Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A suspect who was being detained over claims of assault was found dead in a police cell in Kakamega County after a suspected suicide mission. The incident happened at Bundonga police post in Navakholo on Saturday August 9 evening. The body of Raymond Nachibati Wawire was found hanging on the rafters of the cell with a tracksuit string tied around his neck. He had been arrested for assault. This is after he allegedly assaulted his wife at a nearby shopping centre. Senior police officers visited the post when the news of the suicide spread. They announced the local Independent Policing…

Five Al Jazeera journalists have been killed in an Israeli strike near Gaza City’s Al-Shifa Hospital, the broadcaster has said. Correspondents Anas al-Sharif and Mohammed Qreiqeh, plus cameramen Ibrahim Zaher, Mohammed Noufal and Moamen Aliwa were in a tent for journalists at the hospital’s main gate when it was targeted, Al Jazeera reported. The “targeted assassination” was “yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom”, it said in a statement. Shortly after the strike, the IDF confirmed that it had struck Anas al-Sharif, posting on Telegram that he had “served as the head of a terrorist cell in Hamas”.…

US President Donald Trump has said homeless people must “move out” of Washington DC as he vowed to tackle crime in the city, but the mayor pushed back against the White House likening the capital to Baghdad. “We will give you places to stay, but FAR from the Capital,” he posted on Sunday. The Republican president also trailed a news conference for Monday about his plan to make the city “safer and more beautiful than it ever was before”. Mayor Muriel Bowser, a Democrat, said: “We are not experiencing a crime spike.” Trump signed an order last month making it…

Chip giants Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of their semiconductor sales in China, the BBC was told by a source close to the matter. The agreement is part of a deal to secure export licences to the world’s second biggest economy. “We follow rules the US government sets for our participation in worldwide markets. While we haven’t shipped H20 to China for months, we hope export control rules will let America compete in China and worldwide,” Nvidia told the BBC. AMD did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In a statement to the…

Four people were Saturday night killed in a road accident on the Kibwezi-Kitui road in Makueni County. Police said one passenger was left in critical condition after being involved in the accident. Kibwezi base commander Morris Situma said the accident occurred at around 11pm on killing three on the spot and two were rushed to the Kibwezi AMREF hospital for treatment. One more victims however succumbed to injuries at the medical facility as one was left nursing injuries. The five were reportedly driving from a dowry ceremony ahead of a wedding planned for next Saturday when the accident happened. This…

Two boxers in Japan died from brain injuries they incurred in separate bouts during the same event in Tokyo, officials said. Super featherweight Shigetoshi Kotari and lightweight Hiromasa Urakawa, both 28, fought on the same card in Tokyo’s Korakuen Hall on August 2. Both were later rushed to hospital where they had brain surgery. Kotari, who battled to a draw after 12 rounds against fellow Japanese fighter Yamato Hata lost consciousness soon after and “passed away at 10:59 pm on August 8,” his M.T boxing gym said on its website Saturday. “He did his best to fight his way through…

Detectives are investigating a bizarre incident where a man was sent three human fingers tied with six live bullets in Eldoret Town. The receiver said he had been called by an unknown man who informed him he had his parcel and sent a rider to deliver the same to him. Police said one Reuben Kiptisia Kiptui was in a bar when a rider delivered the parcel in an envelope and on opening it he found it with three human fingers and the bullets. He called police who visited the scene and established that the parcel contained the three human fingers-one…

A guard was killed in a raid on a Korean run camp in Kenyewa, Mashuuru, Kajiado County. Police said the Korean Mission Camp was invaded by five suspects prompting two guards on duty to react. The gang descended on the guards killing one of them who was identified as Jonathan Kupere. His colleague was seriously wounded and taken to hospital. Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the attack as the gang did not steal anything from the camp. The body was moved to the mortuary pending other procedures. In Dudi, Kakamega County, one David Shiongola, 28…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a 37-year-old woman was murdered before the assailant set her body on fire as a cover up in Pangani area, Nairobi. The incident happened at an apartment on the eighth floor where the deceased identified as Shelmic Wambui Muratha stayed at the Boma Yangu Estate, police said. Neighbours of the house along Kinshasa Road reported there was smoke emanating from the apartment before police and other responders rushed there. They then forced the front door to open and contained the fire when they stumbled on the body of the tenant lying on the floor…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a 45-year-old man in the Kendubay area, Homabay County. The body of Kennedy Odhiambo was found in a pool of blood long after his murder outside his house on August 8 morning. His both hands were fractured and the body had multiple deep cuts in the leg. His house had been broken into and ransacked by the assailants. The motive of the incident is yet to be established, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations. In Kina, Garbatula, Isiolo County, one Erick Mutembei Njagi, 53 was shot…

At least two passengers were killed in a crash between a passenger bus and a lorry near Mai Mahiu Town, Nakuru County. Police said several passengers were injured after the lorry hit Ena bus headed from Nairobi to Kehancha in Migori County on Saturday night. The bus also hit other cars ahead of it before it landed in a ditch. The bus management said it departed Nairobi at approximately 8 pm, carrying 47 passengers and 3 crew members, all setting out on their journey without incident. While descending the Mai Mahiu Escarpment, near the historical Catholic church, a truck lost…

US President Donald Trump nominated State Department spokeswoman and former Fox News host Tammy Bruce to be the US deputy representative to the United Nations. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that Bruce, who has been working at the US State Department since he took office in January, has done a “fantastic job” in the role. Before joining government, Bruce was a Fox News conservative contributor for more than 20 years, and has authored several books that are critical of liberals, including “Fear Itself: Exposing the Left’s Mind-Killing Agenda”. It is unclear when she will take over the…

He is France’s last newspaper hawker; maybe the last in Europe. Ali Akbar has been pounding the pavement of Paris’s Left Bank for more than 50 years, papers under the arm and on his lips the latest headline. And now he is to be officially recognised for his contribution to French culture. President Emmanuel Macron – who once as a student himself bought newspapers from Mr Akbar – is to decorate him next month with the Order of Merit, one of France’s highest honours. “When I began here in 1973 there were 35 or 40 of us hawkers in Paris,”…

An Indian tycoon’s sudden death in June has triggered a fierce inheritance battle at an Indian automotive giant. Sunjay Kapur, 53, suffered a heart attack on 12 June while playing polo in Surrey in the UK. He was an heir to Sona Comstar, a $3.6bn (£2.7bn) business empire he inherited from his father. The company, among India’s top auto component makers, has a global footprint with 10 plants spread across India, China, Mexico and the US. A polo enthusiast, Kapur moved in the elite social circles of Indian capital Delhi, and reportedly shared a friendship with Prince William. He was…

Benjamin Sesko watched from the stands at Old Trafford as Manchester United won a penalty shoot-out 5-4 after being held to a 1-1 draw by Fiorentina in the final match of their preseason schedule. Sesko signed a five-year deal with United on Saturday morning to seal his €85 million ($98.8m) move from RB Leipzig. He was presented to fans on the pitch ahead of kick-off alongside fellow summer signings Matheus Cunha, Bryan Mbeumo and Diego León, and then watched from the directors’ box as United came from behind to draw 1-1 before substitute Kobbie Mainoo scored the decisive kick in…