Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

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.…

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…