Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Nairobi City County Government has issued a final 14-day ultimatum to property owners, tenants, and management agents to repaint and clean their buildings or face tough penalties, including closure and prosecution. In a directive signed by Acting County Secretary Godfrey Akumali, the county emphasized that all premises within the Central Business District (CBD), Westlands, Upper Hill, Ngara, Kirinyaga Road, and all designated shopping centers must immediately undergo repainting and general sanitation to meet public health and housing standards. The move, anchored on the Public Health Act (Cap 242) and the Physical and Land Use Planning Act (2019), is aimed…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has presented six witnesses before the Garissa High Court in a case where a husband and two others are accused of murdering 17-year-old refugee girl. Those who testified included the deceased’s mother, Amina Abdi Noor, her stepfather Mahamud Mohamed, landlady Qurisha Ibrahim, two neighbours, and Corporal Lucas Musambi, the investigating police officer. According to Ms. Noor, her daughter Gaala Adan was born on January 1, 2008, and was married to the first accused, Mohammed Kassim Tiffow, on February 22, 2025, at Dagahaley Refugee Camp in a ceremony conducted under Somali rites. However, the marriage…

Dozens of passengers were Tuesday evening injured after a bus they were traveling in overturned and plunged into a river at Waruku, on Musa Gitau Road in Nairobi. Witnesses and police said the accident had left over 30 people injured. The victims were rushed to the hospital with multiple injuries. Nairobi County’s Environment Chief Officer, Geoffrey Mosiria, confirmed the news, stating that at least 30 people had been injured. “A bus has plunged into a river at Waruku, off Waiyaki Way, leaving over 30 people injured. Rescue operations are ongoing — more than 20 victims have been taken to Riverside…

The Environment and Land Court in Nairobi barred the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) from managing or interfering with the operations of City Park pending the hearing of a petition challenging its management. In temporary orders issued on Tuesday, Lady Justice Murigi Theresa restrained KFS from “trespassing into, managing, remaining in, entering, controlling, charging fees or in any other manner interfering with the Nairobi City County’s management and operation of City Park.” The matter will be mentioned on October 22, 2025 for directions on the hearing of the main petition filed by city lawyer Charles Mugane. Mugane, through his firm Mugane…

Parents of students at Litein High School in Kericho County threatened to move to court to stop the school’s management from demanding Sh49,000 per student as compensation for damages caused during a recent strike. The parents, through their lawyers Danstan Omari, Shadrack Wambui, and Sam Nyaberi accused the school’s Board of Management (BoM) of inflating the cost of repairs and unfairly burdening families. Omari said they had received instructions from the school’s Parents Teachers Association (PTA), which represents more than 1,400 parents of the school’s approximately 1,500 students. He said the parents had lost confidence in the school’s administration following…

Kenya and the Russian Federation Tuesday reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations. This was made during a meeting between foreign affairs Principal Secretary Korir Singoei and the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Kenya Vsevolod Tkachenko, The talks also touched on the safety and rights of Kenyan citizens living in Russia. Kenya expressed its concern over global reports of forced recruitment of foreign nationals into military service. In response, the Russian Federation assured Kenya of its policy of zero tolerance towards involuntary recruitment of non-nationals into its security forces. Both sides also expressed interest in establishing a structured framework…

An elderly man died on Monday morning within the precincts of the Bungoma Law Courts while waiting for his case to be heard before the Environment and Land Court. According to the Judiciary, the man arrived at the court at around 9:00 AM, visibly unwell and in a weakened state. He was brought to the court compound on a motorcycle, accompanied by family members. Court officials said a Customer Care Officer issued him a Priority Card—a service extended to elderly persons, persons living with disabilities, expectant mothers, and the ill—to ensure they receive expedited court services and are not subjected…

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina named army General Ruphin FortunatZafisambo as prime minister on Monday, a week after dissolving the government in response to ongoing protests over power and water shortages. Zafisambo replaced Prime Minister Christian Ntsay, who was dismissed as part of the president’s move. The general was the director of the military cabinet in the prime minister’s office until this appointment. Ahead of naming him, Rajoelina said the country needed a “prime minister capable of restoring order and the people’s trust.” He added that Zafisambo’s top priority would be to restore electricity and water supply. Earlier on Monday, protesters…

The High Court of Kerugoya extended conservatory orders that suspend the implementation of a Gazette Notice, which established a panel of experts to develop a framework for compensating victims of demonstrations, public protests, and riots. Justice Edward Muriithi on Monday extended the orders that temporarily halted President William Ruto’s directive to form the panel, pending the inter partes hearing of the application on October 21, 2025. The contested panel was tasked with recommending a reparations framework for individuals who were victims of police brutality and violence during recent anti-government protests, many of which were led by young people. More than…

Safaricom PLC has announced that its economic, social, and environmental impact hit the Sh1.1 trillion mark in the financial year ended March 2025. The milestone, revealed in the company’s latest Sustainable Business Report, represents 16 times the firm’s financial profit and underscores Safaricom’s deepening role as a purpose-driven technology company. According to the report, the company contributed Sh809 billion to Kenya’s GDP through its operations during the period. The surge in True Value was driven by enhanced value creation through M-PESA, increased corporate social investments, and expansion in capital and operational expenditures that stimulated wider economic growth. True Value measures…

A nine-year-old girl drowned in an open sewer line that had water in the Mihango area, Nairobi County. Police said the incident happened in Utamu estate on Monday, October 6, 2025, in the evening. The girl was playing with other children when she slipped into an open sewer line that is under construction in the area at an open field. The girl was a pupil at Mihango Junior Primary School. The trench had water from the rains that had been experienced in the city, which caused the death, police and locals said. She was rushed to a nearby hospital where…

Police are investigating murder in an incident where the body of a man was found on the roadside along the Kisii-Oyugis highway, Homa Bay County. The man seemed to have been killed elsewhere and the body dumped at the scene when it was discovered on October 6, 2025 at Kidi Kokech area, police said. Police said the body had stab wounds in the head and bruises on his body. The man did not have identification documents when the body was discovered, police said as they moved it to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Elsewhere in Mwea, Kirinyaga…

A police officer was disarmed and arrested after he ran amok and started to shoot to the air at the Yatta Police station, Machakos County. The incident happened on Sunday morning prompting other officers living there to take cover for their safety as the officer fired to the air emptying an AK47 rifle magazine that had 30 bullets, witnesses said. According to police, the victim involved in the shooting had been assigned to man the cell sentry office and was armed with an AK47 rifle. He went to the residences of two colleagues while shooting to the air and threatened…

A 30-year-old woman was found dead in her house after a suspected murder in Kakamega Town’s Kurdi area. Neighbours said they had not seen Purity Onyina for a day, which raised their concerns about her whereabouts. They went and pushed the door to her single room and found it open. The neighbours told police the body was found lying on a bed before alerting the authorities. It was later established that the woman had neck injuries, suggesting she may have been strangled. The motive of the October 6, 2025, murder was not immediately established. The body was moved to the…

A man was lynched by a mob moments after he had been linked to the murder of his mother in a village in Samia, Busia County. The deceased woman was identified as Rosalia Auma Obonyo, 89 while her son who was lynched by a mob was identified as Ernest Mudivo, 69. The body of the woman was found outside her house by locals who mobilized and pursued Mudivo moments later on Monday. Mudivo was stoned to death a few meters away from where the body of his mother lay, police said. The motive of the murder was not immediately established.…