Regional Government Health Minister Antonio Sanz told local media that the situation is complex and the death toll could be higher. He also said at least 73 people were injured and are being treated at six different health centers. The accident occurred when a high-speed train traveling from Malaga to Madrid derailed at the entrance to Adamuz and crossed onto the adjacent track, on which another train traveling from Madrid to Huelva…

Pape Gueye’s extra-time goal was enough to seal a second Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) title for Senegal, after chaotic scenes at the end of normal time saw the West Africans walk off the pitch and Brahim Diaz miss a penalty for Morocco in the 24th minute of injury time. The lengthy delay came after the spot kick was awarded via the intervention of the video assistant referee (VAR), sparking angry scenes on the touchline and in the crowd, with Senegal fans clashing with security after attempting to break on to the pitch. After waiting so long to take his…

A fire at a shopping centre in the Pakistan city of Karachi has killed six people as firefighters continue to battle the blaze. Parts of the Gul Plaza, containing 1,200 stores and spanning 8,000 sq m (86,111 sq ft), have collapsed which officers said was hampering rescue efforts. One firefighter is among the dead, more than 20 people have been injured and there are fears some are still trapped inside the multi-storey mall. Local emergency services said that when helpers arrived at the site on Saturday “the fire from the ground floor had spread to the upper floors, and almost…

A storm wind hit a school in Nakuru and killed a three-year-old girl, police said. Nine other minors were injured in the January 16 incident at the Pascal Academy. Responders said the strong wind blew off the roof of four classrooms including that of PP1, PP2, Grade 1 and Grade 2 where the children were. This left the child dead. The injured who were aged between five and 15 were rushed to hospitals in the area. The incident left the parents of the deceased child devastated as the body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures. Elsewhere in Kapenguria,…

A boda boda rider was stabbed and killed in an altercation in a bar in Igare area, Kisii County. The incident left one Conlias Onchari, 27 dead. Police said the assailant was a bouncer at the Duke’s Lounge Resort. He is said to have disagreed with the deceased in the bar prompting the fatal altercation. It is believed the deceased was killed in one of the cubes in the bar where police found blood stains. The assailant escaped the scene after the incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy as police pursued the assailant. Police said…

A man fatally stabbed a woman in his house in an altercation in a village in Riruta, Ngando, Nairobi County. The man also stabbed and injured another woman and her 15-year-old daughter in the rage on Saturday January 17 morning, police and witnesses said. The motive of the incident was not immediately established and the deceased was unidentified. The injured woman and her daughter were rushed to hospital with injuries in the head and hands. They were neighbours to the assailant at the plot, police said. The assailant escaped the scene after the attack and police said they are investigating…