Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Police in South Africa say they have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering his wife and two daughters near Bedford. Nothabo Zandile Tshuma, 42, Natalie, 15, and Nala, five, were found dead at the family home in Great Denham on Monday. Zimbabwean national Ndodana Mkhanyisi Tshuma had left the country via Heathrow Airport on a British passport two days earlier. But on Friday, the 45-year-old was arrested in Kensington, Johannesburg, and the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in the UK said it had since authorised three murder charges against him. South African police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said the arrest served…

A 26-year-old man is being held on suspicion of murder following the death of former MP and government minister Ann Widdecombe. On Friday, Devon and Cornwall Police confirmed the man, a white British national, was arrested at an address in Newton Abbot, Devon and was is in custody. The body of the 78-year-old former Conservative minister and Reform UK spokesperson was found by police with serious injuries at her home in Haytor, a rural village on Dartmoor in Devon, at about 11:40 BST on Thursday. The incident is not being treated as terrorism, after counter-terror policing was involved as part…

Police in Baringo County are investigating an incident in which a 15-year-old boy was killed after reportedly stepping on an abandoned explosive device in Tiaty West Sub-county. The incident occurred on Friday morning in the Toplen area of Silale Location. The victim was walking through the area when he allegedly stepped on what is suspected to have been an abandoned bomb, triggering an explosion. Police said the teenager sustained severe injuries to the head and hands and died at the scene. Authorities have launched investigations to establish the origin and nature of the suspected explosive device. Further details were not…

Amnesty International criticised Friday the latest US deportation of 11 people to Eswatini as unlawful, accusing President Donald Trump’s administration of “cruel and racist” anti-immigrant policies. The group was flown into the tiny African nation on Wednesday, the fourth batch to arrive since July last year as part of a $5-million deal with Washington. “The Eswatini authorities must stop facilitating these unlawful transfers,” said Flavia Mwangovya, Amnesty’s deputy regional director for east and southern Africa, in a statement. The new arrivals take to 29 the number of US deportees being held in Eswatini as part of deals with several African…

The Government has launched the second phase of the National Youth Opportunities Towards Advancement (NYOTA) Programme in Marsabit County, with 1,680 young people receiving business support grants aimed at promoting entrepreneurship, skills development and job creation. Speaking during the national launch presided over by President William Ruto, Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration Dr Raymond Omollo said the programme is transforming the lives of thousands of young Kenyans by equipping them with startup capital, practical skills and opportunities to participate meaningfully in the economy. Dr Omollo said the programme targets youth aged between 18 and 29 years, and…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) issued a warning to residents in the Coast region over a wave of fraudulent claims of “genital disappearance” or “shrinking” allegedly caused through physical contact, saying the rumours are being exploited by criminal syndicates to incite violence and facilitate theft. Coast Regional DCI Coordinator Benson Kasyoki said 19 incidents have been reported across Kwale, Kilifi and Mombasa counties, with the false allegations already leading to two deaths through mob justice. According to the DCI, Kwale has recorded seven cases, Kilifi nine and Mombasa three. Two innocent pedestrians were killed after being falsely accused—one in…

A district accountant was robbed of Sh600,000 after an armed gang along the Bungoma abducted him and a motorcycle rider–Chwele Road in Bungoma County. Police said the robbery occurred on Thursday at Sikusi area. The victim, a District Accountant in Sirisia, had withdrawn Sh600,000 from KCB Bungoma and was travelling on a boda boda when they noticed a vehicle following them from Bungoma town at about 12.30 pm. The suspects, believed to be five men, one of whom was armed with a pistol, intercepted the motorcycle, forced the two victims into their vehicle and drove them along a murram road…

The World Bank Group warns that between one million and 2.4 million Kenyans risk falling into poverty by the end of 2026. In its latest edition of the Kenya Economic Update, the World Bank said its microsimulation estimates suggest the poverty rate could increase by between two and 4.5 percentage points in 2026. This translates to nearly 2.5 million more Kenyans living below the poverty line, or unable to spend at least Sh387 per day, which is the equivalent of about three US dollars. The institution noted that the conflict in the Middle East has intensified inflationary and external pressures.…

The World Bank on Thursday urged Kenya to implement a raft of anti-corruption reforms demanded under its latest $750 billion lending package. Corruption is considered endemic at every level of Kenyan public life, from police shaking down drivers at traffic lights to procurement scandals at government level, and it has contributed to massive protests over the past two years. The World Bank finally approved its latest lending package to Kenya on June 29 after it was stalled throughout 2025 because the government was dragging its feet on anti-corruption measures. “Every shilling lost to weak controls, to corruption, to poor procurement…

Israel shared intelligence with the United States that Iran had recently devised a new plan to assassinate President Donald Trump, two sources familiar with the matter told CNN, adding another layer of tension as a ceasefire deal between the countries comes under strain. One of the sources said the warning came this week. Another source said the US had picked up a steady drumbeat of intelligence in recent weeks about possible plans to assassinate Trump, but the warning from Israel was new and concerned a specific plot. Other American officials suggested the Israeli report could be an effort to sway…

Police arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of two people in Kisii South Sub-County following an intensive search at the crime scene. This followed the killings at Mwankira II Village, Bomakombi Sub-location, Bomorenda Location, Suneka. Relatives of the deceased and community policing members combed the area on Thursday morning and helped the recovery of two pairs of open shoes believed to belong to the deceased victims and a maroon undergarment suspected to belong to one of the perpetrators. The undergarment was recovered from a pit latrine and has been preserved as evidence. Police arrested a caretaker of the residential plot…

Police in Bungoma County launched investigations into the murder of a 23-year-old man who succumbed to head injuries sustained during an alleged robbery after watching a football match in Kamukuywa Township. The victim, Allan Okuku Osida, had reportedly gone to Joy Bar with his brother on the evening of July 7 to watch a FIFA World Cup match. According to the police, the deceased left the bar at about 11 p.m., leaving his brother behind to continue watching the game. About 30 minutes later, after the match ended, the brother encountered Osida running towards him with severe head injuries and…

The US and Iran again traded strikes in exchanges that continued into Thursday, as observers reported a “dramatic” drop in the number of ships travelling through the Strait of Hormuz. The US says it hit 90 military targets, some near the Strait. Iran says 14 people have been killed in the past two days. State media also reported that targets near the Bushehr nuclear power plant were hit, citing the deputy governor of the province. The US has not commented on the latest strikes. Iran said it targeted US assets in Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar in response. Later on Thursday,…

South Korean computer chip maker SK Hynix has raised $26.5bn (£19.8bn) in its New York share offering, marking the largest ever listing by a foreign firm in the US. The company, a key supplier to artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant Nvidia, said on Thursday that it had sold 177.9 million American depositary shares for $149 each. The shares are set to begin trading on Friday on the Nasdaq. In May, SK Hynix saw its market value top $1tn in its home country, lifted by the boom in demand for AI chips. Its share price has more than tripled in South…

A Ukrainian intelligence agent who confessed to killing the woman suspected of trying to assassinate a multimillionaire and his family in Monaco last week, has now claimed he did not pull the trigger. In court in Kyiv for a custody hearing on Thursday, Vladyslav Reut – who a few days ago led investigators to Anastasiia Berezovska’s grave in the woods – said that he “categorically denied” committing her murder and blamed his alleged accomplice instead. This murky case is capturing attention because Reut is an active and decorated officer of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, GUR, and his co-defendant Vitalii Zhykovych…