Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Michael Carrick has agreed to become Manchester United interim head coach – and former England assistant manager Steve Holland is set to be his number two. Jonathan Woodgate, Jonny Evans and Travis Binnion will also be part of Carrick’s staff. Former United and England midfielder Carrick agreed a deal on Monday night, with an announcement due on Tuesday once the necessary paperwork has been signed. United sacked Ruben Amorim after 14 months on 5 January and Darren Fletcher took charge as caretaker boss for two matches. Carrick will be in the dugout for Saturday’s Premier League derby against Manchester City…

Safaricom PLC has been named to the CDP (formerly Climate Disclosure Project) A-List, marking another major achievement in the company’s environmental sustainability journey. The recognition places Safaricom among a small group of global organisations leading on climate change transparency and disclosure, and represents the second year in a row the company has earned the distinction. The A-List honour is particularly notable given that only four per cent of companies worldwide met CDP’s top environmental disclosure standards in 2025. CDP is widely regarded as the global benchmark for measuring, managing, and publicly reporting environmental impact. Safaricom attributes this achievement to strengthened…

Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi has defended the Government’s decision to sell a 15 per cent stake in Safaricom to Vodacom, saying the move will allow the State to retain a significant interest in the company while protecting its shareholding from future dilution. Appearing before a joint committee of the National Assembly reviewing the proposed transaction, Mbadi said the sale would help the Government unlock maximum value from an investment it has built over more than two decades. He noted that increasing capital needs in large companies pose a risk to fully State-owned entities, particularly at a time when fiscal…

President Donald Trump said on Monday that countries that do business with Iran will face a new 25% tariff. The announcement appears to mean goods from China, a major trading partner of both Iran and the United States, would become significantly more expensive to import. “Effective immediately, any Country doing business with the Islamic Republic of Iran will pay a Tariff of 25% on any business being done with the United States of America,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. “This Order is final and conclusive,” he added. The White House declined to share additional information on the tariff…

President Donald Trump has been briefed on a wide range of covert and military tools for use in Iran, two Department of Defense officials told the BBC’s US partner, CBS News. Long-range missile strikes remain an option for a potential US intervention, but Pentagon officials have also presented cyber operations and psychological campaign responses, the sources said. Trump announced a 25% tariff on goods from countries with commercial ties to Iran on Monday, as rights groups say more than 600 protesters have been killed in three weeks of anti-government protests. Iran’s foreign minister has said Tehran is open to talks…

A stock theft suspect died in police custody after he had been attacked by a mob in Kajiado Town. Police said Boniface Mutuku, 30 was earlier attacked by a mob after being accused of being a cattle thief. He was rescued and rushed to the local hospital on January 12 before he was discharged and taken to custody at the Kajiado police station. While at the cells, he developed complications and was rushed back to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Police…

A ten-year-old girl died of food poisoning after she had consumed remnants of githeri that her mother brought home in Naivasha, Nakuru County. Her 16-year-old brother was admitted in hospital in a stable condition after also consuming the food. Their mother told police she had taken the remnants of the food from a construction site where she had cooked to her home and served the same to her children. The children started to complain of stomach pains and was rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival. The brother was admitted in hospital. The body of the…

A 32-year-old mechanic was stabbed and killed in an altercation with a colleague over a mobile phone in the Ruaka area, Kiambu County. Police said the assailant dropped the weapon and escaped the scene after the January 11 incident. Witnesses said Peter Ngaru Njuguna had argued with the assailant over a mobile phone. It was then that he picked a kitchen knife he had in his pocket and stabbed him in the stomach, fatally. Njuguna was rushed to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police said the deceased was stabbed in the neck and that the…

The bodies of two youth who drowned in River Sagana, Ndia Sub County, Kirinyaga County were retrieved after two days of a search. Police said the incident happened on Saturday evening and affected a 16-year-old Form Three student from Gakindu village and a 21-year-old youth from Kinji village. The bodies were retrieved by divers on Monday and moved to a local mortuary. This was after a two-day search in the area which attracted a huge crowd of locals. The two were swept away by strong currents while swimming in the river. The incident disrupted normal activities in the area, with…

The state of Minnesota and the Twin Cities are suing the Trump administration, arguing the unprecedented federal immigration operation in the state is “a federal invasion,” and seeking a court order halting the crackdown, according to a lawsuit filed Monday. “This has to stop; it just has to stop,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a Monday news conference announcing the lawsuit. The suit was filed shortly after Illinois and the city of Chicago also sued the Trump administration, alleging the Department of Homeland Security has terrorized residents in “organized bombardment.” Both suits argue the federal government is violating…

County governments protested ex-parte conservatory orders issued by the High Court in Nakuru, warning that the directive could paralyse public litigation nationwide and undermine the foundations of devolution. The orders, which temporarily bar all public entities—including county governments—from engaging private law firms, have been sharply criticised by county legal chiefs as procedurally flawed, legally unsound, and an existential threat to county autonomy. In a statement issued on Monday, the County Attorneys of Kenya, speaking on behalf of all 47 county governments, expressed “grave concern” over the decision, arguing that it was issued without affording affected parties an opportunity to be…

The National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Roy Sasaka Telewa presented himself before the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Monday to record a statement in connection with allegations of possession of unexplained wealth valued at approximately Sh1 billion. This follows a search operation conducted at his residence and office on January 8, 2026. The operation relates to allegations of corruption, procurement irregularities, and the acquisition of unexplained wealth estimated at Sh1 billion, allegedly accumulated between January 1, 2021 and January, 8 2026. It is not clear what the investigators were after and what he told…

Six Iranian nationals have been arraigned before the Shanzu Law Courts in Mombasa in connection with the trafficking of methamphetamine valued at approximately Sh8.2 billion. The suspects are linked to the seizure of 1,036.044 kilograms of methamphetamine intercepted in October 2025 during a multi-agency maritime operation conducted off the Kenyan coast. Security agencies intercepted a stateless dhow in the Indian Ocean, leading to the arrest of the six suspects onboard. Those charged are Nia Jasem Darzadeh, Jadgal Nadeem Abdulgani, Baloch Hassan, Baloch Imran Mustafa, Baksh Rahim Goharam, and Daryayi Imtiyaz, also known as Pamin. The charges were formally read following…

Police in Kiminini Sub-County have arrested eleven suspected members of a criminal gang known as Mbogi Yaadu following a coordinated security operation aimed at restoring law and order in the area. According to law enforcement officials, the gang has for some time been linked to a series of criminal activities that disrupted the peace of residents in Birunda, Kiungani, and surrounding neighbourhoods. The suspects are accused of terrorising members of the public and creating fear within the community. During the operation, officers recovered several crude weapons, including bows, arrows, machetes, and knives, believed to have been used by the gang…

The National Construction Authority (NCA), Kenya’s construction overseer said the building that collapsed on January 10, in Karen Ward, within Lang’ata Sub-County, Nairobi County, was not registered. Two people were killed in the incident while seven others were taken to hospital after the structure under construction collapsed. NCA noted that the one-storey building in Karen’s Ngong View lane, claimed two lives, critically injuring two people and seven others were left with minor injuries and have received medical attention. “The occurrence took place during concrete casting works at the carport area of the structure,” a statement read in part. NCA added…