Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

President Donald Trump has announced the US will double its current tariff rate on steel and aluminium imports from 25% to 50%, starting on Wednesday. Speaking at a rally in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Trump said the move would help boost the local steel industry and national supply, while reducing reliance on China. Trump also said that $14bn would be invested in the area’s steel production through a partnership between US Steel and Japan’s Nippon Steel, though he later told reporters he had yet to see or approve the final deal. The announcement is the latest turn in Trump’s rollercoaster approach to…

British comedian and actor Russell Brand pleaded not guilty Friday at a London criminal court to five charges of sexual offences including rape and sexual assault. The media personality turned anti-establishment influencer faces one count of rape, one of oral rape, two of sexual assault and one of indecent assault between 1999 and 2005, involving four women. Crowds were waiting as Brand, 49, arrived at Southwark Crown Court in an open-buttoned shirt and dark blazer for the plea hearing, after being granted conditional bail at a previous hearing. He gained international recognition as the husband of pop star Katy Perry,…

As drivers sit in traffic near the Bridge of the Americas connecting Mexico with the USA, Silvia Delgado weaves between the cars handing out leaflets. “I’m standing for penal judge,” she says brightly. “Vote for number 12 on the ballot papers!” Most happily wind down their windows and accept a flyer from her. But in Sunday’s rather unique election – the first of two votes by which Mexicans will choose the country’s entire judiciary by direct ballot – Silvia Delgado is not an ordinary candidate. Conspicuously absent from the short biography on her pamphlets is the name of her best-known…

Shakira has cancelled her upcoming concert in Washington DC after “complications” with the stage at her previous show in Boston – an event that was also called off. The Colombian pop star had been due to perform on Saturday as part of WorldPride, one of the largest LGBTQ+ festivals in the world. In a statement released by the baseball stadium where the performance was set to take place, Nationals Park said “complications with the previous show in Boston” meant “Shakira’s full tour production cannot be transported to Washington, D.C” in time. The Wherever, Whenever singer said she was “devastated” that…

The Public Service Commission Friday welcomed the judgment by the Employment and Labour Relations Court declaring the amendments to the Office of the Attorney General Act introduced via the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act No. 3 of 2024 unconstitutional. The amendments had withdrawn the constitutional powers and function of the Public Service Commission to establish offices, appoint persons, and exercise disciplinary control over officers in the Office of the Attorney General. The judgement was delivered by the Principal Judge of the Employment and Labour Relations Court Justice Byram Ogaya on 29th May 2025. “Declaration be and is hereby issued that…

The Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi released four suspects linked to the alleged staged abduction of Juja MP George Koimburi, ruling that there were insufficient grounds to continue holding them in custody. The suspects Grace Nduta Wairimu (MCA for Kanyenya-ini Ward), Peter Kiratu Mbari, David Macharia Gatana, and Cyrus Muhia were each granted release on a cash bail of Sh300,000 or an alternative bond of Sh1 million. As part of their release conditions, the court prohibited the suspects from contacting any witnesses directly or through intermediaries. Magistrate Carolyne Mugo also ordered them to report to the investigating officer weekly or…

Interior and National Administration CS Kipchumba Murkomen Friday rallied Members of Parliament to strengthen the legal framework on enforced disappearances. He said there were gaps in the law which make it easier for abuse, warning that self-initiated or fake abductions are trivialising the severity of abduction crimes and that it was critical that MPs find ways of making it harder to do it. “We need a comprehensive legal framework that will punish those who exploit these situations for their own selfish interests, thereby misusing security resources that are essential for ensuring the safety of Kenyans,” he said. The CS spoke…

Kanyenyaini Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) in Muranga Grace Nduta was Friday presented in court in the suspected stage-managed abduction of Juja Member of Parliament George Koimburi case. She was presented with three other suspects who had been arrested earlier on. The plot is also believed to have involved an attempt by security officers to prevent his arrest. The prosecution requested the court that the MCA be detained for 14 days as investigations continue. They are also seeking to detain the other three suspects for 15 days. However, the defence lawyers opposed the application, arguing that the suspects should…

The High Court in Kiambu dismissed a petition filed by 13 police officers, a National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer, and a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) warden seeking to stop the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from prosecuting them in a murder case of two Indian nationals and a Kenyan. Lady Justice Abigael Mshila ruled that the petition did not meet the required threshold and accordingly dismissed it. In July 2024, the petitioners (15 police officers) had sought to stop the DPP from charging them with the murder of two Indian nationals and a Kenyan, citing abuse of power and violation…

More than a thousand Indians have “come back or [been] deported” from the United States since January, India’s foreign ministry has said. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that around 62% of them came on commercial flights, without providing more details. This comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s campaign against undocumented migrants to the US. Trump had earlier said that India “will do what’s right” on the deportation of illegal migrants. In February, the US had deported more than hundred Indians on a US military flight, with reports saying some of them were brought back shackled. “We have close cooperation…

A suspect wanted for the murder of a South African university student has been killed in a shootout with the police. Olorato Mongale’s body was found on Sunday in Lombardy, north of Johannesburg, about two hours after she was reported missing having gone on a date. In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers found the main suspect hiding at a residential complex in the coastal town of Amanzimtoti, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said. The suspect, who has not been named by the police, shot at the officers, who returned fire and killed him, Brigadier Mathe added. Ms Mongale’s…

At least one person was killed in an accident involving three trailers at a key bridge in Emali area along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The Friday morning accident caused a serious traffic gridlock between Emali and Masimba along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, police said. Witnesses said the jam stretched many kilometers. Police spokesman Michael Muchiri said the accident happened at the Jet Inn area involving three trailers that collided on a railway bridge, completely blocking the road. Another driver was injured in the accident. He said police were Friday morning working with relevant agencies to restore normal traffic flow. “Additional police officers…

A police officer who stole and later sold confiscated liquor at Kiamaciri police station that killed 17 people last year has been arrested again for bribing a senior police officer to release a bhang trafficker. Constable Allan Kyalo Kimanzi who is under interdiction was arrested on Wednesday at Kithimani Law Courts premises for the offence of conspiracy to defeat justice after he sent Sh20,000 to the Matuu police station commander. Constable Kimanzi was attempting to secure the release of a 23-year-old suspect who was arrested on Tuesday in Matuu town for trafficking one sack of bhang from Thika to Matuu…

Grim details of life inside the Shakahola forest emerged today during a court session at the Tononoka Law Courts, as prosecutors presented three witnesses in the ongoing trial against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and his 38 co-accused. The trial, centered around the removal of children from school, child torture, and disappearances of family members who allegedly joined Mackenzie in a doomsday cult, featured chilling testimonies from a child therapist and two family members of missing persons. The 47th prosecution witness, a child therapist who had been tasked with attending to rescued minors from the forest at the Malindi Child Rescue…

A Dutch national was attacked and robbed Sh3.6 million in a fake gold deal in Kakamega Town. The incident happened on May 28, 2025 in a building where the foreigner had been driven to. The victim is the latest to fall into the trap of the gold scammers who are changing tactics on a daily basis amid police operations to tame the trend. According to the police, the victim had traveled from Dubai to Nairobi, then flew to Kisumu before he was picked up to visit an alleged gold site in Ikolomani, Kakamega. He told police he met an alleged…