Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 90-year-old man died while several others were injured following a stampede during a food distribution exercise in Kisii County. The incident occurred on April 15, 2026 at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Gucha Sub-County, where residents had gathered to receive food donations reportedly offered by area MP Alfa Miruka. According to police, a large crowd formed and chaos ensued as people struggled to access the food supplies. In the commotion, Nathan Ombui, 90, fell and was trampled by the crowd. He was rushed to Gucha Sub-County Hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival. At least eight other…

A Kenya Defence Forces officer was arrested after he fatally stabbed his wife in an altercation at their home in Nakuru County. The incident happened in St Mary’s area on April 14 and left the officer, a Captain based at Gilgil Military Base arrested, police said. The couple’s house help told police the deceased woman identified as Ann Mugweru, 29 and an accountant in the area had been engaged in a quarrel with the husband. It was then the husband is said to have stabbed the woman in the stomach fatally injuring her. She was rushed to a local hospital…

A major fire has broken out at one of Australia’s two oil refineries, deepening fears over the nation’s petrol supplies amid a global fuel crunch. Emergency crews rushed to Viva’s Corio oil refinery in Geelong, southwest of Melbourne, just before midnight on Wednesday, after reports of explosions and flames. The refinery produces 50% of Victoria’s fuel and 10% of the nation’s. No one has been injured, but the blaze continues to burn and has prompted warnings about air quality in the area. The refinery is still partially operational – jet fuel and diesel will continue to be made at reduced…

A knife-wielding woman was fatally shot by police outside a Walmart in the US state of Nebraska after she kidnapped a child, police said. The assailant abducted a three-year-old boy out of the Omaha supermarket at knifepoint on Tuesday in an apparently random attack, police said. Footage from officers’ body-worn cameras showed her wielding the weapon at the child. Police said she refused to drop the blade, and that she cut the boy’s cheek before two officers fired at her. The suspect, Noemi Guzman, 31, who had a history of mental illness, was pronounced dead at the scene. The boy…

A resolution aimed at limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to wage war in Iran has failed in the US Senate for the fourth time. If passed, the war-powers measure would have halted US military action in the conflict without congressional approval. Senators rejected it 52-47, largely along party lines in the chamber, which is run by the president’s fellow Republicans. Democrats said they planned to introduce similar measures every week, even if they did not pass, so each lawmaker’s stance on the war can be recorded. While most Republicans have blocked the resolutions, some said they could vote differently if…

Sweden’s government is championing a renewed focus on physical books, paper and pens in classrooms, designed to reverse falling literacy levels. But doubling down on analogue tools has drawn criticism from tech companies, educators and computer scientists, who argue it could impact pupils’ employment prospects, and even damage the Nordic nation’s economy. At a high school in Nacka just outside Stockholm, final-year students are unpacking laptops from rucksacks and tote bags, alongside items they say they used less frequently a few years ago. “I now go home from school with new books and papers often,” says Sophie, 18. She says…

The prosecution received a significant win after the Mombasa Law Court found Pastor Paul Mackenzie and his 30 co-accused with a case to answer over the 191 counts of murder charges. In a key ruling delivered today, the court, through Justice Diana Kavedza, found that prosecution had established a prima facie case against all the accused persons, placing them on their defence. The prosecution called 121 witnesses in support of its case, including survivors, expert witnesses, and investigating officers, as well as presenting exhibits that included postmortem reports and government analyst findings, amongst others. While delivering the ruling, Justice Kavedza…

Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro sharply criticised the government over the latest increase in fuel prices, calling for immediate intervention to lower pump costs and ease pressure on Kenyans. In a strongly worded statement on Wednesday, Nyoro accused the administration of failing to act on an “imminent crisis” that has been building since February, arguing that the current price adjustments are “unacceptable” and insensitive to struggling households. “It has been laid bare that the government has not been keen or committed to providing a solution,” he said, urging authorities to urgently reduce fuel prices. Nyoro warned that a lack of transparency…

A section of residents and stakeholders in Tana River County have raised concerns over what they describe as an unequal recruitment and arming of Kenya Police Reserve (KPR) units. They warned that the situation could worsen already fragile inter-community relations in the region. But police argued their moves are aimed at restoring stability and security following renewed inter community attacks that have left many dead, injured and displaced. In a formal communication to the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, residents allege that KPR recruitment and deployment has been perceived as favouring one community over others, a claim they…

A section of Embu leaders have demanded action on police officers who shot and killed at least two people in a demonstration over the deteriorating state of Ishiara Level 4 Hospital on Tuesday April 14. Led by former Attorney General JB Muturi, the group said said the victims were citizens who had taken to the streets not in violence, but in protest over the deteriorating state of healthcare in our county. “The situation at Ishiara Level 4 Hospital is dire, and residents have every right to demand better services, better facilities, and dignity in healthcare. Instead of listening to their…

A man was arrested after he murdered his girlfriend in Kiugoine, Nakuru County. Police said the man used a panga to slit the woman’s throat before he presented himself at the local station where he was arrested. Police produced Paul Ndungu Gathiru in court under a miscellaneous application over the murder of his girlfriend Mary Njoki Mburu and were granted 14 days to enable them complete the probe. The motive of the murder which happened on April 13 was not immediately known. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. And a suspect surrendered to police over a…

The body of a nine-year-old boy who had been abducted and a ransom demanded for his release was found on a rooftop of a house after his murder in Githunguri, Kiambu County. Two suspects including a 75-year-old man were arrested over the brutal murder of the boy, police said. The boy had been strangled and the body hidden on the rooftop of a residential house of one of the suspects in custody. The boy went missing on April 11 when his mother traveled from their Kajai village to Kipipiri for a family meeting. She left the boy under the care…

Police in Meru County launched a manhunt for a suspect linked to the brutal killing of a 49-year-old man in Mutuati Sub-county. According to the police, the body of Isaiha Ntokusiana was found lying in a pool of blood on a farm belonging to a resident on the morning of April 14. Police visited the scene and established that the deceased had sustained deep cuts on the back of his shoulder and left hand, believed to have been inflicted using a sharp object. Preliminary investigations indicate that the incident may have been triggered by a disagreement between the deceased and…

Police in Nyamira County launched investigations into a suspected murder after the decomposing body of a 19-year-old man was discovered in a tea plantation in Nyamira North Sub-County. According to the police, the body was found on Tuesday at around 2:30 p.m. in Kianyanchwa Village, Nyagokiani Location. The grim discovery was made by a group of women who were plucking tea leaves in a farm belonging to a local resident when they noticed a swarm of flies hovering over a section of the plantation. Upon closer inspection, they discovered a decomposing human body and raised the alarm, drawing villagers to…

The British High Commissioner-designate to Kenya, Matt Baugh, arrived in Nairobi to assume his role as Head of Mission at the British High Commission. Baugh previously served as Director of the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Migration and Conflict Directorate. He succeeds Neil Wigan, who departed Kenya in August 2025 to take up the position of Director General for Strategy and Delivery at the FCDO in London. Speaking about his arrival, Matt Baugh said he was excited to report. “I am absolutely delighted to be back in Kenya, having lived here with my family while serving as British…