Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Government Friday moved to reassure the public about the safety, legality, and strategic value of the recently signed Health Cooperation Framework and Data Sharing Agreement between Kenya and the United States, emphasizing that the deal safeguards national sovereignty and advances the country’s health priorities. In a statement , Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale said the partnership marks a significant shift toward a Government-to-Government (G2G) funding model aimed at boosting accountability and channeling greater resources into disease prevention programmes and the rollout of Universal Health Coverage (UHC). Duale stressed that the Framework was developed with strict adherence to due process…

A university student drowned as he swam at their pool at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Parklands, Nairobi. Ian Gikonyo, 18 was among a group of students who were on a swimming session at the campus pool when the incident happened on Thursday December 11, 2025 evening. Witnesses said he had dived into the water at the Sports Club but failed to come up. His colleagues realized minutes later when they found he had drowned. He was a first-year medical examination student at the university. The body was moved to the hospital mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Police…

Police and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority are investigating an incident where a suspect allegedly died by suicide at the Kawangware police post, Nairobi. The suspect identified as Jack Leon Matoke, 35 had been taken to the station by locals on claims he stole a motorcycle. The matter had been reported on September 10, 2025 at Muthangari police station. Police said the suspect was booked on Thursday December 11 at about 7.35 pm after being searched pending his transfer to Muthangari, police said. More than an hour later, police officers on duty said they heard a strange noise and rushed…

The body of a man who had been missing was found severed after an attack by unknown wild animals in a forest in Maralal, Samburu County. The incident happened on December 11, 2025 in Mpokonden village, police said. The man’s left leg had been severed by the suspected wild animals. Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials visited the scene and identified the deceased man as Mulangoi Lekartiwa. He had been missing since December 8 until three days later when the body was found in the area. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations. Elsewhere,…

A 71-year-old man was found dead in his house after a brutal murder in Muthurwa, Nairobi. He was identified as Habert Ambani. His body had injuries in the neck, head and face an indication of torture that led to his death, police said. His hands had been tied with a rope and his neck was also strangled, police added. It is suspected he was killed in the house before the body was discovered on Thursday December 11, 2025. His son told police he had been trying to call him in vain. He went to check on him and found the…

A 39-year-old man died in hospital after he had been assaulted by his wife in a domestic fight in Butali village, Kakamega County. The deceased had been involved in a domestic fight with his wife at their Matioli home when he was assaulted, the woman escaped the scene as the man identified as Isaac Mukolwe was taken to the hospital where he died. Police said the body was moved to the mortuary where an autopsy confirmed on Thursday he died out of injuries to his head. A hunt on the woman is ongoing, police said. In Lwala, Bondo, Siaya County,…

The Indiana Senate has rejected a voting map meant to favour Republicans in the 2026 midterms, defying a months-long pressure campaign by the White House. Enough Republican lawmakers in the state joined all Democrats to resist the changes that otherwise would occur every 10 years to reflect population change. US President Donald Trump’s call for Republican leaders to advantageously redraw maps to favour the party has sparked a nationwide redistricting battle. Multiple states have moved to redistrict, including Republican-led Texas and Democrat-led California, two of the country’s largest states. Other states where redistricting efforts have been initiated or passed include…

Thailand has dissolved parliament after nearly a week of fresh clashes along its border with Cambodia, with a general election to be called within 45 to 60 days. In a decree published on Friday, Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul cited the deadly border dispute among other challenges his minority government has struggled to contain since it took office three months ago. “The appropriate solution is to dissolve parliament… which is a way to return political power to the people,” he said. Anutin, a business tycoon, is Thailand’s third prime minister since August 2023. When he took power in September, he had…

American rapper Snoop Dogg has been named an ‘honorary coach’ for Team USA at next year’s Winter Olympics. The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) announced on Thursday the 54-year-old will take on “a volunteer role celebrating and supporting America’s athletes off the field of play”. Snoop Dogg was a big presence for the US during the summer Games in Paris last year, serving as a special correspondent for broadcaster NBC’s Olympics coverage, as well as performing at the handover ceremony for Los Angeles 2028. “Team USA athletes are the real stars – I’m just here to cheer, uplift…

Reddit launched a challenge in Australia’s highest court against the nation’s landmark social media ban for children. The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a new law which began on Wednesday. The ban, which is being watched closely around the world, was justified by campaigners and the government as necessary to protect children from harmful content and algorithms. Reddit is complying with the ban, but in its case will argue that the policy has serious implications for privacy and political rights. It is the second such legal…

A federal grand jury in Virginia has declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud, for the second time in a week. Such a rare decision by a grand jury marks another blow to President Donald Trump’s efforts to prosecute his political foes. Last month, a judge dismissed the federal case against James, a Democrat, after finding a prosecutor appointed by Trump, a Republican, was not in the post legally. James, who brought a civil fraud case against Trump last year, said the federal case was politically motivated. Prosecutors say she committed bank fraud and…

Healthcare subsidies for millions of Americans appear likely to expire after the Senate failed to pass competing bills, a politically fraught issue ahead of next year’s midterm elections. Both Democratic and Republican plans fell short of the 60 votes needed to advance, meaning insurance premiums through the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, are on course to more than double at the end of the year. Opinion polls show a vast majority of Americans favour a subsidy extension, with cost of living a major concern for voters. The issue has caused a rift among Republicans, with healthcare poised…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from jail after a judge ruled the Trump administration had detained him “without lawful authority”, his lawyer says. A US court ruled that the government did not have a removal order for Mr Abrego Garcia, which blocks it from deporting him “at this juncture”. Mr Abrego Garcia, who is married to an American citizen and has been living in Maryland for years, illegally came to the US from El Salvador when he was a teenager. He was mistakenly deported back to El Salvador in March and brought back to the US to face criminal charges.…

A Mombasa court ordered the detention of seven soldiers for 10 days to allow investigators to complete forensic analysis in a Sh192 million methamphetamine trafficking case. Senior Resident Magistrate Gladys Ollimo granted the order following an application by the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU). The soldiers were arrested on December 11, 2025 in a joint operation involving detectives from the DCI Headquarters and Mombasa Regional Headquarters. The suspects—Duke Nyamwaya, Juma Mwinyifaki, Michael Kariuki, Elijah Mbogo Gacog’u, James Ekiru, Abdulrehman Salad, and Abdirahman Abdi Kuno—are alleged to have trafficked 25 kilograms of methamphetamine, packed in whitish crystalline packets. According to investigating officer Police…

President William Ruto Thursday called on the United Nations Environment Assembly to act on COP30’s declaration that the green transition is irreversible. He said the Assembly must turn this declaration into concrete and practical outcomes that address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. He asked the assembly to define the environmental guardrails for a new era of economic transition, where artificial intelligence, digital technologies and electrification are reshaping how nations produce, work and trade. He explained that if this transformation is not aligned with environmental protection, equity and human dignity, the world risks building a…