Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

President Donald Trump and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had a call described by both sides as friendly and positive as Brazil seeks to reduce a 50% US tariff on imports. In Monday’s video chat, Lula asked Trump to remove most of the duties. Trump said on social media they had a “very good telephone call”. It is the first time the two have spoken formally since they had a brief encounter at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month. Relations had been icy since Trump raised tariffs this summer to 50% on some…

“Half of my life is on this app and now they expect us to pay for it.” One-star reviews and a sense of injustice have dominated online discussion since the popular messaging app Snapchat became the latest tech firm to put a price tag on a service people previously enjoyed using for free. The app’s parent company Snap announced in September it would start charging people if they have more than five gigabytes worth of previously shared images and videos saved as Memories. For many, these retro posts act as a window to the past – leading some to accuse…

The Senate on Monday failed for a fifth time to pass spending measures reopening the government. Competing proposals by Democrats and Republicans were both shot down, failing to meet the 60-vote threshold required. President Donald Trump said earlier in the day that another failed vote would trigger mass layoffs. Thousands of federal employees were furloughed or ordered to work without pay when funding for their agencies ended five days ago. But he hinted that he was open to trying to end the impasse and possibly strike a deal with Democrats who are sticking to demands that the legislation address healthcare.…

Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said Monday Kenya is committed to working closely with the United Nations and other key stakeholders to ensure a transparent, credible, free, fair, and peaceful general election in 2027. Speaking when he met with East Africa Division’s Principal Electoral Advisor, United Nations Needs Assessment Mission (NAM) Akinyemi Adegbola and his delegation in his Railways office, Mudavadi appreciated their mandate to objectively assess the political and electoral context and provide recommendations on the scope and modalities of UN support. “This is a critical step in ensuring that Kenya continues to consolidate democratic gains and uphold the…

The Government is considering proposals to include student leaders, deans of students, and campus chief security officers in county and sub-county security and intelligence committees. This is to ensure that the concerns of students are heard and addressed at the earliest opportunity. The move, according to the Principal Secretary for Internal Security and National Administration, Dr. Raymond Omollo, is part of the government’s broader plan to strengthen student participation in security structures and ensure that learning institutions remain safe spaces for all. “We must embrace our student leaders in these structures so that we are able to pick up information…

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu will go on trial on Monday for treason, weeks before the East African country holds an election that his party has been barred from contesting. Lissu, who came second in the last presidential poll in 2020, was arrested in April and charged with treason over what prosecutors said was a speech calling on the public to rebel and disrupt the elections later this month. Lissu had vowed to boycott the vote unless significant reforms were made to an electoral process which he said favours the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party of President Samia Suluhu Hassan,…

France’s Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has resigned, less than a day after his cabinet was unveiled. “The conditions were not fulfilled for me to carry on as prime minister,” Lecornu said on Monday morning, and criticised the unwillingness by political parties to reach compromises. The Elysée palace announced after Lecornu met President Emmanuel Macron for an hour on Monday morning. The shock move comes only 26 days after Lecornu was appointed prime minister following the collapse of the previous government of François Bayrou. Parties across the board in the National Assembly had fiercely criticised the composition of Lecornu’s cabinet, which…

US pharmacy chain Rite Aid announced that it would close all remaining stores. The company’s website was replaced on Saturday with a message announcing the closure: “All Rite Aid stores have now closed. We thank our loyal customers for their many years of support.” The site included a link to allow customers to request their pharmacy records. Founded in 1962, the company was once one of the largest pharmacy chains in the country. At its peak, Rite Aid counted 5,000 stores. But in recent years, the chain faced financial struggles and a Justice Department investigation. By Friday, data showed fewer…

Police are investigating an incident where a driver was attacked and stabbed at least 11 times in a robbery incident near the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. The driver had dropped his boss at the airport to fly out of the country on October 4, 2025 and was driving out of the airport when he was confronted by suspected thieves. It is not clear how they managed to stop him and get hold of him. He was found abandoned on the roadside with stab wounds in the chest and upper arm. Police said he had been stabbed at least 11…

A police reservist was stoned and seriously injured as he tried to stop a fight between two clans over a married woman in Eymoly area, Mandera County. The groups were fighting after one of them accused a man from a different clan of seducing a married woman on Sunday October 5, 2025 in the afternoon. This got physical with the parties throwing stones and twigs at each other. It was then that a member of the National Police Reserve tried to intervene and was hit in the head by a flying stone. More security personnel were sent to the area…

Three people were killed in an attack at Angata Barikoi area at the border of Ntimaru and Transmara sub-counties in Migori County. The men were shot and killed, and also slashed by their attackers, police and witnesses said. A group of raiders had invaded the Gairoro area with an unknown motive when an alarm was raised. When John Marwa Babere, 25, Sibora Mirumbe, 24, and Joseph Mwisari, 23, responded, they were met with fire. They were all shot and slashed to death by the assailants. Police said the assailants escaped the scene soon after the fatal shooting. This raised tension…

A group of farmers is counting losses after a herd of elephants invaded their farm and destroyed food crops worth thousands of shillings in Merti, Isiolo County. Police and Kenya Wildlife Service personnel visited the scene in the Shauriyako area and announced it was one of the rising cases of human-wildlife conflict. The animals destroyed kales on half an acre, spinach on an acre, tomatoes on two acres, and watermelon on half an acre. The land belonged to two local self-help groups. The animals also damaged a main water pipe before leaving the scene. Cases of human-wildlife conflict have been…

Two suspected poachers were arrested while in possession of seven pieces of elephant tusks in Maralal, Samburu County. The two were trailed to a lodging where they were hiding and waiting to meet a potential buyer. They had the tusks stuck in a bag weighing 11 kilos and valued at Sh1.1 million. Police and the Kenya Wildlife Service said they recovered a motorcycle the men had used in ferrying the ivory to the scene on Sunday, October 5, 2025. Police said the suspects will be charged with the offence of being in Possession of Wildlife Trophies of Endangered Species Contrary…

A woman was slashed to death as she tried to separate her husband and son who were fighting in a village in Ntimaru, Migori County. Police said Christine Mokami, 40 died on the spot after being hacked in the head by her husband. The husband is said to have returned home late on Saturday October 4, 2025 and picked up a quarrel with his son. This went physical and when the mother of the son tried to intervene, she was hit in the head multiple times. The son escaped with a cut on the left hand and was treated and…

A game between a father and his daughter turned tragic when she fell and died in Muungano area, Utawala, Machakos County. The man was arrested for murder after the two and nine-month-old girl died, police said. The incident happened on Saturday October 4, 2025 at the man’s home. He told police he was tossing the girl up and down when she accidentally slipped off and landed on the ground. The girl was rushed to a private hospital in the area where she was pronounced dead on arrival. Police were called to the scene and found the distraught father standing next…