Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

At least two people were Thursday evening following clashes between supporters of two Kasipul parliamentary by-election candidates during a political rally in Opondo area in Central Kasipul Ward, Homa Bay County. Several other people were injured as gunshots rent the air in the clashes, police said. Police said they were looking for an aspiring candidate for the seat Philip Aroko, following the shooting incident. He is a licensed gun holder. He is said to have shot into the air several times in the chaos that left many with injuries following a confrontation. Police said they want to talk to him…

A quarrel over a mauled piglet in Kopolo, Bondo, Siaya County turned tragic when a man attacked and killed his neighbour. The assailant had apparently warned the neighbour against chasing his dogs. Police said Moses Owuor died at Uyawi Hospital after an attack in his house. Owuor was a caretaker at a home where the owner has pigs. A pack of dogs from a neighbour at the home had last week mauled and killed one of the pigs. This prompted Owuor to chase the dogs, which apparently did not please the neighbour, police said. Out of rage, the assailant trailed…

Detectives are investigating separate incidents where suspected thieves broke into two churches and stole property in Kiganjo area, Nyeri County. The incidents happened at the PCEA Ndurutu Church and their neighboring Catholic Church on November 5, police said. Managers at the churches said they had on Sunday November 2 closed the facilities after their services. When they went back on November 4, they found them broken into and property stolen. At the PCEA Ndurutu Church the musician there established the thieves had stolen an amplifier, a mixer, a piano and an alter cover. The gang had gained entry through a…

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to slash the prices of some of their obesity drugs, including upcoming pills, in a landmark effort to expand access to the costly blockbuster treatments. The agreements will cut prices of so-called GLP-1 drugs for Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries in 2026 and offer the treatments directly to consumers at a discount on a website the Trump administration is launching in January called TrumpRx.gov. That means Medicare will start covering obesity drugs for some patients for the first time starting mid-2026, a long-awaited move that could broaden the…

The government Thursday confirmed that a Kenyan national was shot and killed during the recent post-election unrest in Tanzania. Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said the state is taking all necessary steps to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of 33-year-old John Okoth Ogutu, a Kenyan teacher who had been living and working in Tanzania. “It is an unfortunate incident following the commotion that was there. A contact has been created in Dar es Salaam. I want to assure the family that the case will be handled in a manner that is respectful,” said Dr Omollo. His remarks come amid…

Tesla boss Elon Musk had a record-breaking pay package that could be worth nearly $1tn (£760bn) approved by shareholders. The unprecedented deal was approved by 75% of votes and drew huge applause from the audience at the firm’s annual general meeting on Thursday. Musk, who is already the world’s richest man, must drastically raise the electric car firm’s market value over 10 years. If he does this and meets various targets, he will be rewarded with hundreds of millions of new shares. The scale of the potential payout has drawn criticism, but the Tesla board argued that Musk might leave…

The US Supreme Court will allow the Trump administration to require all new passports to display an individual’s biological sex at birth, for now. The conservative-majority court on Thursday froze an order from a lower court in Massachusetts that had stopped the US government from changing its policy, while the legal process played out. “Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no more offends equal protection principles than displaying their country of birth,” the court said. On his first day in office, Trump signed an executive order recognising only two sexes, leading the US to issue passports with just male or…

A US judge has ordered the Trump administration to fully fund the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap), also known as food stamps, and accused the administration of withholding the food aid “for political reasons”. Judge John McConnell said in his order on Thursday that without the aid, “16 million children are immediately at risk of going hungry”. The programme is used by about 42 million – or about 1 in 8 – in America and helps those with low income afford groceries. The administration at first planned to halt its funding entirely this month due to the government shutdown,…

Air travel will be cut by up to 10% at 40 major airports, resulting in thousands of cancelled flights, in the coming days if the US government shutdown continues, US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has announced. The decision, which will impact domestic flights only, was made because air traffic controllers had been reporting fatigue, the head of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said. Some 1.4 million federal workers, from air traffic controllers to park wardens, are working without pay – or are on forced leave – because the US Congress has not agreed to a funding budget. Major airports in…

Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland died Thursday morning, the team announced. “It is with extreme sadness that the Dallas Cowboys share that Marshawn Kneeland tragically passed away this morning. Marshawn was a beloved teammate and member of our organization. Our thoughts and prayers regarding Marshawn are with his girlfriend Catalina and his family,” the team said in a statement. He was 24. The team did not disclose any details of how Kneeland died. Kneeland was the Cowboys’ second-round pick out of Western Michigan in 2024, No. 56 overall. In Monday’s loss to the Arizona Cardinals, he scored the Cowboys’…

Nancy Pelosi announced her retirement from Congress, ending a decades-long career that saw the California Democrat become one of the most powerful figures in US politics. In a video message on Thursday, Pelosi said she will not be seeking re-election to Congress at the end of her term in January 2027. It marks the end of a storied political career: Pelosi, 85, became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House and led her party in the lower chamber of Congress from 2003 until 2023. “We have made history, we have made progress,” Pelosi said in her message.…

Cameroon’s 92-year-old leader Paul Biya was sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country’s parliament in Yaoundé. Biya won a controversial eighth term in a fiercely disputed election last month. He has been in power for 43 years, and addressed only one campaign rally before the election. The nonagenarian, the world’s oldest head of state, won 54% of the vote, compared to the 35% of Issa Tchiroma Bakary, according to the official results. Tchiroma Bakary maintains he was the rightful winner of the poll and has accused the authorities of fraud, which they have…

South Africa’s government says it has received distress calls from 17 citizens who have joined mercenary forces in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. The men are between the ages of 20 and 39 years and are trapped in Ukraine’s war-torn Donbas region. President Cyril Ramaphosa has “ordered an investigation into the circumstances that led to the recruitment of these young men into these seemingly mercenary activities,” a government spokesman said. The statement did not say which side of the conflict the South Africans were fighting for. Working as a mercenary or fighting on behalf of another government is illegal in South Africa,…

South Africa has skated over the latest criticism from US President Donald Trump, who has said he does not think the country should be part of the G20 any longer. Presidential spokesperson Vincent Magwenya told the BBC his country was confident it would host a very successful G20 summit when leaders from the world’s largest economies gather in Johannesburg later this month. Trump, who has repeatedly accused South Africa of discriminating against its white minority, will not be attending – sending Vice-President JD Vance instead. Every year, a different member state holds the presidency of the G20 and sets the…

Former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero was on Thursday acquitted in a Sh213 million corruption case. Kidero had been charged alongside several former senior county officials, including Lilian Wanjiru Ndegwa, Jimmy Mutuku Kiamba, and Gregory Mwakanongo, with multiple counts relating to abuse of office, dealing with suspect property, and conspiracy to commit a corruption-related offence. “Count 1-17 all are acquitted under section 210, count 18-35 accused person placed on their defense,” the court ruled. According to the charge sheet, Kidero was accused of receiving Sh14 million on August 29, 2014, and another Sh10 million on September 11, 2014, from Lodwar Wholesalers…