Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A casual laborer was fatally crushed by a forklift in an incident at a logistics firm in Rabai, Kilifi County. The deceased was loading a container at the firm’s yard when it accidentally tilted and crushed him, police said. He was identified as Emanuel Mwandogo, 24. He died on the spot, police said. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations, police said of the November 4, 2025, incident. Meanwhile, two people were separately electrocuted in tragic incidents reported in Homa Bay and Nakuru Counties. Police said the first incident happened in Rachuonyo, Homa Bay…

Controversial Malaysian rapper Namewee was remanded in custody in connection with the death of a Taiwanese influencer found dead in a Kuala Lumpur hotel bathtub two weeks ago. Police say Namewee, 42, was the last person seen with 31-year-old Iris Hsieh, according to reports. She was in Malaysia to discuss a commercial video Namewee had agreed to direct, her social media manager told the BBC. Namewee, who denies charges of illegal drug use and possession for which he was granted bail, is now back in custody to “assist in the investigation”, police said after reclassifying her death as murder. He…

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum said she will press charges against a man who groped her during a public appearance. Mobile phone footage of the incident on Tuesday shows Sheinbaum speaking to a group of supporters on a street near the National Palace in Mexico City. In the video, a man approaches her from behind and attempts to kiss her on the neck and place his hands on her body. Sheinbaum moved away quickly and a member of her team stepped in, but she was visibly shaken. The offender has been arrested. “My view is, if I don’t file a complaint,…

Several contestants have walked out of a Miss Universe event after an official from host nation Thailand publicly berated Miss Mexico in a tense confrontation. At a pre-pageant ceremony, Miss Universe Thailand director Nawat Itsaragrisil told off Fatima Bosch in front of dozens of contestants for failing to post promotional content. When she objected, Mr Nawat called security and threatened to disqualify those supporting her. Ms Bosch then left the room and others joined her in solidarity. Video of the incident, which was live streamed, has been shared online. The Miss Universe Organisation (MUO) has condemned Mr Nawat’s “malicious” behaviour,…

Democratic congressman Jared Golden has announced his retirement, saying he will not be running for re-election in his battleground Maine district. The 43-year-old cited political violence and extreme polarisation in the US as reasons why he is leaving office, penning an opinion piece published in his hometown newspaper. “After 11 years as a legislator, I have grown tired of the increasing incivility and plain nastiness that are now common from some elements of our American community,” the congressman wrote. Golden’s district elected Trump in the 2024 election by nine points, and his seat has been identified as vulnerable for Democrats…

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen appeared before the Senate Plenary on Wednesday and emphasized the importance of continued investment in infrastructure to bolster the country’s security efforts. He urged Parliament to allocate sufficient resources to enable the Ministry to build security roads, improve police housing, and acquire modern communication systems essential for effective operations in remote and banditry-prone areas. “Banditry will not be won through guns and arresting people but through the development of infrastructure such as roads and enhancing security equipment,” said CS Murkomen. He was answering to questions on security and national administration. He also…

Public University lecturers ended their two-month-long strike after accepting the government’s payment offer. The breakthrough brings relief to thousands of students who have been out of class for nearly two months. Lecturers and staff under the Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) and the Kenya Universities Staff Union (KUSU), and Kenya Union Of Domestic Hotels Educational Institutions Hospitals & Allied Workers (KUDHEIHA) said that they have signed a return-to-work formula outlining the payment of the owed Sh7.9 billion under the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA). UASU Secretary General Constantine Wasonga said that they have agreed to have a two-instalment payment plan,…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has raided the homes of top officials from the State Department for Sports over a suspected Sh3.8 billion embezzlement scandal. EACC detectives carried out simultaneous searches at the residences and offices of senior government officers and private businesspeople linked to the alleged fraud. The probe targets claims of unlawful acquisition of public property and abuse of office involving senior officials at the department. Investigators say the irregularities occurred between the 2020/2021 and 2025/2026 financial years. Those under investigation include a Senior Assistant Commissioner of Sports, a Deputy Accountant General in the Ministry of ASALs…

Women should be their sister’s keepers and endeavor to protect each other from gender based violence, Health Principal Secretary Mary Muthoni has said. Muthoni noted that there’s been a surge of cases of Gender Based Violence (GBV), especially in the workplace. She added that teachers have not been spared. Speaking at the sixth Anniversary celebrations of the Kenya Women Teachers Association, Muthoni noted that the workplace for teachers must guarantee safety and hope for all. She praised KEWOTA for introducing breastfeeding rooms and centres in schools, stressing the need to upscale it and make sure all schools have such facilities.…

A boda boda rider was stabbed and killed in a clash among the riders over planned elections to elect their officials in Rongo Town, Migori County. Police said at least five others were injured in the chaos that broke out on Tuesday evening. Police said two boda boda factions met to agree on the way forward for the coming polls when a fight broke out. They then started to hurl stones at each other before others were stabbed. It was then that Steve Okoth, 30 was stabbed and killed. Five others were admitted in hospital with multiple injuries. Police later…

Police are investigating an incident where two workers of an engineering company were robbed of Sh3.2 million moments after they had left a bank in Ruiru, Kiambu County. The workers at Hatikvah Communication and General Engineering said they had visited the Equity Bank KU branch and withdrawn cash on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for use elsewhere. They were to use the money in clearing a cargo at the ICDC on Mombasa Road. After the bank transactions, they drove to the company office in Karuguru in their Toyota Hilux double-cabin car to pick up their project manager so they could proceed…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a Sudanese man whose body was found in his house in Donholm area, Nairobi. He was identified as Matedio Lobalu Lokaye. He had been staying with a Somali man who said he found him unresponsive on Tuesday evening. The roommate said he was concerned the deceased had not woken up as usual and went to check on him only to find him unresponsive with serious injuries on the back of his head. The body lay on the floor in a pool of blood, police said. The roommate was detained for interrogation as a person…

A police officer who has been on the run for more than two months was Tuesday arrested over the murder of his colleague in Luanda, Vihiga County. Police said constable Kevin Omondi was arrested in Luanda area over the murder of his colleague identified as Constable Nicholas Samoei on August 22, 2025. Detectives were informed the assailant was within the area before they confronted him in a house and arrested him. The assailant also stole and escaped with a rifle belonging to the deceased colleague after the shooting incident at Esirabe Primary School, police said. The weapon is yet to…

A 32-year-old Briton was robbed of Sh800,000 from his bank account in a love deal that went bad in Bamburi area, Nairobi. The Briton told the police he had checked into his hotel in the Mtwapa area on October 25, 2025 for a holiday after being invited by a girlfriend he met online. The victim stayed at the hotel until November 2, 2025 when his girlfriend invited him to her apartment in the Nyali area. Oblivious of the dangers ahead, he took a taxi to the apartment on the fifth floor. He was shocked after two men walked to the…

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney put forward his first federal budget, which lays out an ambitious plan to transform Canada’s economy and deal with the challenge of US tariffs. Billed an “investment budget” by the government, the fiscal plan increases Canada’s deficit to C$78bn ($55.3bn; £42.47bn), the second largest in history. The spending is offset by plans to attract C$1tn of investment into Canada over the next five years, with the federal government arguing more restrained spending would eliminate “vital social programmes” and funding for Canada’s future. The budget does outline cuts, however, including slashing the size of the federal…