Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The bodies of seven Israeli soldiers are expected to be repatriated by Hamas under the Gaza ceasefire agreement. Six were killed in the fighting on October 7, 2023, according to the army, and a seventh is presumed dead in the absence of any evidence of life. The remains of an eighth soldier, Hadar Goldin, killed in 2014 during a previous war in Gaza, are also being held in the Palestinian territory and are also supposed to be released. – Doubts: Tamir Nimrodi, 18 – There are doubts over the fate of Tamir Nimrodi, an Israeli-German who was 18 when he…

Google may have to make changes in the UK so people have more choice over which search engine they use, following a landmark decision from the regulator. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has designated Google with “strategic market status” under a law which came into force in January. The decision does not mean the regulator has found wrongdoing at this stage. Instead, it opens the door to what it called “proportionate, targeted interventions” to ensure the market is competitive. Google has warned against any measures which its says might “inhibit UK innovation and growth.” The CMA said it expected…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has raised over Sh69.7 million from the public auction of five properties recovered from former Migori Governor Okoth Obado. The other property belong former Nairobi County Treasury Head Stephen Ogaga Osiro. The auction, held on October 9, 2025, followed successful court proceedings in Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Suit No. 20 of 2018 and Suit No. 10 of 2021. The properties, all located in Nairobi, are part of ten assets earmarked for disposal by the Commission under court directives. According to the EACC, all five properties were sold at prices above their respective reserve valuations,…

Opposition activist María Corina Machado of Venezuela won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The former opposition presidential candidate in Venezuela was lauded for being a “key, unifying figure in a political opposition that was once deeply divided — an opposition that found common ground in the demand for free elections and representative government,” said Jørgen Watne Frydnes, chair of the Norwegian Nobel committee. “In the past year, Miss Machado has been forced to live in hiding. Despite serious threats against her life, she has remained in the country, a choice that has inspired millions. When authoritarians seize power, it…

A man aged 88 was killed in a fire incident in Mbuku village, Kathiani, Machakos County. The lifeless body of Samuel Muoka Mathai was found in his kitchen on Thursday October 9, 2025 morning long after he had died, police said. The body had burns in the upper part. The family said the deceased was disabled for the last six years and stayed alone. A woman who had been attending to him arrived at the home and found the house locked from inside. This forced her to call for help when they realized the man was dead and burnt. Police…

A house girl who had escaped with a three-months old infant was arrested three days after the incident in what police termed as a failed kidnap incident in Githurai Kimbo, Kiambu County. The baby girl was found in good health, officials said terming it a relief to the family. The mother of the child had on October 6, 2025 reported that her baby girl was missing from home. She said her house girl had escaped with the baby. Three days later, the house girl called from a different number saying she was the one on call and had the baby.…

An elderly woman was found murdered and her body abandoned on a footpath in South Bukusu village, Bumula, Bungoma County. Police said they are investigating to establish if the victim was sexually assaulted before her body was abandoned in the swampy area. The victim was identified as Marceline Nasambu Wambuti, 80 who has been living alone in the area. She had not been seen for two days before her body was found on October 9, 2025. Police were called to the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. No arrest had been made in connection with…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found dumped at a farm in Makuyu, Murang’a County. The man was identified as John Gachoka Gichuhi, 40. He lived alone at the home at the time his body was discovered, police said. A neighbour went to the home only to find him murdered and dumped at the nearby farm on October 9, 2025. The body was covered with his jacket which was found in a pool of blood. The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said. Police said the deceased had physical injuries on…

Four suspects were found dead after they were separately lynched by mobs over claims they were thieves in parts of Machakos and Nyamira Counties. Police said they had opened murder probe into the incidents. The first incident happened in in Mlolongo area, Machakos County where two suspects were stoned to death by a mob. The police said they were called and informed there were two people who were being stoned by a mob over claims they were thieves and rushed to the scene on October 9, 2025. The mob dispersed on noticing police were approaching the scene. Police said they…

New York Attorney General Letitia James has been criminally indicted on federal charges by a grand jury. James, who led a civil fraud investigation against Trump in 2023, was indicted on charges of bank fraud in the Eastern District of Virginia in Alexandria, according to court documents. Prosecutors accuse James of alleged bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution regarding a mortgage loan for a house in Norfolk, Virginia, the documents state. In a statement, James accused the president – who recently publicly pressured prosecutors to file criminal charges against her – of a “desperate weaponization of…

Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has asked the US Supreme Court to put on pause the nearly $1.5bn (£1.1bn) defamation judgment against him that is forcing the sale of his Infowars media company. Jones was ordered to make the payout in 2022 for claiming the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School was a hoax. He has asked the high court to prevent Infowars from being sold to the satirical news site The Onion in order to fund judgment against him, arguing that it will cause irreparable harm to him and his audience of 30 million. The sale to…

US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy threatened to fire air traffic controllers who are calling in sick while working without pay during the government shutdown. In an interview with Fox Business News on Thursday, Duffy called the absent employees “problem children” and said they are accounting for more than half the country’s flight delays as the shutdown continues with no signs of lawmakers coming to a deal. He praised controllers who are still showing up to work and said only about 10% are “lashing out” by not coming to work while the government goes unfunded and is unable to pay them.…

A judge dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit against Universal Music Group over Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us. Judge Jeannette Vargas ruled Lamar’s lyrics, which accused Drake and his associates of being “certified paedophiles”, were “nonactionable opinion” and could not be considered defamatory. Drake filed the lawsuit in January accusing Universal Music Group (UMG), the record label behind both rappers, of defamation by allowing the song to be published and promoted, saying it spread a “false and malicious narrative”. Drake’s spokesperson said he planned to appeal the ruling. UMG said it was pleased with the outcome and was looking forward to continuing…

Rishi Sunak has taken up paid adviser roles at tech giant Microsoft and artificial intelligence start-up Anthropic. The former prime minister has been told he must not lobby ministers on behalf of the companies by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), an independent watchdog which oversees the activities of former government figures. Sunak – who remains the MP for Richmond and Northallerton – said he was “delighted” to be working “with two of the world’s leading tech firms” and planned to donate his earnings to a charity he founded. During his premiership, Sunak made tech regulation a significant priority,…

A former chief cash officer at the Equity Bank in Muranga Branch was Thursday arrested in a fraud probe involving Sh6 million. Detectives said the female employee was linked to the heist of the cash where a customer claimed he had lost the money. The matter was reported on August 28, 2025 at the local police station. This prompted a probe within the bank and by the police. The suspect was the chief cash officer at Equity Bank Muranga branch at the time of the incident. She resigned and disappeared after being interrogated by the bank’s internal security. It was…