Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The United States Embassy in Kenya welcomed 31 new Peace Corps Volunteers who have officially begun their two-year service in Kenyan communities. This marks the latest chapter in a partnership that spans more than six decades. The volunteers were sworn in on Thursday in Kisumu after completing an intensive 11-week training program covering technical skills, local languages, and cultural immersion. They join 37 other Peace Corps Volunteers currently serving across the country. The new cohort will be deployed to Busia, Bungoma, Kisumu, Siaya, Kakamega, and Homabay counties. Working alongside community leaders, teachers, health workers, and families, they will support initiatives…

Vodacom Group Ltd. announced a major partnership with Elon Musk’s Starlink to bring high-speed satellite internet to its African markets, in a move expected to revolutionize connectivity across the continent. Vodacom, Safaricom’s majority shareholder, plans to expand broadband access across Africa by integrating satellite backhaul into its network. The deal targets rural connectivity and aligns with Vodacom’s 2030 plan to reach 260 million mobile and 120 million financial-service users across its African markets. Despite Vodacom’s footprint of over 223 million customers, rural Atrica remains a tough frontier. Sparse populations, difficult terrain, and low smartphone penetration make traditional tower rollouts costly.…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Thursday alerted members of the public about a disturbing rise in violent robberies originating from interactions on online dating platforms. This happens where unsuspecting individuals are lured into perilous situations under the pretext of friendship or romance. Victims, both citizens and foreign nationals, are often approached on dating apps or social media, cultivated into a false sense of trust, and subsequently invited to meet in private or unfamiliar locations, police investigations show. “Tragically, these gatherings frequently culminate in ambushes, robberies, and, in some cases, physical assaults,” the DCI said in a statement. The…

A Dutch national, Elwin Ter Horst, who was arrested two weeks ago for assaulting a police officer and a woman in Diani, Kwale County was released unconditionally. This was after the Kwale Law Court determined that he is unfit to stand trial due to health reasons. Senior Resident Magistrate Joy Mutimba delivered the ruling on Friday after receiving a medical report from Port Reitz Hospital, which indicated that the accused suffers from bipolar disorder and another health condition that prevents him from taking a plea. Ter Horst had been facing four charges, including drug trafficking, assault causing bodily harm, malicious…

Detectives are investigating an incident where an official of a matatu sacco was attacked and robbed of Sh500,000 moments after leaving a bank. The official working with Embassava Matatu Sacco told police that on Thursday, November 13, 2025, he had walked to the Equity Bank Moi Avenue Branch and withdrawn cash for use at their office. He then left the bank and walked towards Kenneth Matiba Road. He said that while walking near the National Archives area, he was attacked by about ten men who were trailing him. They floored him before grabbing the cash and his mobile phone. The…

Police are investigating two separate drowning incidents that were reported in Migori and Kericho Counties. The first incident happened in Dede area, Migori County, where a three-year-old minor died in a family well. The boy was playing with his friends when he slid and drowned in the well, police said. The body was later retrieved and taken to a local mortuary pending other procedures. Police said the well was uncovered at the time of the incident. In Londiani, Kericho County, a six-year-old boy drowned in Kipchorian river. The boy had been missing from their homestead for hours before his body…

A 22-year-old man was stabbed and killed in a love triangle saga in Kamulu area, Nairobi County. The deceased was identified as Joab Tunguta. He was stabbed and killed on Friday morning in an argument with a group of friends over what they termed as a woman. Police said they are investigating the claims, and no arrest has been made. The group was earlier seen arguing in the Twin Bird area before the man was stabbed in the chest. The group included women, witnesses said. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. Elsewhere in Kawangware,…

Detectives are investigating the discovery of the body of a senior police officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Ololilai, Kajiado County. The decomposing body of Chief Inspector Dennis Kwena Ayoma was found on Thursday, November 13, 2025 found in his one-roomed house in Majengo area of Namanga Town. It is not clear when he died and what caused his death, police said. Neighbours had complained of a bad smell emanating from the house before they went to check the source of the same. It was then that they found the body lying naked on bed. It is…

A 32-year-old man was hit and killed as he tried to separate a couple that was fighting in a village in Malinya, Kakamega County. Police said Owen Savai had responded to a neighbour’s house where there was commotion and an altercation between a couple. It was then that the man in the fight used a wooden stick to hit Savai in the head and fatally wounded him, police said. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. Police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The assailant escaped the scene and was…

The US justice department is filing a lawsuit against California over new congressional maps that voters approved in an election last week. The new maps favour Democrats and aim to cancel out gains made by Republicans through recently redrawn voting districts in Texas. Attorney General Pam Bondi accused California Governor Gavin Newsom of a “brazen” power grab using racially gerrymandered maps. California voters overwhelmingly approved the redistricting bill known as Proposition 50, giving Democrats an advantage in five new congressional districts. “These losers lost at the ballot box and soon they will also lose in court,” a spokesperson for Newsom…

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt granted clemency to a death row prisoner, commuting his sentence to life in prison without the possibility of parole. The clemency notice came just before Tremane Wood, 46, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Thursday. He was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 2004 for his role in the fatal stabbing of farmworker Ronnie Wipf during a robbery. The victim’s family told a parole board they opposed Wood’s execution. “After a thorough review of the facts and prayerful consideration, I have chosen to accept the Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation…

California is revoking 17,000 commercial driver’s licences after an audit found they were given to thousands of immigrants who are no longer legally allowed in the US. The Department of Transportation said California officials confirmed they “illegally issued” those licences “to dangerous foreign drivers”, and the holders were notified their licences will expire in 60 days. In August a truck driver who was not in the US legally killed three people in Florida, spurring the Trump administration to increase its efforts to keep undocumented immigrants out of commercial trucking and bus driving. California Governor Gavin Newsom largely brushed off the…

Starbucks Workers United launched an open-ended strike in more than 40 cities Thursday on Red Cup Day, one of the chain’s biggest sales days of the year. The protest, which the union says involves more than 1,000 baristas in over 65 stores, comes after Workers United voted to authorize an open-ended strike after baristas and the coffee giant failed to reach a collective bargaining agreement. The strike could hurt business during Starbucks’ busy holiday season, which typically provides a sales boost and will be key to the chain’s plan to turn around performance in the U.S. under new CEO Brian Niccol.…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Thursday announced the creation of three new subregions in Nairobi and posted County Commissioners to manage them. He explained that during the recently concluded Jukwaa La Usalama public forums, he promised to restructure and reinvigorate the National Administration to better serve the people of Kenya. “We are committed to bringing services closer to wananchi through deliberate decentralization and efficiency enhancement,” he said. He announced the creation of Nairobi North, Nairobi East, and Nairobi West Service Delivery Coordination Units has been made necessary by the high population of the capital city, now estimated at more…

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