Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A federal judge has ordered the federal government to stop threatening local and state election officials with criminal charges over their role in processing election ballots.  The California judge ruled that the Department of Justice (DoJ) must stop demanding that local and state election officials set aside or not process certain ballots that the Trump administration alleges may come from non-citizens. The ruling comes days before the midterm elections, which will determine which political party controls the US Congress for the last two years of Donald Trump’s presidency. Trump criticised the ruling on Saturday, writing,”Why would they reject fixing Election…

At least six people, including a matatu driver, were killed in a grisly road accident involving three vehicles along the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway in Koriomat area, Uasin Gishu County. Police said the accident occurred at around midnight on Saturday, October 31, 2026, involving a Mercedes-Benz Actros truck, a Toyota Hiace matatu belonging to North Rift Sacco and a Toyota Succeed. Police sand the truck was travelling from Nakuru towards Eldoret when its driver reportedly swerved to the right while attempting to avoid another vehicle ahead of him. The truck subsequently rammed into a Toyota Succeed before crashing into the North Rift…

The United States has approved the sale of 500 Patriot missiles to Ukraine, a critically-needed munition for defence against escalating Russian aerial attacks. However Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has warned it could take “several years” for the deliveries to arrive. The US State Department said the advanced PAC-3 interceptor missiles would cost $2.1bn (£1.6bn) and would be “funded entirely” by Kyiv’s allies in Europe and Canada. On Friday night Zelensky repeated his calls for the US to speed up the release of its Patriots – the only effective weapon in downing Russia’s deadly ballistic missiles. The latest move comes after…

Joseph Kabila was a commander in the rebel alliance that brought his father to power in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 1997, went on to succeed him as president and now, at the age of 55, he is a rebel leader once again. In an even stranger twist, the man he has sworn to topple is the very man he handed power to after 18 years at the helm, and with whom he had formed a coalition government after stepping down. While one of the rebel groups he had fought against as president is part of his new alliance.…

Riot police were deployed at Poland’s Constitutional Court amid an escalating stand-off between the government and the court’s top judges. The row pits the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk against his predecessors from the right-wing Law and Justice (PiS). The police intervention came after Justice Minister Waldemar Żurek said he had requested stripping the court’s President Bogdan Święczkowski and Vice-President Bartłomiej Sochański of their immunity from prosecution to bring criminal charges against them. Tusk has vowed to depoliticise the judiciary, and on Friday defended the move as PiS supporters gathered outside the court premises in Warsaw in protest. President…

A Jamaican national working as a United Nations diplomat has lost Sh400,000 after suspected thieves broke into his parked vehicle at Franks Arcade in Thindigua, Kiambu County. The diplomat reported that the money was stolen from his black Toyota Hilux double-cab after its front passenger window was smashed on Friday afternoon. According to police, the man had withdrawn the Sh400,000 from NCBA Bank at Ciata Mall along Kiambu Road at around 3pm before driving to Franks Arcade, where he parked his vehicle at approximately 3.30pm. When he returned to the vehicle a short while later, he discovered that the left…

Two people were shot dead and a National Police Reservist (NPR) injured following a shooting incident in Hagadera, Fafi Sub-County, Garissa County. The bodies of Ahmed Madey Jarman, 22, and Abdiaziz Mohamed Abdille, 25, were recovered on Friday after a contingent of security officers led by the Fafi Sub-County Police Commander visited Block J11 to assess the scene following an earlier assault incident. According to police, both victims, believed to be members of the Somali Bantu community, sustained gunshot wounds. Jarman was shot in the chest, while Abdille sustained a gunshot wound to the back of his head. The incident…

A police officer attached to the National Police Service Hospital in Mbagathi is among four people arrested in possession of a piece of rhinoceros horn valued at approximately Sh1.5 million. The four were arrested on Thursday, October 29, during a multi-agency operation conducted along Kiambu Road in the Ridgeways area. The operation, involving officers from the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and the National Police Service (NPS), was mounted following actionable intelligence, police said. Police said the suspects were found in possession of a piece of rhinoceros horn weighing approximately 0.7 kilogrammes, with an estimated street value of Sh1.5 million. The…

