Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has raided the homes of top officials from the State Department for Sports over a suspected Sh3.8 billion embezzlement scandal. EACC detectives carried out simultaneous searches at the residences and offices of senior government officers and private businesspeople linked to the alleged fraud. The probe targets claims of unlawful acquisition of public property and abuse of office involving senior officials at the department. Investigators say the irregularities occurred between the 2020/2021 and 2025/2026 financial years. Those under investigation include a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Sports, a Deputy Accountant General in the Ministry of ASALs…

Women should be their sister’s keepers and endeavor to protect each other from gender based violence, Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has said. Muthoni noted that there’s been a surge of cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV), especially in the workplace. She added that teachers have not been spared. Speaking at the sixth Anniversary celebrations of the Kenya Women Teachers Association, Muthoni noted that the workplace for teachers must guarantee safety and hope for all. She praised KEWOTA for introducing breastfeeding rooms and centres in schools, stressing the need to upscale it and make sure all schools have such facilities.…

A boda boda rider was stabbed and killed in a clash among the riders over planned elections to elect their officials in Rongo Town, Migori County. Police said at least five others were injured in the chaos that broke out on Tuesday evening. Police said two boda boda factions met to agree on the way forward for the coming polls when a fight broke out. They then started to hurl stones at each other before others were stabbed. It was then that Steve Okoth, 30 was stabbed and killed. Five others were admitted in hospital with multiple injuries. Police later…

Police are investigating an incident where two workers of an engineering company were robbed of Sh3.2 million moments after they had left a bank in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The workers at Hatikvah Communication and General Engineering said they had visited the Equity Bank KU branch and withdrawn cash on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for use elsewhere. They were to use the money in clearing a cargo at the ICDC on Mombasa Road. After the bank transactions, they drove to the company office in Karuguru in their Toyota Hilux double-cabin car to pick up their project manager so they could proceed…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a Sudanese man whose body was found in his house in Donholm area, Nairobi. He was identified as Matedio Lobalu Lokaye. He had been staying with a Somali man who said he found him unresponsive on Tuesday evening. The roommate said he was concerned the deceased had not woken up as usual and went to check on him only to find him unresponsive with serious injuries on the back of his head. The body lay on the floor in a pool of blood, police said. The roommate was detained for interrogation as a person…

A police officer who has been on the run for more than two months was Tuesday arrested over the murder of his colleague in Luanda, Vihiga County. Police said constable Kevin Omondi was arrested in Luanda area over the murder of his colleague identified as Constable Nicholas Samoei on August 22, 2025. Detectives were informed the assailant was within the area before they confronted him in a house and arrested him. The assailant also stole and escaped with a rifle belonging to the deceased colleague after the shooting incident at Esirabe Primary School, police said. The weapon is yet to…

A 32-year-old Briton was robbed of Sh800,000 from his bank account in a love deal that went bad in Bamburi area, Nairobi. The Briton told the police he had checked into his hotel in the Mtwapa area on October 25, 2025 for a holiday after being invited by a girlfriend he met online. The victim stayed at the hotel until November 2, 2025 when his girlfriend invited him to her apartment in the Nyali area. Oblivious of the dangers ahead, he took a taxi to the apartment on the fifth floor. He was shocked after two men walked to the…

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney put forward his first federal budget, which lays out an ambitious plan to transform Canada’s economy and deal with the challenge of US tariffs. Billed an “investment budget” by the government, the fiscal plan increases Canada’s deficit to C$78bn ($55.3bn; £42.47bn), the second largest in history. The spending is offset by plans to attract C$1tn of investment into Canada over the next five years, with the federal government arguing more restrained spending would eliminate “vital social programmes” and funding for Canada’s future. The budget does outline cuts, however, including slashing the size of the federal…

Popular forum site Reddit has been added to Australia’s world-first social media ban for children under 16 that starts next month. Live-streaming platform Kick will also be included, bringing the number of sites targeted in the ban to nine. They include Facebook, X, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram and Threads. From 10 December, tech companies can be fined up to A$50m ($32.5m; £25.7m) if they do not take “reasonable steps” to deactivate existing accounts for under-16s and prohibit new ones. Each banned platform was chosen as their “sole or a significant purpose is to enable online social interaction,” the government said,…

The head of Britain’s richest family, Gopichand Hinduja, has died aged 85. Known as GP, Mr Hinduja and his family made their fortune from the Indian conglomerate Hinduja Group, which operates in 11 sectors including finance, media and entertainment, and oil. It has about 200,000 staff around the world. The family said in a statement: “He will leave a deep hole at the heart of our family.” They added that he would be “remembered for his formidable work”. Mr Hinduja helped transform his father’s modest textile and trading businesses into a global conglomerate and one of India’s largest companies. Lord…

A UPS plane caught fire and exploded as it took off Tuesday evening from Louisville’s airport, killing at least four people and injuring at least 11 more. Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said UPS Flight 2976 from the Louisville Muhammad Ali International to Honolulu had a “catastrophic crash” around 5:15 p.m. Two businesses just south of the airport, Kentucky Petroleum Recycling and Grade A Auto Parts, were impacted by the plane and its debris. Grade A Auto Parts has accounted for all its employees except for two, though there may have been many other customers inside at the time. “It may…

Democrat Abigail Spanberger will be Virginia’s next governor, according to a race call by the Associated Press. Spanberger, who previously served three terms in the U.S. House, defeated her Republican opponent, Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears. She’ll be Virginia’s first woman governor. The contest received national attention as one of the first major tests of voter sentimentin response to the Trump administration’spolicies. Virginia is home to around 320,000 federal workers and hundreds of thousands of federal contractors. On the campaign trail, Spanberger argued that federal layoffs, cutbacks by President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), tariffs, and the federal shutdown were…

Zohran Mamdani won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future. Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid…

Former England captain Sir David Beckham has been formally knighted for his services to football and British society. The 50-year-old, who was named on King Charles’ Birthday Honours list earlier this year, was knighted by the King during a ceremony in Berkshire on Tuesday. “I couldn’t be prouder,” said Beckham. “People know how patriotic I am – I love my country. “I’ve always said how important the monarchy is to my family. “I’m lucky enough to have travelled around the world and all people want to talk to me about is our monarchy. It makes me proud.” Beckham was joined…

Some Tanzanians were venturing out on Tuesday as restrictions, including a curfew and an internet blackout, were partially lifted after elections erupted into violence that the opposition says has left hundreds dead. The country’s electoral commission said President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the October 29 poll with 98 per cent of the vote. The opposition has declared the election a “sham”. A total internet blackout in place since protests broke out on election day has been partially eased, but verifiable information out of the east African country remains tricky. There was a slow return to normalcy in the economic capital…