Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

France’s parliament – deadlocked for a year and more poisonously divided than it has been in decades – looks set to throw out yet another prime minister on Monday. But the acute sense of drama surrounding this latest vote of confidence inside Paris’s Assemblée Nationale is counterbalanced by a despondent consensus that the almost inevitable removal of 74-year-old François Bayrou, after nine relatively ineffectual months in office, will do nothing to break France’s political stalemate. “It’s a disaster. The situation is absolutely blocked,” veteran political commentator Bruno Cautrès told the BBC. Others have been even harsher in their diagnosis. Marine…

The Argentine human rights activist Rosa Roisinblit has died at the age of 106, her organisation said. She was honorary president and a founding member of the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo, a group that searched for children stolen during Argentina’s military dictatorship between 1976 and 1983. “We only have words of gratitude for her dedication… and the love with which she searched for the grandsons and granddaughters until the very end,” the campaign group said in a statement. Some 30,000 people were killed or forcibly disappeared during Argentina’s “Dirty War”. Children of detained opposition activists were seized and given…

Huge crowds gathered at Tunisia’s port on Sunday to welcome Greta Thunberg as her aid flotilla, bound for Gaza, docked at the port. The Swedish climate activist is travelling with 350 pro-Palestinian activists on boats stocked with aid that they are hoping to deliver to Palestinians in Gaza. Pictures from the Sidi Bou Said port show hordes of people surrounding the 22-year-old as she addressed the crowd. “We all know why were are here,” she said. “Just across the water there’s a genocide going on, a mass starvation by Israel’s murder machine.” Israel has repeatedly denied that there is starvation…

Max Verstappen claimed a dominant victory at the Italian Grand Prix on Sunday ahead of title contenders and McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri. It was a first win since May for Verstappen – and only his third of the season — and capped a wonderful weekend at Monza for the four-time world champion, who had posted the fastest lap in Formula 1 history at the track on Saturday to claim pole position. Norris was second to trim the gap to Piastri in the title race to 31 points. He had started the day 34 points behind the Australian…

A woman aged 59 was arrested for murder after she attacked and killed her husband, 65 in a village in Masinga, Machakos County. Police said Anthony Muli died on the spot on Saturday after he was hit in the head with a metal rod in a confrontation with his wife in Ndithini village. The deceased had arrived home late and picked up a quarrel with his wife, witnesses told police. It was then that he picked up a metal rod aiming to hit the woman. Instead, the woman grabbed it and used the same weapon to hit the man in…

A police officers dramatically shot and killed two bodaboda riders in a confrontation near Makongeni police station in Thika Town following a road accident. Police said the shooting incident stemmed from an accident involving a rider and a pillion passenger in the area. The two riders were among a group that had pursued the police officer who was involved in the accident near the local police station on Sunday morning when the drama started. Police and witnesses said the police officer attached to the local DCI office had knocked down a rider and pillion passenger in what police termed as…

A 28-year-old Kenyan was indicted in Minneapolis, USA in a money laundering scheme probe. Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, 28, a resident of Kenya was indicted with Conspiracy to Commit International Money Laundering for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme. Sheikh is the younger brother of Abdiaziz Farah who siphoned over $8 million through fraud schemes, much of it funneled directly to Sheikh in Kenya. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the brothers frequently exchanged text messages about the stolen money, sometimes attaching photos of stacks of cash. In one exchange, Farah told Sheikh: Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph…

The Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua Sunday assured his supporters that the United Opposition front is united and will field one presidential Candidate to face president William Ruto in 2027 general election. He spoke during a church service at Miharati PCEA Church in Nyandarua County. Gachagua asserted that the opposition faction has agreed to support the candidate who will be chosen, reiterating that their unity is the only remedy to oust President Ruto in the next polls. “How I wish they choose me, I will ensure Kasongo (President Ruto) is a one term president and goes home very…

The Media Council of Kenya (MCK) Sunday condemned attacks targeted at Law Society of Kenya (LSK) president Faith Odhiambo for accepting her appointment to the Presidential Panel of Experts on Compensation of Victims of Protests and Riots. MCK fingered some sections the media for what it termed as choosing to vilify Odhiambo’s acceptance to President William Ruto’s job offer. It further argued that casting doubt at Odhiambo’s performance as the panel’s Vice Chairperson is ill-intended, calling for objective reporting. “Condemning Ms Odhiambo for an anticipated failure before she has even begun her work is not only premature but also cynical,…

A man was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in a village in Butere, Kakamega County. Police said the incident happened in Songa Mbele village and involved one Thomas Mboya. The suspect is said to have on Saturday September 6 attempted to rescue his accomplices who had been arrested for stealing a motorcycle and a plastic chair in the village. Police said they had arrested two suspects over the claims when the slain man, while armed with a panga, approached them and threatened the officers with cutting them. This prompted one of the officers to use his AK47…

Eight top officials at the Nakuru County Government are under investigations over claims of fraud in the payment of legal services rendered there. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission summoned the eight for grilling and statement taking as part of the probe into the allegations. South Rift EACC regional manager Kipsang Sambai said they will forward their file to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions with various recommendations for action. He said in a letter the Commission is carrying out investigations into allegations touching on the use of public funds for legal services by officials of the County Government…

After outfoxing Egypt on the diplomatic stage for more than a decade, Ethiopia is set to officially inaugurate one of the world’s biggest dams on a tributary of the River Nile, burying a colonial-era treaty that saw the UK guarantee the North African nation the lion’s share of its water. The dam – built on the Blue Nile at a cost of about $5bn (£3.7bn), with a reservoir roughly the size of Greater London – has led to a surge in Ethiopian nationalism, uniting a nation often polarised along ethnic lines and mired in conflict. “Ethiopians may disagree on how…

President William Ruto arrived Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday, to attend the second Africa Climate Summit, a landmark gathering of Heads of State and Government aimed at advancing Africa’s leadership in climate action and green growth. Building on the 2023 Nairobi Declaration, which set Africa’s bold climate agenda, President Ruto will launch the report “From Nairobi to Addis Ababa: Africa’s Journey of Climate Action and Partnership.” The report reviews progress since the first Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, assesses current realities, and maps future pathways. He will also witness the signing of the Cooperation Framework for the Africa Green Industrialisation…

The jihadist group Boko Haram has killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in Nigeria’s north-eastern Borno State, local officials say. On Friday night militants struck the village of Darul Jamal, home to a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border, killing at least five soldiers. The Nigerian Air Force said it killed 30 militants in strikes after receiving reports of the raid on the village, where residents had recently returned following years of displacement. The attack comes amid a resurgence in jihadist activity in Nigeria’s north-east, with Boko Haram fights and rivals, the West African branch of the…

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that aims to punish countries that illegally detain US citizens. The order will give the State Department the power to impose sanctions or take other measures against countries by creating a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” designation. The White House said the order is designed to “protect US nationals from wrongful detention abroad by authorizing robust responses against foreign governments engaging in such practices”. The US government does not publish the number of Americans detained abroad. The Foley Foundation, an advocacy group, stated that at least 54 Americans were wrongfully detained in 17…