Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The polls body-Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) revealed that 20,754 Kenyans have so far registered as new voters in the ongoing Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise in the country. In its second week status update on Friday, the IEBC said as of October 8, 2025, a total of 3,207 transfers and 61 updates had been recorded in its constituency offices nationwide. Nairobi County leads with the highest number of newly registered voters at 4,804, followed by Mombasa County with 1,379, while Nyamira County recorded the lowest turnout at only 18 new registrations. This is has raised concerns among stakeholders…

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has challenged the youth in Africa and Arab countries to lead the way in solving emerging global challenges saying they have the potential to make the world a better place. Speaking on Friday when he addressed the Afro-Arab Youth Congress in Kampala, Uganda, Prof. Kindikihighlighted the youth’s crucial role in digital transformation, climate action, governance, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy and enhanced entrepreneurship in both regions. The Youth Congress was also addressed by Uganda President Yoweri Museveni and other dignitaries. “This is your moment. Be bold in your imagination, be fearless in your action, and be united in your purpose. The world…

Siaya Senator Oburu Odinga came out to set the record straight about former Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s condition and whereabouts. He said Raila is in India and had been unwell. He said Raila is responding well to the medical attention. Addressing the press on Thursday, October 9, Oburu confirmed that the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) party leader had indeed been unwell but is currently on the path to recovery. He, however, dismissed speculations that the former Prime Minister was gravely sick, clarifying that Odinga only suffered a slight illness which forced him to seek medical attention abroad. “But I want…

Takaichi became head of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) less than a week ago and had been expected to be approved by parliament as premier this month. But Komeito’s decision to end the alliance that has governed Japan almost uninterrupted for 25 years sank Japan into a new political crisis. “We want the LDP-Komeito coalition to go back to the drawing board for now and bring an end to our relationship,” Komeito party chief Tetsuo Saito told reporters after talks with the LDP. “Given that we have not received clear and concrete cooperation from the LDP regarding our demands, and…

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…