Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Four filmmakers linked to the BBC documentary Blood Parliament were Friday night arrested in Nairobi. They were picked up from their studio in Karen and detained at Muthaiga police station for unclear reasons. They were identified as Nicholas Gichuki, Chris Wamae, Brian Adagala and Mark Karubiu. The filmmakers are reportedly being held at Muthaiga and Pangani police stations in Nairobi, activist Boniface Mwangi said. “The police have arrested three filmmakers, Nicholas Wambugu, Brian Adagala, MarkDenver Karubiu, and a Chris Wamae at their offices at Karen Village. The police confiscated their equipment, and hard drives,” he said. He added a group…

At least 25 rogue National Police Reservists (NPRs) from different counties have been arrested or fired in the volatile Kerio Valley in the past two years, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen said Friday. Murkomen also barred politicians from taking part in the recruitment of NPRs, as he appealed to the community to actively engage in the process alongside the sub-county security committee teams. Murkomen further revealed that under the Operation Maliza Uhalifu (OMU) team based in Chemolingot, Baringo County, mounted operations have led to the recovery of 17,000 livestock, seized 200 firearms and more than 200…

A 25-year-old woman was arrested while attempting to traffic 1.3 kilos of cocaine to India through the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). Caroline Wanjiku Mwangi, 25, learned the hard way that smuggling drugs is a fast track to jail time, not a holiday in the sun, police said. The aspiring drug mule was nabbed by eagle-eyed Anti-Narcotics Unit detectives at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as she attempted to board a flight to Goa, India. Her travel plans hit turbulence when sharp-sighted detectives flagged her down for a routine check. A quick inspection of her luggage led to the discovery of…

US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order calling for all federal funding to the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) and National Public Radio (NPR) to be blocked. On Thursday evening, Trump alleged that both organisations have engaged with “biased and partisan news coverage”. The order instructs the board of the Corporation of Public Broadcasting, who distributes funding to PBS and NPR stations, to “cease direct funding” to the “maximum extent allowed by law”. It adds that the board should “decline to provide future funding” to the news organisations. The BBC has contacted NPR and PBS for comment. “Which viewpoints…

The U.S. is pushing Congo and Rwanda to sign a peace accord at the White House in about two months, accompanied by bilateral mineral deals that would bring billions of dollars of Western investment to the region, President Donald Trump’s senior advisor for Africa told Reuters on Thursday. “When we sign the peace agreement … the minerals deal with the DRC (Democratic Republic of Congo) will be signed on that day, and then a similar package, but of a different size, will be signed on that day with Rwanda,” Massad Boulos said in an interview in the Qatari capital, Doha.…

Sudan’s army leader Abdel Fattah Burhan appointed diplomat Dafallah Al-Haj Ali as acting prime minister on Wednesday, weeks after the army’s recapture of Khartoum. Burhan, chairman of Sudan’s transitional sovereign council, also approved the appointment of Omar Seddik, a current ambassador, as foreign minister, a council statement said. In March, the Sudanese army drove Rapid Support Forces militia from most of Khartoum after two years of devastating conflict that split the country into rival zones of control. The RSF is still deeply embedded in western Sudan. The war erupted in April 2023 over disputes about the integration of the two…

Jill Sobule, a groundbreaking American songwriter whose hit I Kissed a Girl is widely considered the first song with openly gay themes to crack the Billboard Top 20, has died in a house fire in the US city of Minneapolis, her publicist has said. Sobule, whose satirical anthem Supermodel featured in the 1995 coming-of-age film Clueless, was 66. She had been due to perform on Friday in her home city of Denver to showcase songs from her autobiographical stage musical. A free gathering will now take place in her honour. Tributes have been pouring in on social media, including from…

A 25-year-old man was burnt to death in a fire incident in Ngawaini area, Nyeri County. Police said Solomon Keya was in his house when the incident happened on April 30, 2025 at about 9 pm. His body was burnt beyond recognition in a three-roomed timber house, police said. The cause of the fire is yet to be established, police said adding the body was moved to a local mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations. The police want to establish if the incident was caused by arson. Elsewhere in Mwatate, Taita Taveta County, a body was found in Kibarani River…

The National Police Service is mourning after at least five police officers were Tuesday April 29 evening killed in an ambush by al Shabaab terrorists in Lamu’s Boni Forest. Police said five other officers from the elite Special Operations Group were injured in the clash in Lehelo area. The injured were later flown to Nairobi for specialized treatment, police said. The team was ambushed as they pursued the gunmen believed operating in the expansive forest. According to police, the team had been trailing the terrorists for two days following intelligence they were hiding in the forest and planned a large-scale…

Apple says it is shifting production of most iPhones and other devices to be sold in the US away from China, which has been the focus of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. The majority of the iPhones bound for the US market in the coming months will be made in India, while Vietnam will be a major production hub for items like iPads and Apple Watches, chief executive Tim Cook says. It comes as the technology giant estimated that US import taxes could add about $900m (£677.5m) to its costs in the current quarter, despite Trump’s decision to spare key electronics…

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said it is for the National Assembly to allocate the Ministry of Foreign Affairs with the money to bail out Kenyans abroad when they find themselves in problems with the laws of the host countries. Mudavadi said that the government should not be pressured to provide money to bail out people who have been involved in unlawful activities abroad when they had not allocated it in the budget. “We as the government are being pressured by the society when it was the parliament that had the answer. Kenyan society needs to become cognizant of this…

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen spent Labour Day visiting police officers injured in the line of duty who are undergoing treatment at Nairobi West Hospital. Nine officers sustained injuries in the fight against crime in various parts of the country while one was injured in Haiti. Murkomen also revealed that five police officers had died in recent operations across the country. Our security officers sacrifice a lot to keep us safe and secure, and they need our support,” said the CS who was flanked by Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, DIG (KPS) Eliud Lagat and DIG(APS)…

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (COTU) Secretary General Francis Atwoli called on the government to remodel the tax deductions architecture to favour Kenyan workers. Speaking during the Labour Day celebrations at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Thursday, the COTU boss said that monthly deductions should only affect the basic salary of Kenyan workers and not their gross pay. He called on President William Ruto to champion his appeal, noting that pay slips for Kenyan workers are being largely affected by the tax cuts. “All salary deductions and statutory deductions should be on basic pay and not on gross where somebody has…

Detectives say they recovered three spent cartridges at a scene where Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo was shot and killed. The bullets were discharged by a pistol. The cartridges were taken for ballistic tests to establish the ownership of the weapon and if it has been used in any crime. The Homicide team handling the case visited the scene on Thursday as part of the probe into the murder. The motive of the murder is yet to be known. Were had passed through popular joint Sagret Restaurant along Jakaya Kikwete Road before he met his death. He had left parliament at…

President William Ruto Thursday called on police to investigate and bring to book the killers of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were. He said those responsible must be held to account. “We urge the police to conduct a thorough investigation into this incident. Those responsible must be held to account,” he said in a statement. Ruto joined a long list of those mourning the death. Were was on Wednesday April 30 shot and killed by a gunman who was on a motorbike along Ngong Road near City Mortuary. He had left Parliament in a salon car and was headed towards Ngong…