Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

US lawmakers have released more than 20,000 pages of documents from the estate of the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, including some that mention President Donald Trump. Early on Wednesday, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee published three email exchanges, including correspondence between Epstein, who died in 2019 in prison, and his long-time associate Ghislaine Maxwell, who is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence for sex trafficking. They also released emails between Epstein and the author Michael Wolff, who has written numerous books about Trump. Within hours, House Republicans then released a massive tranche of documents to…

South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa says “boycott politics doesn’t work” as he hit back at US President Donald Trump’s decision to skip the G20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg later this month. Trump has said that no US official would attend the gathering over widely discredited claims that white people are being persecuted in South Africa. Speaking outside parliament, Ramaphosa said the US’s “absence is their loss” and that the boycott would not prevent the meeting from going ahead, according to the AFP news agency. He added that the US was “giving up the very important role that they should be…

The US Congress voted to bring the longest-ever government shutdown to an end. The fallout has left around 1.4 million federal employees unpaid, suspended food to many low-income Americans and delayed thousands of flights for airline passengers. Here we unpack your key questions about the historic US funding deadlock. Is the shutdown over? Not quite yet. The Republican-controlled House on Wednesday – day 43 of the shutdown – approved a new funding bill with a vote of 222 to 209. Six Democrats joined Republicans to vote yes. The package passed the Senate two days earlier by a vote of 60-40,…

A well-coordinated multi-agency raid in Mwaliko Estate within Mwea town, Kirinyaga County blew the lid off a suspected cyber fraud ring operated by three Nigerian nationals. The suspects Peter Chukwujekwu, Alazor Chukulute Sunday, and Nnalue Chiagozie Samwel were Wednesday flushed out after alert members of the public raised an alarm over suspicious movements and late-night activities inside a rented apartment. This is almost 200 kilometers away from the capital, Nairobi. When detectives raided the premises, they found 21 mobile phones, 79 SIM cards, a Dell laptop, and a heap of credit cards from different banks, all pointing to a well-oiled…

Two members of NewJeans, Hyein and Haerin, will return to their record label Ador, the agency has announced, in a move that has led fans to question whether the K-pop group will now split up. NewJeans has been locked in a legal battle with Ador, since the five-member group announced last year that they were leaving the agency because of mistreatment and manipulation. Ador has denied these claims. Last month, a South Korean court ruled that NewJeans’s contract with Ador – which runs until 2029 – remains valid. NewJeans said it would appeal. The dispute has rocked the K-pop industry,…

She Zhijiang, a Chinese national accused of building an illicit gambling empire in South East Asia, is being extradited to China – ending his years-long battle against the order. He has been detained in Thailand since 2022, after the Thai police arrested him acting on a Chinese request to Interpol. China accuses She Zhijiang of running illegal online gambling rings, and this week a Thai court upheld the decision to extradite him. He arrived at a Bangkok airport on Wednesday, flanked by two security officials. His extradition comes ahead of a landmark visit by Thailand’s king to Beijing – the…

Two brothers have been charged with the murder of South African rapper Kiernan Forbes, popularly known as “AKA”, following their extradition from neighbouring Eswatini. Siyabonga and Malusi Ndimande were brought back to the country after the failure of a lengthy legal attempt to block their return. Forbes, an award-winning hip-hop artist, was killed outside a restaurant in the coastal city of Durban in 2023 along with his close friend, celebrity chef Tebello “Tibz” Motsoane. South Africa has one of the highest murder rates in the world but this shooting shocked the country. The brothers have also been charged with Motsoane’s…

Passengers who present printed boarding passes at airports will no longer be accepted to fly with Ryanair, the company has announced. One of Europe’s biggest budget airlines said it was “moving to 100% digital boarding passes” from Wednesday in a bid to speed up travel and lower costs. It said all customers needed to check in online before arriving at the airport, adding that 90% of its 206 million passengers were already doing so and using digital boarding passes. Those who fail to check in online ahead of their flight will have to pay an airport check-in fee of up…

House Democrats released an email from Jeffrey Epstein on Wednesday that claimed President Donald Trump had “spent hours” at Epstein’s house with one of his sex trafficking victims. In the 2011 email released by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, Epstein wrote to Ghislaine Maxwell, his partner who was later convicted of sex trafficking, that Trump had “spent hours at my house” with one of Epstein’s victims and that encounter “has never once been mentioned” by police. Epstein called Trump a “dog that hasn’t barked.” Trump has denied any wrongdoing in relation to the Epstein case and has urged members…

An American tourist collapsed and died as she toured a site in Isinya area, Kajiado County. Police said Frances Boniface Fountain, 83, was visiting and touring the Kitengela Glass Company when the incident happened on Tuesday. She had arrived in Kenya together with other family members two weeks ago as tourists. She had among others visited the Masai Mara game reserve where on November 6 she complained of breathing difficulties. On Tuesday she collapsed at the site and died. Medical officers from Sinai Hospital Ongata Rongai responded with an ambulance but found her unresponsive and declared her dead. The body…

President William Ruto, in his capacity as the African Union (AU) Champion for Institutional Reforms, on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting in Nairobi to review progress on the AU reform agenda ahead of the Special Summit on African Union Reforms set for November 26, 2025, in Luanda, Angola. The meeting brought together members of the High-Level Panel on AU Governance, Peace and Security, the High Representative on Financing the Union, senior officials from the African Union Commission (AUC) led by the Chairperson, representatives from the Kenya Mission in Addis Ababa, and top officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including…

A 19-year-old man died after he had been punched in the chest in a fight in Kiamaiko area, Huruma, Nairobi County. Police said Abraham John was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital on Tuesday morning following a fight among a group of about eight people. It is not clear what prompted the fight. Police said the victim was pronounced dead on arrival at a local hospital. Police staged an operation in the area and arrested seven suspects over the murder. Tension remained high in the area amid fears of more fight, which police link to control of businesses. Elsewhere…

Two people, including a four-year-old boy were found dead after separate drowning incidents in Nakuru County. Police said they are investigating the incidents reported on Monday November 10, 2025. The first incident happened in Koyomtich village, Menengai area on Molo River. The body was retrieved and locals said it belonged to a local, a casual labourer who had been residing in an unfinished building a few meters from the scene. It is not clear how and why he drowned. The body which had decomposed was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Meanwhile, police are investigating an incident where a…

A 63-year-old man was shot and killed in a robbery incident at a shop in Kehancha, Migori County. This is the latest such incident in the area amid protests of rising armed crime in general. Police said David Masero Sabai was shot in the chest by gunmen who had arrived at a shop and were demanding cash and other valuables. The incident happened on Monday night as the deceased was waiting to be served at the shop. Two men, one armed with an AK47 rifle and the other with a panga walked there and ordered the attendant and the deceased…

Allies of the prime minister are making it clear he would fight any challenge to his leadership from Labour MPs. There are fears from those loyal to Sir Keir Starmer that his job might be under immediate threat, perhaps as soon as shortly after the Budget in a fortnight’s time. Critics say it is evidence that Downing Street is “in full bunker mode” which “won’t help the government out of the hole we’re in.” Friends of Sir Keir are deeply worried about what they see as plotting going on to try to replace him and are seeking to make clear…