Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Mombasa-based lawyer Andrew Chacha Mwita was among 22 individuals who fell into the dragnet of a counter terrorism operation targeting terror supporters, financiers, and beneficiaries in Nairobi, Mombasa, Kapseret, Moyale, and Marsabit. Mwita was arrested on Friday, November 14, 2025, in Mombasa following a sting operation led by the Anti-Terrorism Police Unit for financing terrorism. The ongoing operation also netted other suspects accused of facilitating, radicalization, recruitment, and financing terror activities nationwide. Mwita was presented before Kahawa Law Courts Monday where detectives sought 20 days custodial order. The ruling will be made on Wednesday, November 19, 2025. A custodial application…

Two suspects were arrested after they fatally assaulted a 27-year-old man in the Villa area, Nairobi. Police said Alkuli Ali Mohamed died from the injuries. Police said the victim had visible injuries on the face, and blood was oozing from the mouth and ears. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The suspects were later arrested by locals and handed over to the police. Police said they are interrogating them over the murder on November 17, 2025. In Naiberi, Uasin Gishu County’s Kipkabus shopping centre, one Jennifer Jelagat, 49 was found in the middle of a feeder…

Kenya Power recorded a 470 percent increase in the number of tenders awarded to businesses owned by youth, women, and people living with disabilities (PWDs), awarding contracts worth Sh3.5 billion in the last financial year ended June 30, 2025. This compares to Sh614 million awarded to these groups in the previous financial year ended June 30, 2024, making the 2024/25 performance the highest in the last eight years and underscoring the Company’s commitment to inclusive procurement and economic empowerment. “Last year, we were intentional in meeting and sensitizing the youth, women, and PWDs about procurement opportunities that exist for them…

A 19-year-old man was found dead after an electrocution incident in Obama area, Nairobi. Police said they found the body of Daniel Omusilingani in a swampy area while holding a wifi cable. Police suspect the cable was illegally connected to an adjacent structure where the incident happened. The victim was a garbage collector in the area. He is suspected to have touched the live cable, killing him. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. In Kiwanja area, Kahawa West, Nairobi, one James Kibunja, 83 was found dead in his house. He is suspected to have fallen in…

A man was burnt to death in a fire incident in his house in Narok Town. Police said the incident happened on Monday morning, affecting iron sheet-made structures. The fire started from one of the affected structures before spreading fast to others and reducing them to ashes. It was then that the body of one Anthony Mwangi was found badly burnt. He was sleeping in his house when the fire broke out. Several other families were left homeless by the fire incident. Police said the cause of the fire is yet to be established. The body was moved to the…

A US federal judge says “investigative missteps” and “government misconduct” may have tainted the Trump administration’s criminal case against former FBI director James Comey. In a 24-page opinion, Judge William Fitzpatrick ordered justice department lawyers to release grand jury materials, including transcripts and evidence, to Comey’s defence team. The justice department has appealed against the order. Comey was charged in September after President Donald Trump called for his prosecution and appointed a new federal prosecutor to pursue the case. Comey, who has long drawn Trump’s ire, has pleaded not guilty to the charges, which include obstructing a congressional investigation. The…

Canada’s parliament has narrowly approved Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget, allowing his minority Liberal government to avert an early election. The fiscal plan, which raises Canada’s deficit to a projected C$78 bn ($55.3 bn; £42.47 bn), was passed thanks to crucial support fromopposition MPs, including Green Party leader Elizabeth May. Many opposition lawmakers have sharply criticised the fiscal plan – the second largest in history. The plan passed with 170 votes in favour and 168 against it. Carney, who served as the former central banker for both Canada and the UK, has defended the budget as a “generational…

Federal agents arrested 130 people in two days in Charlotte, North Carolina, the latest city to face President Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigration, according to a US official. Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), told the BBC that a number of the people arrested are criminals and gang members. But local leaders say the operation is doing more harm than good. DHS said a US citizen allegedly injured an officer by ramming a law enforcement vehicle with their car. By population, Charlotte is roughly a quarter of the size of Los Angeles and a third…

Former Harvard University President Larry Summers has said he will step back from public commitments after his emails with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein were made public. “I am deeply ashamed of my actions and recognize the pain they have caused. I take full responsibility for my misguided decision to continue communicating with Mr Epstein,” Summers said in a statement to the school newspaper. Emails released by Congress last week show Summers, a former US Treasury Secretary, communicated with Epstein up until the day before Epstein’s 2019 arrest for sex trafficking minors. Files related to Epstein continue to roil Congress with…

A South African man who was seen attending a neo-Nazi rally outside an Australian state parliament has had his visa revoked. Matthew Gruter, who has been in Australia since 2022, took part in an anti-Jewish protest outside the New South Wales parliament organized by the National Socialist Network earlier this month. He was seen among around 60 men clad in black, who held up a banner that said “Abolish the Jewish lobby”, Australian media reports. Australia has seen a recent rise in right-wing extremism. Its government made the Nazi salute punishable by a mandatory prison term earlier this year. Australia’s…

Forty-five Indian pilgrims have been killed after the bus they were travelling in caught fire in an accident near Medina in Saudi Arabia, the police commissioner of India’s Hyderabad city has said. The bus had 46 passengers, said VC Sajjanar in a news conference, adding that one man who survived the accident had been admitted to an intensive care unit in a local hospital. Most of the victims are from Hyderabad, which is in southern Telangana state. The pilgrims were travelling from the Islamic holy city of Mecca to Medina when the accident took place, the Telangana government said in…

Bangladesh’s former prime minister has been sentenced to death for crimes against humanity over her crackdown on student-led protests, which led to her ousting. Sheikh Hasina was found guilty of allowing lethal force to be used against protesters, 1,400 of whom died during the unrest last year. Hasina was tried in absentia by the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) in Bangladesh, having been exiled in India since she was forced from power in July 2024. Prosecutors accused her of being behind hundreds of killings during the protests. Hasina has denied all charges, calling the trial “biased and politically motivated”. The verdict…

The long-awaited dualling of the 170-kilometre Rironi–Naivasha–Mau Summit highway is set to commence on November 28, 2025, marking a major breakthrough for one of the busiest segments of the Northern Corridor. The project is expected to significantly ease transport between Nairobi and western Kenya, a region that has suffered decades of heavy traffic congestion, prolonged delays, and frequent road accidents. Government officials say the upgrade will improve the movement of goods and passengers, boosting trade and regional connectivity. On the same day, the government will also break ground for the 58-kilometre Rironi–Maai Mahiu–Naivasha road dualling, opening new transport and investment…

Detectives are investigating the death of a man in a bar in Zimmerman area, Nairobi. The body of the man was found on a seat and leaning on a table moments after he had died. The cause of the death was not immediately known. Police said a brother of the deceased said he was to meet him at the bar on Sunday evening for talks. When he arrived at the bar, he found his brother unresponsive and seated on a chair while leaning on a table. They rushed him to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.…

A 24-year-old man was shot and killed in mysterious circumstances in Musoli village, Kakamega County. The victim was found with a gunshot wound in the chest and lying on a footpath in the Akatsa area, police said of the November 16, 2025, incident. The motive of the murder was not immediately established. Police who visited the scene identified him as Newton Wanjia. They said they suspect the man was killed elsewhere and the body was dumped at the scene. There was no blood stain at the scene where the body was discovered, police said. The body was moved to the…