Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Ugandan government intends to introduce a law to allow military tribunals to try civilians for certain offences even after the practice was banned by the Supreme Court. If successfully enacted, the new law could allow the government to take Besigye back to a military court martial. The law has been drafted and is awaiting cabinet approval before it is introduced in parliament, Nobert Mao, the minister for justice and constitutional affairs, told parliament late on Thursday. The law will define “exceptional circumstances under which a civilian may be subject to military law”, he said. Human rights activists and opposition…

Rwanda has agreed to allow troops deployed by the Southern Africa bloc to fight rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to evacuate from the rebel-held city of Goma through its territory to Tanzania, three diplomatic sources said on Friday. The 16-member Southern African Development Community (SADC) said in mid-March it had terminated the mandate and would begin a phased withdrawal of its force, known as SAMIDRC, from Congo. The three diplomats, with knowledge of the ongoing talks between Rwanda and SADC, confirmed that Rwanda had accepted a request for the force’s troops to pass through the country by land.…

US President Donald Trump has been pressing Moscow and Kyiv to agree to a truce, but has failed to extract any major concessions from the Kremlin, despite repeated negotiations between his administration and Russia on the three-year war. One of the few commitments Trump had wrangled from Putin — a temporary moratorium on striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure — “expired” on Friday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in response to an AFP question. Neither side set up a mechanism for monitoring the moratorium and both sides routinely accused the other of breaking it. “As of this time, there have been no…

Seven Chinese nationals were convicted by the Kapenguria Law Courts for engaging in illegal mining activities along the Wei-Wei River in Sigor, Pokot Central Sub-County. Their arrest followed an operation conducted on February 12, 2025, by officers from the Mining Investigations Unit alongside officials from the Ministry of Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, in an effort to crack down on unlicensed mining activities. The enforcement team stormed a site and discovered ongoing mining activities in blatant disregard of the law. Seven individuals, Wang Youping, Xian Zhenming, He Zhouming, Wang Xiadodong, Zhao Zhenewei, Guan Qiang, and Deng Chun were arrested…

President William Ruto has suspended Dr. Swarup Mishra from his position as chair of the Kenya BioVax Institute with immediate effect, according to a press release issued by State House on Friday. The suspension comes as investigations are launched into serious allegations of unethical and illegal kidney transplant activities at Mediheal Hospital and Fertility Centre in Eldoret, which was founded by Dr. Mishra. The suspension will remain in place pending the outcome of the investigations. State House Spokesperson Hussein Mohamed said the decision underscores the government’s zero-tolerance policy on corruption and misconduct in the healthcare sector. “The President reaffirms the…

The US will abandon trying to broker a Russia-Ukraine peace deal within days unless there are clear signs a truce can be reached, the US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has warned. Rubio said the US wanted to help end the war but was willing to move on if there were no immediate signs of progress. “We’re not going to continue with this endeavour for weeks and months on end,” Rubio said, adding that the US had “other priorities to focus on”. The comments come just hours after Ukraine took the first step towards signing a minerals deal with Washington…

Former Credit Suisse boss Tidjane Thiam is to run for president in Ivory Coast’s forthcoming election, his party has confirmed. Thiam, 62, was the only candidate vying to represent the country’s main opposition party, the PDCI. Thiam has spent the last two decades living abroad, and had to give up his French citizenship to be able to stand in the presidential election. The former minister has held directorship positions in leading international businesses like Aviva, Prudential and Credit Suisse, though he resigned from the latter following a spying scandal. It has not been confirmed who Thiam will challenge from the…

Officials named in a Sh2.7 billion Kenya Railway land sale have come out to dispute claims of fraud in the deal. A faction of the Dupoto Dafur Settlement Welfare Society said the claims are misleading and maligning. They said they will respond decisively to the claims. “Issues relating to land acquisition are handled between the acquiring entity and property owner(s)/ trustees.” “The State Department for Lands and Physical Planning is only invited when processing the transaction and registering the interests upon panties agreeing and transaction closed,” the group said in a statement. They added the State Department of Lands and…

At least one person died while two others sustained serious injuries after Kamenwo quarry in Bomet County caved in while the victims were harvesting the sand in between the rocks. Bomet County disaster management officer Stanley Mutai, the deceased was a 15-year-old girl while a seven-year-old boy and 34-year-old woman sustained injuries. The injured were rushed to Longisa Referral Hospital while the body of the deceased was moved to the same hospital’s mortuary. Mutai said the two children were strangers in the village and were touring the site in the company of the woman who is a miner at the…

A US senator met with a man who Trump administration officials have acknowledged was deported in error from Maryland to a mega-prison in El Salvador. Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posted photos of his meeting with Kilmar Ábrego García, whom the administration has refused to return to the US despite an order from a federal judge. After the meeting, El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele also refused to release Mr Ábrego García and said he would remain in the country’s custody. The White House has accused Mr Ábrego García of being a member of the transnational Salvadoran gang MS-13, a designated…

The son of a police officer has opened fire with her former service weapon at Florida State University (FSU), killing two people and injuring six others, authorities say. The alleged gunman, 20-year-old FSU student Phoenix Ikner, began shooting at around lunchtime near the student union building in the state capital of Tallahassee. The suspect was shot by police and taken to hospital. The motive is unclear. The deceased were not students, campus police said, but their identities have not been released. The suspect is the son of a veteran Leon County police officer who is a model employee, said Sheriff…

A highly anticipated resentencing hearing for convicted killers Erik and Lyle Menendez kicked off on Thursday before unravelling and being postponed by a judge. The hearing was set to decide whether the brothers, serving life without the possibility of parole, should receive a new sentence that could allow their freedom after serving three decades in prison. They were convicted in the 1989 killing of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion – a case that continues to divide the nation. The hearing devolved from the start as attorneys for the brothers fought with prosecutors, who oppose their release. The judge…

The Trump administration has unveiled its plan to impose port fees on Chinese ships as it tries to revive shipbuilding in the US and challenge China’s dominance of the industry. The US Trade Representative’s (USTR) announcement is less severe than a plan floated in February to hit Chinese vessels with fees of up to $1.5m (£1.1m) for each American port they visited. It said the fees would start to be charged in 180 days time and would rise in the coming years. There have been concerns that the measures would further disrupt global trade amid US President Donald Trump’s tariff…

Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni talked up the chances of a trade deal between the US and Europe, as the Italian prime minister visited Washington. “There will be a trade deal, 100%,” Trump said, “but it will be a fair deal”, while Meloni said she was “sure” they could reach an agreement, later adding that her aim was to “make the West great again”. Meloni is the first European leader to visit Washington since Trump imposed, then paused, 20% tariffs on imports from the bloc. The US president separately said on Thursday that he is confident of making “a very…

Detectives from the Homicide Directorate arrested a suspected serial killer linked to the harrowing murders of two young women in Thika, Kiambu County. The detectives said Samuel King’ara Kimani is linked to the murder of the two women. The first case unfolded on March 17, 2025, when 22-year-old Rosemary Njeri Ndekei vanished minutes after heading to Thika town to shop for clothes. Her disappearance sparked concern, leading to a missing person report being filed at Thika Police Station by her boyfriend and relatives. Tragically, on March 18, 2025, members of the public discovered the lifeless body of a young woman…