The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has moved to the Supreme Court seeking clarity on its constitutional mandate over the recruitment, promotion, transfer and disciplinary control of police officers following a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld an earlier decision limiting its powers. In a statement issued on Friday, October 30, NPSC Chairperson Dr Amani Yuda Komora said the Commission had filed a Notice of Appeal challenging the appellate court’s decision delivered on October 16, 2026. The Court of Appeal had dismissed consolidated appeals arising from an Employment and Labour Relations Court judgment delivered on October 30, 2025, concerning the…

In May 2024, Francis Mogambi arrived in the United States after winning the Diversity Visa lottery, a programme that gives people from around the world a chance to become permanent residents. Just over two years later, the Kenyan national found himself at the centre of a US investigation into an alleged nationwide scheme to defraud the federal student aid system. On 19 October 2026, a grand jury in Nebraska indicted Mogambi on five counts of theft of government money and five counts of aggravated identity theft. Prosecutors allege that, between November 2025 and May 2026, he worked with associates in…

The search for survivors at the site of the collapsed building in Eastleigh, Nairobi, turned tragic on Friday after rescue workers recovered the body of a woman, eight days after the multi-storey structure came crashing down. The building, which was still under construction, collapsed along 9th Street on October 23, trapping several people beneath tonnes of concrete and debris. Emergency response teams have continued working around the clock to access the lower sections of the structure, particularly the basement, where some of the missing individuals are suspected to have been trapped. The operation has faced significant challenges as emergency teams…

The Standard Group PLC has appointed Dr Naim Bilal Yaseen as its substantive Group Chief Executive Officer, ending his tenure in an acting capacity. In a statement issued on Friday, October 30, 2026, the media company said the appointment followed the conclusion of a competitive recruitment process and would take effect on November 1, 2026. Dr Yaseen’s appointment formalises his position at the helm of the media group, which publishes The Standard newspaper and operates various broadcasting and digital media platforms. “Following the conclusion of a competitive recruitment process, the Board of Directors of The Standard Group PLC (TSG) has…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has outlined its investigative preparedness strategy for the 2027 General Election, with a particular focus on dismantling criminal gangs suspected of involvement in election-related violence. DCI Director of Operations Samson Kiptum on Thursday briefed senior police commanders on the Directorate’s plans to detect, investigate and disrupt criminal activities that could threaten the security and credibility of the forthcoming elections. Kiptum, representing the Director of Criminal Investigations, addressed Regional, Formation and County Commanders during a two-day National Police Service election security preparedness sensitisation meeting at the National Police Leadership Academy (NPLA) in Ngong, Nairobi. The…

Federal law enforcement authorities have launched a nationwide crackdown dubbed, “Operation Ghostbusters,” to dismantle an international student aid scheme that investigators estimate has been operating since 2021, “potentially reaching several hundred million dollars” in taxpayer losses. Announcing the first wave of enforcement actions, Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald revealed that organized syndicates have systematically stolen the identities of working Americans who never applied to college, using their information to enroll fictional “ghost students” at institutions nationwide and siphon federal financial aid directly into offshore accounts. “The Department is charging five defendants and announcing the seizure of more than $750,000 in…

Two people, including a seven-year-old child, were killed and three others seriously injured after suspected armed bandits raided a Turkana settlement in Loporna Fora, Loiyangalani Sub-County, Marsabit County. The attack occurred on October 29, when an unknown number of suspected armed bandits believed to be from the Samburu and Rendille communities raided the settlement and stole an unspecified number of sheep, goats and donkeys. According to police, the attackers drove the animals towards the Arapal direction before a fierce exchange of gunfire erupted, leaving two people dead. The deceased were identified as Ekuwom Roniokou, a 70-year-old and a seven-year-old child.…