Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Human rights and legal agency Kituo Cha Sheria moved to the High Court seeking urgent orders to compel the government to restore medical services for prisoners, following a suspension of treatment by a Nairobi public hospital over unpaid bills. In court documents, the legal aid organization claims that inmates across the country have been unable to access essential healthcare since August 4, 2025, when Mbagathi County Referral Hospital allegedly stopped treating prisoners from the Kenya Prisons Service over an outstanding debt of approximately Sh12 million. Through its Executive Director, Dr. Wambua Kituku, Kituo Cha Sheria argues that the suspension has…

The officer in charge of Shimo la Tewa Maximum Prison, Abdi Willy Adan appeared before the Tononoka Children’s Court Principal Nelly Chepchirchir to respond to allegations by controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie that his life is in danger while in custody. Mackenzie, who is facing charges in connection with the Shakahola massacre, claimed that suspicious substances had been planted in his prison cell to harm him. However, Adan dismissed the claims as unfounded, telling the court that all security measures at the facility are intact. The officer recounted his routine patrols of the prison, including on Saturday when he visited several…

A technical committee has been established to coordinate the collaboration needed to support sports in the country. The committee will draw members from the government, Football Kenya Federation (FKF) and the private sector, President William Ruto announced. Ruto said the committee will oversee sponsorships of sportsmen and women in various events, branding leagues and managing advertisements for sports events and to ensure that talent is fully tapped to take sports to the next level in Kenya. He emphasised that the government is committed to making the tripartite partnership mutually beneficial, noting that the private sector would not invest where there…

Four men were Wednesday charged afresh in a case involving the fraudulent replacement of a SIM card belonging to former Central Police OCS Samson Kiprotich Taalam. The accused Brian Ronoh Kiprotich, Amos Nzomo Kimanzi, James Mutemi Munyithya, and Dennis Masavi Musimi now face 12 counts, including conspiracy to commit a felony, computer fraud, identity theft, and unlawful possession and use of multiple national identity cards. According to the charge sheet, the men conspired between June 16 and 19, 2025, to fraudulently replace Taalam’s Safaricom SIM card  and used it to unlawfully solicit money from members of the public. Prosecutors said…

A woman was stabbed and killed in an altercation and domestic fight in Obama estate, Kayole, Nairobi. Police said the incident happened on Tuesday September 2, 2025 in Budalangi area and involved one Eunice Wanjiku Wambui, 32. And after killing the woman, the man locked himself in the house with his three children threatening to kill them and die by suicide. Locals joined in the rescue efforts before police arrived and rescued the three children. This was after they destroyed the roof and the door to access the house in the drama. The suspect was also rescued and arrested, police…

A rider was found murdered and his body left near his motorcycle in Kibaoni, Lamu County. Police said John Ngigi, 33 was killed by unknown assailants on September 2, 2025 before his body was discovered on the roadside with blood oozing from the mouth, ears and nose. His dental formula had also been badly damaged while there were bruises on his ribs and he had a swollen face. Police said they found a Sh200 note spread on the ground and his cap. His motorcycle was found about 30 meters away from where the body lay. The motive of the murder…

A police officer was arrested after he reported he could not locate his AK47 rifle loaded with 30 bullets at Kabachi police station, Meru County. The officer had been issued with the weapon on September 1 for night patrols and was to return it the following day when he failed to do so. He told his seniors he could recall how it went missing. It was then that he was arrested pending an investigation into the same. Police said they hope to recover the weapon. And police recovered a homemade gun after a suspect who had it fell asleep after…

Detectives are hunting for a gang that raided the home of a businessman and robbed his family of cash and other valuables in a dramatic incident in Kiserian, Kajiado County. Locals fear this could be an indication of the return of gangs who used to terrorise them that sparked a protest and heavy police reaction in 2006. On Tuesday, the gang went to the home in Kahuho village in the area and held a family hostage for hours as they robbed them. Witnesses said one of the six men wore military fatigue and three of them were armed with AK47…

A university student was stabbed and killed by his fellow student in a dispute over bathroom use at their hostel at the University of Nairobi’s Kikuyu Campus. Police explained the victim identified as Brian Wambui, a third-year student, succumbed to suspected stabbing injuries at the PCEA Thogoto Hospital on Sunday August 31 following his stabbing in the abdomen. The assailant was arrested on Tuesday after being on the run and hiding in the area, police said. The assailant is said to be a fellow student at the university. The two were Sunday with others watching a football match at their…

Cardi B was cleared of assault by a Los Angeles jury after a security guard sued her for $24m (£18m) in a fingernail attack. Emani Ellis alleged that the US rapper cut her cheek with a 3in (7.5cm) fingernail and spat on her outside an obstetrician’s office in 2018. The rapper was pregnant at the time, which wasn’t public knowledge. The civil trial in Alhambra led to a series of viral moments as the rapper took the stand and offered colourful testimony about the incident and her fashion choices. She told the court that the guard followed her and filmed…

A US congressional panel released a trove of documents related to the federal investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House of Representatives Oversight Committee published 33,295 pages, including flight logs, jail surveillance video, court filings, audio recordings and emails. But Republicans and Democrats alike said the files contained little new information and it is unclear if the justice department is withholding other Epstein records. Pressure has been growing from President Donald Trump’s own supporters for more transparency on the probe into the well-connected financier after the justice department said in July there was no “incriminating” Epstein client…

Donald Trump has rejected suggestions that the warming of relations between China, Russia and their allies poses a challenge to the US on the global stage. The US president told reporters in the Oval Office that he had “a good relationship” with President Xi Jinping and that China “needs us more than we need them”. It comes as Xi prepares to host world leaders at a “Victory Day” parade in Beijing on Wednesday – a showcase of China’s military might. Xi will be joined by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, viewed by some observers as a…

President Donald Trump says the US carried out a strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the southern Caribbean, killing 11 “Narcoterrorists”. He posted on social media that Tuesday’s US military operation had targeted members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Trump said the vessel was in international waters and was transporting illegal narcotics bound for the US. The Trump administration has ratcheted up military and political pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in recent weeks, including through a $50m (£37m) reward for information leading to his arrest on drug-trafficking charges. Maduro has vowed Venezuela would fight any attempted US…

Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google’s dominance in online search. The case centred around Google’s position as the default search engine on a range of its own products such as Android and Chrome as well as others made by the likes of Apple. The US Department of Justice had demanded that Google sell Chrome – Tuesday’s decision means the tech giant can keep it but it will…

The Kenyan police officer who was killed in an accident along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Ville road at Perlerin 9 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was identified as corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve. He was attacked to Rapid Deployment Unit which is seen as one of the elite units of the Administration Police Service. He was killed on August, 31 2025 in a tragic road traffic accident was killed along with a civilian after two armored vehicles were involved in an accident along a mountaintop road above Port-au-Prince. In addition to the deaths, eight the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti (MSS) officers were injured,…