Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A junior police officer was found dead in his house after a suspected suicide incident in Likuyani, Kakamega County. Police said Constable Calvince Okello lived alone in a rental house near the local police station. He had failed to report to work on April 25, 2025 when his colleagues went to check on him. They found his body hanging on a rope that was tied around his neck and roof of the house. He had apparently locked the door from inside, which forced the colleagues to break it to access the scene. A suicide note was found in the house,…

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier surrendered to the military police a few hours after dumping his lover’s body at a health facility in Kitengela, Kajiado County. The soldier who is based at Kahawa Garrison Defence Forces Constabulary, had booked a room in an apartment in Kitengela to spend time with his girlfriend, only for their stay to turn tragic. This is after the woman, at around 11 pm became unconscious and developed difficulty in breathing. The soldier raised an alarm and the caretaker responded. According to witnesses, they requested one of the tenants to assist with his motor vehicle…

A federal judge says that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process amid the Trump administration’s drive to ramp up deportations. In a court filing, Judge Terry Doughty said that there was “strong suspicion” that the child – identified only as VML – was deported “with no meaningful process”. The Louisiana-born child and her family members were apprehended during a routine appointment at a New Orleans immigration office on 22 April, according to documents. A spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security said the mother wanted to take her…

Prepare to say “hello” to Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke)one last time. Fan-favorite romance Heartstopper will conclude with an upcoming Heartstopper feature film. The film will star Connor and Locke (who will also serve as executive producers), and is written by Heartstopper creator, executive producer, and graphic novelist Alice Oseman. The Heartstopper movie starts filming this summer. “I am completely overjoyed that we will get to tell the end of the Heartstopper story,” Oseman says. “I’m so grateful to everyone who has worked hard to make this possible and to the incredible fans of Heartstopper for…

Jules Kounde lashed in an extra-time screamer as Barcelona beat Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey in a remarkable Clasico in Seville. After a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes and with penalties appearing inevitable, the Barcelona defender took possession of the ball 22 yards out and drilled a fine effort into the bottom corner. Barca had been by far the better side in the first half and led through Pedri’s fantastic first-time strike from outside the box after Lamine Yamal’s cut-back. Real improved dramatically after Kylian Mbappe came on as a substitute, and he curled a free-kick, which…

A joint operation led by the DCI Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) team supported by GSU Kipsing successfully recovered two AK-47 rifles linked to the murder of two police reservists in Igembe, Meru County. The rifles were recovered on Saturday with empty magazines at Lemorijo village, Lengurma Location, Isiolo North Sub-County. Police said the operation was in response to the brutal incident that occurred on April 7, 2025, where three National Police Reservists (NPR) from Igembe North, Meru County, were fatally shot by armed raiders. The recovered rifles are believed to have been used during the attack, police said. This breakthrough…

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) ordered TV and radio broadcasters to cut down betting, lottery, and gambling content within 14 days or risk having their licences revoked. In a notice by Director General David Mugonyi, the Authority raised concern over rising complaints from consumers about the amount of betting-related programming aired on both television and FM radio stations. Mugonyi reminded broadcasters that they are required under Sections 461(1)(a), (c), and (i) of the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998, to provide responsible programming that meets the needs of different sections of the community, observe good taste and decency, and…

Land fraud and contracted squatters are a serious threat to national security, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has warned. Speaking during the commissioning of the newly built Machakos County DCI office, Murkomen noted that land issues are a cross-cutting challenge in all the Lower Eastern Region counties. After touring Machakos, Makueni and Kitui counties, he stated land disputes range from invasion, competition for resources to successions and fraud. He took issue with what he termed contracted squatters in Machakos, a protracted matter that he said is executed through the collusion of politicians, top ministry officials from Interior…

The government will crack the whip on those found culpable in the ongoing probe on alleged human trafficking in the country. Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen vowed to deal with those implicated in the investigations by competent agencies and act on the recommendations of the taskforce formed by the Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale. The CS said that though the ministry is seized of the matter, medical practice in organ transplant is a specialized area that has agencies of oversight to ensure compliance. “We will be guided by the report of the oversight agencies like the KMPDU…

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly at Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, Kyiv said, marking their first encounter since a disastrous White House clash as the US president pushes the Ukrainian to make a peace deal with Russia. Trump was rubbing shoulders with dozens of world leaders at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome keen to bend his ear on the tariffs he has unleashed and other subjects. But it was the meeting with Zelensky that drew the most interest as the US leader pushes the Ukrainian to make a peace deal with Russia. The two leaders met briefly on…

Real Madrid lashed out at the Copa del Rey final referees on the eve of Saturday’s match, labelling complaints about pressure from the club’s television channel “unacceptable” and boycotting all planned pre-match activities in protest. “These statements… made in a premeditated manner 24 hours before the final against one of the participants, demonstrate, once again, a clear and manifest animosity and hostility of these referees towards Real Madrid,” said Los Blancos in a statement. Real Madrid refused to take part in the usual press conference, the open training in front of media, the traditional presidents’ dinner and a pre-match photo-call.…

World leaders, Catholic officials and mourners from around the globe are at the pope’s funeral in Rome. Among them are US President Donald Trump, Prince William, French President Emmanuel Macron, Spain’s King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia, and former US President Joe Biden. Pope Francis’s vocal opinions on global issues occasionally put him at odds with some world leaders. Dignitaries are sitting on the the right-hand side of the square – facing the Basilica – with the heads of state for Argentina and Italy taking the front seats. They are followed by reigning sovereigns followed by heads of states who…

Virginia Giuffre, who accused Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein of sexual abuse, has died by suicide aged 41, her family has confirmed. Giuffre was one of the most outspoken accusers of convicted sex offenders Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, his former girlfriend. She alleged they trafficked her to the Duke of York when she was 17, which Prince Andrew has strenuously denied. Relatives said in a statement on Friday that she had been a “fierce warrior in the fight against sexual abuse”, and that the “toll of abuse… became unbearable”. “She lost her life to suicide, after being a lifelong victim…

Lawyers for Sean “Diddy” Combs appear to have offered a preview of his legal defence in his sex trafficking case, arguing that the rapper led the “lifestyle” of a “swinger” and was not a criminal. At a hearing in New York on Friday – a little more than a week before his trial – his attorneys told the court that the rap mogul thought it was “appropriate” to have multiple sex partners, including sex workers, because it is “common”. Federal prosecutors also revealed to the court on Friday that they’d offered Mr Combs a plea deal, which he rejected. The…

Famed aerobatic pilot Rob Holland has died after a plane crash at the Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia. His death on Thursday was announced in a statement on his official Facebook page. Mr Holland, 50, was due to perform this weekend at Air Power Over Hampton Roads, a popular air show at the Virginia base. The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said it was investigating the crash of the experimental MX Aircraft MXS. Mr. Holland previously piloted the carbon-fibre, custom-built MXS-RH, a single-seater aircraft made by the same Australian company whose experimental plane crashed. He was approaching the…