Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Texas Republicans have voted to track down and arrest dozens of Democratic legislators who have fled the state to block passage of a partisan redistricting plan. The vote passed by 85 to 6, following Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s threat of bribery charges against the absent Democrats. After the vote, the governor ordered state troopers “to locate, arrest, and return to the House chamber any member who has abandoned their duty to Texans”. The proposed congressional map, unveiled last week by Republicans, would create five more Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives, where President Donald Trump’s party currently holds…

President Donald Trump praised actress Sydney Sweeney in the wake of a social media backlash against an advertisement she features in. “Sydney Sweeney, a registered Republican, has the HOTTEST ad out there,” he wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday. “Go get ’em Sydney!” The Emmy-nominated actress, who starred in Euphoria and The White Lotus, appears in a jeans advertisement for American Eagle where she says: “Genes are passed down from parents to offspring, often determining traits like hair colour, personality and even eye colour. My jeans are blue.” Some criticised the 27-year-old blue-eyed star’s wordplay in the commercial,…

The M-PESA Sokoni Caravan has now made a grand entrance into the Nairobi Region, bringing with it a range of exciting prizes for Safaricom customers. Nairobi marks the climax and final leg of the nationwide tour, which began in June and has been delighting customers across the country. The caravan tour kicked off in Kibera (Kwa DC) today and is expected to visit various estates in Nairobi, including Waithaka stage, Zambezi, Limuru stage and Wangige to celebrate customers as part of the M-PESA @18 celebrations. “We officially kicked off our M-PESA Sokoni campaign in June. Since then, we have traversed…

Former Lands Commissioner and ex-Baringo Central Member of Parliament Sammy Silas Komen Mwaita was Monday arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts, where he faced multiple charges related to a land fraud scheme involving property worth Sh150 million. Mwaita was charged with unlawfully creating two title deeds with the intent to defraud the rightful owners of two prime parcels of land. Mwaita’s co-accused, Kiplangat, failed to appear for plea-taking, prompting Senior Principal Magistrate Ben Mark Ekhubi to issue a summons for his appearance on Tuesday. Mwaita pleaded not guilty to all charges and was released on a bond of Sh10 million…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a 79-year-old woman was found dead after an arson in his house in Kithasyu, Kibwezi, Makueni County. Police said the woman identified as Rael Ndunda was accused of being a witch. Her house was on Saturday burnt as she was asleep killing her. The remains were removed to Makindu General Hospital mortuary for autopsy. Police said they are looking for the assailants behind the tragedy. Such incidents have been on the rise in some parts of the country amid police operations to solve them. Police term mob lynching a criminal offense and want suspects…

A matatu tout was stabbed and killed in an altercation over collection of fees from vehicles downtown along Temple Road, Nairobi. Police said Dick Otieno Ombaka was stabbed in the chest by fellow tout in an argument on Sunday morning. Ombaka and his assailant had argued over the issue of collection of money from matatus picking passengers from the said bus stop. The two worked with Obamana Link Sacco. The deceased was rushed to MSF Hospital along Juja Road where he was announced dead on arrival. The body was moved to Mama Lucy Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem. The assailant had…

Two suspects, including an Italian national, were arrested for operating a clandestine narcotics laboratory in Diani area, Kwale County. It is not clear how long the suspects have been running the facility there. What seemed like a peaceful corner of Kenya’s beautiful coastline turned out to be the unexpected site of a major drug bust. Detectives uncovered a secret narcotics lab tucked away in a quiet neighborhood of Mwabungo village, Ukunda — a place more often associated with serene beaches than crime. After days of discreet surveillance and intelligence gathering, a team from the Anti-Narcotics Unit and Kenya Police carried…

A police officer is on the run after he shot and killed his girlfriend as she sought refuge at her friend’s house in Kanyonyoo market, Kitui County. The police officer also shot and killed the friend of the girlfriend before escaping on foot. Police said the officer was yet to be found on Monday, August 4, after the murder, and efforts to trace him were ongoing. This was after he dropped his AK47 rifle with 26 bullets in a thicket and escaped on foot from the small town. He and his girlfriend had quarreled before he embarked on the killing…

A billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to abetting offences in a rare corruption case that gripped Singapore and landed a former minister in jail. Ong Beng Seng is accused of giving expensive gifts, including tickets to the Formula 1 Grand Prix, hotel stays and a ride on a private jet to ex-transportation minister Subramaniam Iswaran while they were engaged in official business. Ministers in Singapore cannot keep gifts unless they pay the market value of the gift to the government, and they must declare anything they receive from people they have business dealings with. The case shocked many in Singapore,…

Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas in a bid to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans. The redistricting, unveiled by Texas’ majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump, would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives. Two-thirds of the 150-member Texas legislature must be present in order to hold a vote. Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers have fled, most of them to Illinois, denying Republicans the required quorum. They said they plan to stay away for two weeks until the end of a special legislative session convened by…

Gunmen kidnapped more than 50 people in northwest Nigeria in a mass abduction, according to a private conflict monitoring report created for the United Nations and seen by AFP on Sunday. “Armed bandits” targeted the village of Sabon Garin Damri in Zamfara state Friday, the report said, the latest attack in a region where residents in rural hinterlands have long suffered from gangs who kidnap for ransom, loot villages and demand taxes. The report said this was the first “mass capture” incident in the Bakura local government area this year, “the recent trend of mass captures in Zamfara has been…

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki Sunday urged North Rift leaders to support efforts to fully restore peace in the region, highlighting the progress made in combating banditry and cattle rustling. He said that since the Kenya Kwanza Administration took over in September 2022, no effort has been spared in dealing with the menace brought by bandits and criminals that have been wreaking havoc in the area for years. While addressing congregants at AIC Kabartonjo, Baringo North, where he attended a Church Service on Sunday, Kindiki said President William Ruto is keen on the realization of long-lasting peace needed for rolling out…

An advocate of the High Court was Friday August 1 evening arrested and locked up in cells after allegedly threatening to shoot a police woman at the Mlolongo police station, Machakos County. The lawyer is a licensed gun holder and had visited the station to demand the release of his client who had been arrested over assault claims. He was armed with an SIG Sauer pistol and loaded with nine bullets at the time of the incident, police said. A female police officer reported that she was processing the suspect when the advocate who practices and is based in Kyumbi,…

A Dutch national collapsed and died in his house in Mtwapa, Kilifi County. Police identified the deceased as Boudewi Klop, 82. He was in the company of a female partner when the incident happened on August 1 at about 6 pm, police said. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The man had been diagnosed with diabetic complications and was nursing the same, his family said. He had checked into the country on October 5, 2017 and never checked out. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures. The incident…

A group of people raided a church in Madogo area, Bangale, Tana River and destroyed property over claims of noise pollution. Police were on August 1 evening called to the Kenya Assemblies of God church in Sombo where the incident happened for action. It was established that some locals invaded the church and destroyed part of the structure. The group also vandalized the speakers and chairs before leaving. Police said there had been rising tension between the church members and some locals over complaints of music from the facility. The locals had complained to the local chief about the noise…