Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The US State Department announced it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza. The pause was issued to conduct a “full and thorough review of the process and procedures used to issue a small number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days,” the agency said on X. The decision has drawn condemnation from some Palestinian rights groups. Palestine Children’s Relief Fund said in a statement that the decision “will have a devastating and irreversible impact on our ability to bring injured and critically ill children from Gaza to the United States for lifesaving medical treatment”. The State Department’s…

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer will join a video call with European allies on Sunday ahead of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the White House next week. French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will join Sir Keir in hosting the “coalition of the willing”, after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin failed to reach a ceasefire deal at a summit in Alaska. On Saturday, the prime minister praised Trump for having brought an end to the war in Ukraine “closer than ever before”, but warned that the “path to peace” could not be decided without Zelensky. It…

President William Ruto Saturday directed all Ministries, Departments and Agencies to advertise on digital platforms to grow the digital economy. He said this will create jobs and increase income for creatives. He explained that the more advertisements done online, the higher Kenya’s content makes a mark and the more local creatives earn. “We have no excuse not to advertise online,” he said. He made the remarks during the 97th Kenya Music Festival State Concert held at Sagana State Lodge, Nyeri County, in the company of Deputy President Kithure Kindiki and Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Migos Ogamba, among others. He disclosed…

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki Saturday warned opposition leaders against any attempts to destabilize the country to gain power, declaring such acts as dangerous and unacceptable. Kindiki said Kenya is a democratic country with well-established structures allowing for one to seek an elective seat without resorting to extremist means aimed at causing instability. “The idea being pursued by some that you can use violence to control and manage politics is dangerous. They don’t care about the security of the nation, whether there is peace or not. Their only interest is power,” said Prof. Kindiki. He spoke on Saturday when he graced…

A man murdered his wife and two children before attempting to take his own life in a horrifying domestic incident in Ngurubani town in Mwea, Kirinyaga County. The incident has left locals in shock. Police and locals said chaos erupted late in the night Friday August 15 when loud screams were heard from the suspect’s house. Moments later, the man reportedly emerged from the house with a rope tied around his neck and severe burns on his body. The residents quickly mobilized and entered the house, where they discovered a disturbing scene of three bodies believed to be the wife…

Air Canada has suspended all its flights as a strike by cabin staff begins – a move the airline said will disrupt travel plans for around 130,000 passengers a day. The union representing more than 10,000 Air Canada flight attendants confirmed the 72-hour industrial action early on Saturday morning. The airline said it had suspended all flights, including those under its budget arm Air Canada Rouge, and advised affected customers not to travel to the airport unless flying with a different airline. Air Canada’s flight attendants are calling for higher salaries and to be paid for work when aircraft are…

President William Ruto and some of his Cabinet Secretaries made changes in a section of parastatals in latest moves seen to be politically motivated. In a gazette notice dated August 15, 2025, Ruto appointed ODM youth leader John Antira Ketora as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation. His term will run for three years, effective immediately. At the Kenya National Shipping Line, the Head of State re-appointed Lt Gen (Rtd) Levi Franklin Mghalu as the Non-Executive Chairperson of the Board of Directors. Mghalu, who has previously served in the same capacity, will continue for another…

The Kenya Meteorological Department issued a heavy rainfall advisory warning of intense downpours expected to hit parts of the country from Sunday, August 17, with potential flash floods, lightning strikes, strong winds and property damage. According to the advisory released on August 15, 2025, rainfall pounding parts of the Lake Victoria Basin, Rift Valley and the Highlands West of Rift Valley will intensify to over 20mm in 24 hours, gradually spreading eastwards into the Central and Eastern Highlands. The weatherman projected the heavy rains to persist until Tuesday, August 19, before gradually reducing in intensity from Wednesday, August 20. A…

President Cyril Ramaphosa urged South Africans to come together to find solutions to the country’s many problems, launching Friday a months-long “national dialogue” dismissed by critics as a costly talk shop. The nationwide public consultation comes with Africa’s most industrialised nation still grappling with massive poverty and inequality 30 years after the end of apartheid. “We all agree that there are many things that are broken in our country,” Ramaphosa told a convention of more than 1,000 people that will draw up a roadmap for local-level meetings across the country over six to nine months. “By getting together, talking to…

A teller with Equity Bank was arraigned over allegations of stealing more than Sh1.2 million from the bank and one of its customers. Gilbert Kiptoo Lelon, stationed at Equity Bank’s Kahawa Branch, appeared before Senior Principal Magistrate Dolphina Alego, where he was charged with stealing by servant contrary to Section 281 of the Penal Code. Prosecutors alleged that on August 11, 2024, while serving as a teller, he stole Sh800,000 from the account of Mary Kanini Kamuya, a customer of the bank. He is also accused of committing a second theft just a day later. On August 12, 2024, he…

Mali’s military-led government arrested two generals and a French national, accusing them of participating in an alleged plot to destabilise the West African nation, according to a government statement and state-owned media. Mali has endured over a decade of turmoil marked by Islamist insurgencies in its arid north, along with political instability that culminated in a series of coups in 2020 and 2021 that brought the current president, General Assimi Goita, to power. Sources told Reuters earlier this week that more than 30 soldiers and military officials had been taken into custody on suspicion of attempting to destabilise Goita’s government.…

The Milimani Law Court Friday sentenced Nigerian national Alabi Tunde Lateef to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of trafficking narcotic drugs valued at Sh890,800. The court heard that on September 11, 2017, at the General Post Office (GPO) area in Nairobi’s Central Business District (CBD), Lateef was found trafficking by conveying 75.4 grammes of cocaine with a street value of Sh377,000. On the same day, at Kasarani’s Mwiki area, he was also found trafficking by storing 102.7 grammes of cocaine worth Sh513,800. Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi handed him eight years’ imprisonment for each of the two counts,…

The Trump administration rescinded an order replacing the District of Columbia’s police chief after an emergency court hearing. Washington DC’s police chief Pamela Smith will retain control of the force after the city sued over US Attorney General Pam Bondi naming the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as the district’s “emergency police commissioner”. The lawsuit asked a judge to void Bondi’s order and stop the DEA head from taking any position of command in the force. After the hearing, the justice department agreed to remove the DEA head as the emergency police chief, filing a new order that…

US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin left Alaska without reaching an agreement for a ceasefire in Ukraine. After an almost three-hour meeting, the leaders delivered a joint statement to the media before leaving without taking questions. Three BBC correspondents who are in Anchorage for the summit assess what it means for the US and Russian leaders as well as what happens next in the war in Ukraine. “There’s no deal until there’s a deal,” Donald Trump said early in his post-summit remarks here in Anchorage. It was a roundabout way of conceding that after several hours…

Liverpool struck twice in the final minutes through Federico Chiesa and Mohamed Salah to overcome a battling Bournemouth 4-2 in a thrilling start to the Premier League season on Friday. Antoine Semenyo looked to have rescued a point for the Cherries by scoring twice, after he had reported an incident of racial abuse from a fan, to cancel out Hugo Ekitike and Cody Gakpo’s strikes for the defending champions. But on an emotive night as Anfield remembered Diogo Jota, Chiesa was the unlikely hero as the injury-hit Italian fired the home side back in front before Salah rounded off the…