Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A four-year-old girl died after she was crushed by a perimeter wall in Shianda, Mumias, Kakamega County. Police said the incident happened at the Queens Guest House on Thursday morning. The girl was in the company of her elder sister and was crossing the perimeter wall into the guest house compound when it tumbled on them. Police said the elder sister was helping the deceased young girl to cross when a section of the wall collapsed on her. She was rushed to a local private hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival, police said. Police said they are investigating…

As 2025 draws to a close, Safaricom has reflected on a milestone year for its flagship mobile money platform, M-PESA, marked by major anniversaries, expanded financial services and strong industry recognition. The year was significant on two fronts: Safaricom marked its 25th anniversary, while M-PESA celebrated 18 years since launch, a moment executives described as a transition from rapid growth to maturity, resilience and long-term sustainability. According to Safaricom Chief Financial Services Officer Esther Masese Waititu, 2025 saw accelerated investments under its “Fintech 2.0” strategy, focused on modernising M-PESA’s core infrastructure to enhance security, scalability and reliability. The platform now…

The House on Wednesday voted to pass a bill that could imprison health care providers for providing gender-affirming care for minors. The bill — titled the “Protect Children’s Innocence Act” and sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia — would make it a class C felony to treat minors with gender-affirming care like surgeries and puberty blockers. If enacted, the bill could imprison doctors who provide such care for up to ten years. It’s unclear whether the GOP-led Senate will take up the measure, though it is unlikely it would get enough Democratic support to pass out of that…

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he would be issuing checks to members of the United States military for $1,776 – in honor of the country’s founding – calling the payment the “Warrior Dividend.” “1,450,000 military service members will receive a special, we call, warrior dividend before Christmas. A warrior dividend. In honor of our nation’s founding in 1776, we are sending every soldier $1,776,” Trump said during his televised address to the nation. “And the checks are already on the way.” Trump credited tariffs for bringing in money, though he didn’t say directly how the initiative would be funded.…

The Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) directed the commencement of investigations into the death of singer Betty Bayo, real name Beatrice Wairimu Mbugua. In a letter to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) on Tuesday, December 16, 2025, the DPP asked for investigations into Bayo’s death and findings forwarded to the prosecutors within seven days. This is after the singer’s mother Joyce Wairimu, on December 9, 2025 wrote a letter to the DPP asking for an inquest into the death of her daughter. The gospel artist died on November 10, 2025, at the Kenyatta National Hospital, where the family said…

A girl aged eight was found murdered in a house in Tokomta village, Mulot, Narok County. She had her throat slit when the body was discovered on Wednesday, December 17 evening, police said. The motive of the murder was not immediately known. The mother of the girl said she sent her to a neighbor’s house for salt, but she did not return as anticipated. This prompted the family to start looking for her hours later when they stumbled on the body lying on the floor in the house and in a pool of blood. Her neck had been slit by…

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has asked the Senate to confirm two new heads for Nigeria’s oil and gas regulators after their predecessors abruptly quit, amid a high stakes clash between one agency and Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote. Tinubu’s nominations follow the exit of Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, and Farouk Ahmed, head of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority. Dangote has accused Ahmed of allowing the entry of cut-price fuel imports that threaten local refineries, including his 650,000-barrel-per-day Lagos plant, Africa’s largest. Dangote on Wednesday submitted a petition against Ahmed with…

A gang raided a private home in Spring Valley area, Nairobi and held a family hostage for hours before robbing them of cash and valuables. The gang forced their way into the compound in Shanzu Gardens on Wednesday night as one member of the family was entering through the main gate, police said. The victim said three men wearing face masks and armed with pistols and rifles emerged and ordered those in the car to get out. They then led them to the house where they detained others who were present in a room before ransacking it for two hours.…

The Trump administration announced a massive package of arms sales to Taiwan valued at more than $10 billion that includes medium-range missiles, howitzers and drones, a move that is sure to infuriate China. The State Department announced the sales late Wednesday during a nationally televised address by President Donald Trump, who made scant mention of foreign policy issues and did not speak about China or Taiwan at all. U.S.-Chinese tensions have ebbed and flowed during Trump’s second term, largely over trade and tariffs but also over China’s increasing aggressiveness toward Taiwan, which Beijing has said must reunify with the mainland.…

Two gold miners were killed after a shaft they were working on collapsed in Macalder, Migori County. Two others were seriously injured in the December 16, 2025 incident, police and locals said. The group was busy working on a shaft in the area when it collapsed and trapped them, police said. This is the latest such incident to happen in the area amid calls for safety of miners in general. Police said one of the deceased was a Tanzanian who was working at the site. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. There has…

Children of slain Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Reiner are speaking out for the first time after their deaths and the arrest of their brother, Nick. Jake and Romy Reiner said in a statement on Wednesday that they are experiencing “unimaginable pain” after the “horrific and devastating loss”. They did not directly address the allegations against their brother. Nick Reiner, 32, appeared in court for the first time on Wednesday and waived his right to enter a plea to two charges of first-degree murder. The couple were found dead on Sunday in their Los Angeles home. The…

Dan Bongino has said he will leave his role as the FBI’s deputy director in January. In a post on X, he thanked President Donald Trump, as well as the director of the FBI and the attorney general “for the opportunity to serve with purpose”. It comes after Trump said earlier on Wednesday that the former podcast host “did a great job” in office, and “wants to go back to his show”. Bongino, who was appointed to the role by Trump in February, was previously a New York City police officer and a US Secret Service agent assigned to protect…

At least 13 worshippers were abducted when gunmen attacked a church in Kogi state, central Nigeria, amid rising insecurity in the region, a state official said on Wednesday. Kogi Information Commissioner Kingsley Fanwo said the assault on First ECWA church, in the remote Ayetoro-Kiri community, on Sunday sparked a gunfight between the attackers and local hunters employed by the state as a first line of defence. Four of the attackers were killed and at least 10 others sustained wounds, Fanwo said, adding that security forces remained on the trail of the fleeing kidnappers. The attack is the latest in a…

A popular South African radio and club DJ was shot dead in the country’s largest city, Johannesburg, sending shockwaves across the nation grappling with entrenched crime. Warrick Stock, popularly known as DJ Warras, was gunned down in the city centre on Tuesday afternoon. Police said the 40-year-old media personality was approached by three suspects, one of whom opened fire on him before fleeing on foot. The motive of the shooting is unknown and no arrests have been made, police said. Stock was a well-known radio and TV presenter and a podcaster in South Africa. Fred Kekana, a local police chief,…

Former Lugari MP Cyrus Jirongo died from blunt force trauma that caused severe injuries to chest and abdomen, an autopsy conducted on the body showed. A postmortem conducted on his body revealed he also had injuries in the spine and legs. The family pathologist Joseph Ndung’u and chief government pathologist Dr Johansen Oduor were present at the Lee Funeral Home when the exercise was conducted. Dr Ndung’u said Jirongo’s body had multiple injuries caused by blunt trauma. He he said the body had two fractures on the right hand and that there were fractures on the lower limbs (legs). “There…