Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A two-year-old boy died after being kicked by a donkey in a village in Nyando, Kisumu County. Police said the incident happened in East Kano’s Olasi village as the boy passed near a donkey at their grandfather’s homestead. The animal hit him in the chest, flooring him. He died while being taken to a local hospital. Police were informed and helped the family to move the body to the mortuary pending other procedures. Police said they are investigating the tragedy. Elsewhere, a Ugandan national was hit and killed in a fight with another man over a woman in Yala area,…

Detectives are investigating an incident where an Indian technician was found dead with stab wounds at an apartment in Kilimani area, Nairobi. Police said the victim, identified as Thandalam Madapusi Soundara, 31, was found writhing in pain with a stab wound in the chest outside Marcus Garvey Gardens. The discovery was made on New Year’s Day at dawn, and it is not clear who was behind the incident. A good Samaritan said he heard the victim writhing in pain and moved to help him to hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. The victim was an employee of Prodapt Consulting…

At least one person was injured after a 16-storey building under construction collapsed along Muhoho Avenue, South C, Nairobi. Police said they suspect at least one person was killed in the incident that happened at dawn on January 2, 2025. The guards on duty were missing and efforts to trace them were ongoing. The building was under construction at the time of the incident but there were no workers on site then. Police who responded to the scene said they had not located the guards who were on duty and efforts to account for them were being made. Langata police…

The move by a four-year-old girl to set off fireworks to celebrate the new year left her family in sadness after the pyrotechnics set off a fire that destroyed their home in Gitaru, Kiambu County. The mother of the child told police the fire was ignited by a firework that was set off by her daughter in their bedroom. The family had brought fireworks to join other Kenyans in ushering the New Year in style. This turned tragic as it caused a fire which destroyed their house. Several other Kenyans had used fireworks in celebrating the New Year. The owner…

China’s BYD is set to overtake Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s biggest seller of electric vehicles (EVs), marking the first time it has outpaced its American rival for annual sales. On Thursday, BYD said that sales of its battery-powered cars rose last year by almost 28% to more than 2.25 million. Tesla, which is due to reveal its total sales for 2025 later on Friday, last week published analyst’s estimates suggesting that it had sold around 1.65 million vehicles for the year as a whole. The US firm has faced a tough year with a mixed reception to new…

US President Donald Trump said in a lengthy interview about his health that he takes more aspirin than doctors recommend, uses makeup to cover bruising on his hands, and does not get regular exercise because he finds it “boring”. Trump also told The Wall Street Journal that he underwent a CT scan in October, after incorrectly telling reporters that he had undergone a more detailed MRI scan. Trump, 79, is the oldest president inaugurated in US history, and signs of age have been showing. He has at times appeared to fall asleep in meetings and not be able to hear…

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said on Thursday he was open to talks with the US on drug trafficking and oil, after weeks of an escalating pressure campaign against his government. In an interview with Venezuelan state TV, Maduro said he was ready for dialogue with the US “wherever they want and whenever they want”. He also evaded a question about President Donald Trump saying the US had attacked a docking facility in Venezuela, which was reportedly carried out by the CIA. The BBC has contacted the White House for comment. It comes as US forces have been targeting vessels they…

Around 40 people died after a fire ripped through a bar in a ski resort in southern Switzerland, police said. A further 115 people are injured, many of them “severely”. The fire broke out at around 01:30 (00:30 GMT) during new year celebrations in a bar called Le Constellation in Crans-Montana. Officials investigating the incident have not confirmed any cause, but categorically ruled out an attack. People from multiple countries have been affected. Regional police commander Frédéric Gisler said the priority in the coming days was to identify those who had died “so that their bodies can be returned rapidly”…

Gabon’s government has suspended the national team, banned striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and sacked coach Thierry Mouyouma after their exit from the Africa Cup of Nations. Sports Minister Simplice-Desire Mamboula announced the measures after the 3-2 defeatby Ivory Coast on 31 December. Gabon finished bottom of their group in Morocco after earlier losses to Cameroon and Mozambique, performances Mamboula described as “disgraceful”. He said: “Given the Panthers’ disgraceful performance at the Africa Cup of Nations, the government has decided to dissolve the coaching staff, suspend the national team until further notice, and exclude players Bruno Ecuele Manga and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.” Gabon,…

President Donald Trump’s administration said on Tuesday it was auditing immigration cases involving U.S. citizens of Somali origin to detect fraud that could lead to denaturalization, or revocation of citizenship. “Under U.S. law, if an individual procures citizenship on a fraudulent basis, that is grounds for denaturalization,” Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said in a statement that was first reported by Fox News and reposted by the White House on social media. Denaturalization cases are rare and can take years. According to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, about 11 cases were pursued per year between 1990 and 2017. Since…

The Social Health Authority (SHA) invited expressions of interest from licensed overseas healthcare providers to offer specialised medical services to Kenyan patients seeking treatment outside the country. In a public notice by the SHA Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mercy Mwangangi, the contracting exercise targets overseas healthcare providers with the capacity to deliver highly specialised medical interventions that are not readily available in Kenya. The services will be offered to beneficiaries covered under the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF), the Primary Healthcare Fund, the Emergency, Chronic and Critical Illness Fund, and the Public Officers Medical Scheme Fund (POMSF). The authority said…

Plans are under way for the establishment of a strengthened Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) within the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), with capabilities comparable to the elite Anti-Terrorism Police Unit. The unit’s personnel will be expanded from 200 to 700 officers and equipped with modern surveillance, intelligence, forensic, and financial investigation tools to target high-level drug traffickers and illicit alcohol networks, President William said. Ruto also emphasised that asset tracing, seizure, and forfeiture would feature prominently in narcotics and illicit alcohol investigations, with recovered assets redirected toward rehabilitation, prevention, and treatment programmes. Ruto warned that any government official or security officer…

Former Interior Cabinet Secretary and Jubilee Party Deputy Leader Dr Fred Matiang’i called on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) to urgently roll out a nationwide mass voter registration exercise in 2026, saying broad participation will be key to political change in the 2027 General Election. In a New Year message addressed to Kenyans at home and in the diaspora, Matiang’i said the country had endured a difficult 2025 marked by a rising cost of living, declining healthcare services, growing insecurity and increased school dropouts linked to delayed government funding for free education programmes. He warned that without decisive…

A driver died after he hit an elephant that was crossing the Mombasa-Nairobi highway in Mackinnon area, Kwale County. The driver identified as Mohamed Farid Osman, 40 was speeding from Mombasa to Nairobi when the accident happened on December 31, 2025 at about 11 pm. Police said at that time, a herd of elephants was crossing the highway in the Engwata area. The driver was in the company of a female passenger who escaped unhurt. The car involved in the accident was a Subaru Forester, police said. Due to the impact of the collision with the elephant, the car rolled…

Police are investigating the murder of a man aged 55 after his decomposed body was found in a flood of water in Konoin, Bomet County. The body had been partially submerged in water and had both hands tied at the back with a piece of cloth when it was recovered on December 31, 2025. His mouth had been covered with a piece of cloth when the body was discovered, police said. Police said the body had injuries on the face and forehead while his glasses were near the scene. The man is believed to have been killed elsewhere and the…