Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

There is a failure to allocate Authority to Incur Expenses (AIEs) to all police stations in the country, a report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission says. This has limited their operational independence. There is also a non-allocation of independent AIEs to specialized and devolved units, constraining their operational capacity, delays in the disbursement of AIE, a lack of a comprehensive database for land parcels owned by the National Police Service, and a lack of ownership documents for the land owned by the police. This, according to the report has led to informal arrangements to undertake official duties, where officers…

There is no police management board on fleet management, tools and equipment, a report says. The report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission found there is failure to constitute the Fleet Management Board and allocate suitable motor vehicles for operations; Failure to allocate motor vehicles to certain police stations and Sub County Administration Police Units, and to install motor vehicle tracking systems on GoK vehicles. There is also inadequate fuel allocations to police stations, which creates room for extortion, and soliciting of bribery by police officers to respond to incidents. The report recommends the constituting and operationalizing the Fleet Management…

There is a routine collection of protection fees by police from business operators, particularly bars, wine and spirits shops, and pool table establishments. A report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission also found that there is a failure to record detained persons in the cell registers and occurrence books, creating opportunities for abuse of police powers and extortion; Inadequate provision for separate holding facilities for women and juveniles, leading to co-mingling and increased risk of abuse and exploitation. Further, there is poor sanitation in lock-up facilities, including a lack of proper toilets, limited clean water, and overcrowding, posing health risks…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a scrap metal dealer whose decomposing body was found dumped on a backstreet of Holo Market, Kisumu County. He was identified as Rogers Shishiali, who had been working at a local scrap metal dealer. The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said. The decomposed body was discovered on Wednesday, November 12 afternoon, long after the man had died. Police suspect he was killed elsewhere and the body was dumped at the scene. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Meanwhile, police in Kapletundo, Bomet County…

Police are investigating an incident where a one-and-a-half-year-old boy died in a family borehole in a village in Kituli, Bungoma County. The boy was missing from the house before he was traced to a neighbour’s borehole. He had drowned therein, police said. It is not clear how he strayed to the well where he drowned, police said. The body was retrieved and moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. The parents of the child said he was playing outside their home when he strayed to the neighbour’s house where the incident happened on Wednesday evening. In Kapsokwony,…

A team of senior police officers met and held highly engaging, productive partnership discussions with Amani Counselling Centre and Training Institution (ACCTI) at the Amani Regional Office, Nairobi, on how to address mental health challenges in the service. The Kenya Police Service was led by Officer in Charge Counselling and Psychosocial Support Department, Evelyn Mbugua. The discussions focused on strengthening mental health systems in policing, enhancing professionalism in counselling and supervision, building a sustainable, evidence-based wellness framework, fostering research and innovation in police mental health, and expanding trauma response, clinical supervision, and psychoeducation Mbugua observed that police officers operate in…

A 65-year-old man was shot and killed in an attack at his house in Bura, Tana River County. Police said Yussuf Lalafa Buya was shot on Wednesday, November 12 shot by men who had visited his house at dawn. The motive of the fatal shooting was not immediately known. He was shot four times at close range and died on the spot. The assailants had visited his house and called him. When he opened, they dragged him out and shot him at close range, police said. The body was later picked up from the scene and taken to the mortuary…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a 63-year-old woman in a village in Khwisero, Kakamega County. The incident happened on Wednesday November 12 in Mundobelwa village and left one Mary Muyokhwe dead. Her body was found on a footpath near her house. The body had stab wounds on the upper hip and was naked. There were also bruises on the back of the body. The woman stayed alone in the house. It is not clear what the motive of the murder was. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Police said on Thursday no arrest had been…

US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including some that mention President Donald Trump. Early on Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee published three email exchanges, including correspondence between Epstein, who died in 2019 in prison, and his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking. They also released emails between Epstein and the author Michael Wolff, who has written numerous books about Trump. Within hours, House Republicans then released a massive tranche of documents to…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says “boycott politics doesn’t work” as he hit back at US President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg later this month. Trump has said that no US official would attend the gathering over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in South Africa. Speaking outside parliament, Ramaphosa said the US’s “absence is their loss” and that the boycott would not prevent the meeting from going ahead, according to the AFP news agency. He added that the US was “giving up the very important role that they should be…

The US Congress voted to bring the longest-ever government shutdown to an end. The fallout has left around 1.4 million federal employees unpaid, suspended food to many low-income Americans and delayed thousands of flights for airline passengers. Here we unpack your key questions about the historic US funding deadlock. Is the shutdown over? Not quite yet. The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday – day 43 of the shutdown – approved a new funding bill with a vote of 222 to 209. Six Democrats joined Republicans to vote yes. The package passed the Senate two days earlier by a vote of 60-40,…

A well-coordinated multi-agency raid in Mwaliko Estate within Mwea town, Kirinyaga County blew the lid off a suspected cyber fraud ring operated by three Nigerian nationals. The suspects Peter Chukwujekwu, Alazor Chukulute Sunday, and Nnalue Chiagozie Samwel were Wednesday flushed out after alert members of the public raised an alarm over suspicious movements and late-night activities inside a rented apartment. This is almost 200 kilometers away from the capital, Nairobi. When detectives raided the premises, they found 21 mobile phones, 79 SIM cards, a Dell laptop, and a heap of credit cards from different banks, all pointing to a well-oiled…

Two members of NewJeans, Hyein and Haerin, will return to their record label Ador, the agency has announced, in a move that has led fans to question whether the K-pop group will now split up. NewJeans has been locked in a legal battle with Ador, since the five-member group announced last year that they were leaving the agency because of mistreatment and manipulation. Ador has denied these claims. Last month, a South Korean court ruled that NewJeans’s contract with Ador – which runs until 2029 – remains valid. NewJeans said it would appeal. The dispute has rocked the K-pop industry,…

She Zhijiang, a Chinese national accused of building an illicit gambling empire in South East Asia, is being extradited to China – ending his years-long battle against the order. He has been detained in Thailand since 2022, after the Thai police arrested him acting on a Chinese request to Interpol. China accuses She Zhijiang of running illegal online gambling rings, and this week a Thai court upheld the decision to extradite him. He arrived at a Bangkok airport on Wednesday, flanked by two security officials. His extradition comes ahead of a landmark visit by Thailand’s king to Beijing – the…

Two brothers have been charged with the murder of South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as “AKA”, following their extradition from neighbouring Eswatini. Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande were brought back to the country after the failure of a lengthy legal attempt to block their return. Forbes, an award-winning hip-hop artist, was killed outside a restaurant in the coastal city of Durban in 2023 along with his close friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world but this shooting shocked the country. The brothers have also been charged with Motsoane’s…