Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

As dawn broke over Bondo Sunday, a heavy stillness settled across the region. Everyone was preparing for the final journey of not just a statesman, patriot, reformist but also the son of Jaramogi Oginga Odinga. Raila Odinga‘s death evoked sorrow that transcended politics, uniting a nation in grief. While news of his death had spread across every corner of the republic, his elder brother Oburu Odinga flew home on Thursday to formally break the sad news to Raila’s clan. It is called Kelo Yuak and signals the start of mourning. It paves way for relatives and friends to converge at the homestead, a…

George Santos is done with politics for now – instead, he wants to use his newfound freedom to make prisons more humane, he told The Washington Post. The disgraced Republican US Representative from New York was released from prison on Friday after President Donald Trump commuted his seven-year sentence for wire fraud and identity theft. “There is nothing more that I want to do than to focus and dedicate my entire life to prison reform,” Santos said in a Saturday interview with the Post. Santos, who was booted from Congress in 2023 after a damning ethics report, told the Post…

Kylian Mbappe scored the only goal as Real Madrid beat nine-man Getafe to move above reigning champions Barcelona and return to the top of La Liga. The hosts had substitute Allan Nyom sent off for violent conduct only 44 seconds after he came on as the former Watford and West Brom full-back was judged to have elbowed Vinicius Jr. Real instantly made their numerical advantage count as Mbappe collected Arda Guler’s pass through the heart of the Getafe defence and slotted the ball past keeper David Soria in the 80th minute. The home side’s task to get back into the…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen dominated the United States Grand Prix to increase the pressure on McLaren drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in the championship. Norris and Piastri finished second and fifth, with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton between them. Briton Norris cut Piastri’s championship lead to 14 points with five races remaining, while Verstappen reduced his deficit to the Australian to 40 points. Verstappen, who won the sprint on Saturday, was in total control after converting his pole position into a lead at the first corner, and putting a stranglehold on the race, which he has now won…

A police officer was shot and injured in a confrontation with suspected thugs in Kegonga area, Kuria, Migori County. The constable of police attached to Kegonga police station was on patrol with other officers in the area when they were attacked on Friday night. He was shot in the right arm and the bullet also went through his ribs and was lodged in the right lungs. He was rushed to the hospital and admitted in stable condition. Police said the gunmen escaped the scene. A team of detectives is investigating the shooting. Elsewhere in Baragoi, Samburu County, gunmen shot and…

An attempt to arrest a suspect turned tragic when police shot and killed a man in a confrontation that broke out in a Mwina village, Gamba, Tana River County. The three cops involved in the operation were disarmed as part of the probe into the incident. Police had Saturday visited the village to arrest a suspect who was wanted for threatening to kill when the drama broke out. A gang who were armed with crude weapons attacked the officers prompting them to open fire. Police said out of the drama, one Maulid Guyo, 29 was fatally shot. Two police officers…

At least two people were shot and killed in an attack in a village in Merti, Isiolo County. Police said they were called to a village in the Kilisa area following an attack by gunmen and recovered the bodies of Idris Yussuf Malicha, 35 and Ibrahim Jilo, 32. The attackers escaped with an unknown number of livestock after the Friday October 17 attack. Police said the bodies were released to the families for burial even as they investigate the incident. In the Oldonyiro area in the same county, two people were shot and injured by bandits who were on the…

A team of investigators camped the home of Rangwe Member of Parliament Lilian Gogo after a fire razed down her house. The cause of the fire at Omoche Village, Gem East Ward in Rangwe Constituency on Friday night was not immediately established, police said. But preliminary findings show the work of arson, the police added, saying the motive was not clear. Dr. Gogo said she had no information on the cause of the fire. She said the inferno occurred when she was in Kisumu for the burial arrangements of former Prime Minister, the late Raila Odinga. “I was in Kisumu…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said the death of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga posed a challenge for the security apparatus in the country. Murkomen said the event had been a challenge because it was not planned for. He added they had to pull all resources needed to make the State Funeral a success. “We have had challenges from the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport because it was too abrupt and we are happy for now. The situation could have been worse” “We thank all those who participated in putting in an operational plan that has brought us here so far,”…

Sam Rivers, the bassist and founding member of US nu metal band Limp Bizkit has died at the age of 48. The group shared the news in a post on social media, describing Rivers as not “just our bass player” but “the soul in the sound.” “From the first note we ever played together, Sam brought a light and a rhythm that could never be replaced. His talent was effortless, his presence unforgettable, his heart enormous,” the band members wrote. The cause of his death has not been disclosed. The rock-rap band, made up of Fred Durst, John Otto, DJ…

Huge crowds gathered to protest against President Donald Trump’s policies in cities across the US – among them New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. The rally in New York City’s iconic Times Square drew thousands of people not long after it began on Saturday morning. The streets and subway entrances were densely packed with protesters holding signs with slogans like “Democracy not Monarchy” and “The Constitution is not optional”. Ahead of the demonstrations, Trump allies accused the protesters of being linked with the far-left Antifa movement, and condemned what they called “the hate America rally”. Organisers and…

After serving 43 years in prison for a murder he did not commit, Subramanyam “Subu” Vedam was finally free. New evidence had exonerated him earlier this month of the murder of his former roommate. But before he could reach his family’s arms, Mr Vedam was taken into custody by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who want to deport him to India – a country he has not lived in since he was a baby. Now, Mr Vedam’s legal team is fighting a deportation order and his family is determined to get him out of custody, for good. His family…

The US State Department says it has “credible reports” that Hamas is planning an “imminent” attack on civilians in Gaza, which it says would violate the ceasefire agreement. A statement released on Saturday said a planned attack against Palestinians would be a “direct and grave” violation of the ceasefire agreement and “undermine the significant progress achieved through mediation efforts”. The state department did not not provide further details on the attack and it is unclear what reports it was citing. The first phase of the ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel is currently in progress – all living hostages have…

Bondo Sub County Luo Council of Elders Friday appealed to Raila Odinga’s funeral organizing committee to incorporate them in the planning on how Raila’s body would be received at his Opoda farm on Saturday evening. The elders led by chairman Maurice Akong’o Oloo said that even though the funeral of the late Odinga is a state funeral, cultural practices should not be abandoned because the late Odinga was a strong defender of Luo cultural rites. Oloo who was speaking to the press at Raila Odinga’s home in Opoda farm said the former Prime Minister was an old man who according…

The boss of Lamborghini has said its customers still want “the sound and the emotion” of internal combustion engines, and the company will use them in its cars for at least the next decade. Speaking to the BBC at the Italian supercar-maker’s London showroom, chief executive Stephan Winkelmann said enthusiasm for electric cars was declining – creating an opportunity to focus on hybrid power instead. Lamborghini will decide in the next month whether a long-planned new model, the Lanzador, will be all-electric, or merely a plug-in hybrid, he said. Mr Winkelmann insisted the business was socially responsible, but added that…