Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A year after the death of Ratan Tata, the Tata Group – a gigantic Indian salt-to-steel conglomerate which he steered into a global, modern, technologically advanced enterprise – finds itself facing a plethora of crises. The business empire, which owns iconic British brands such as Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Tetley Tea and makes the iPhone for Apple in India, is, yet again, a divided house. For months, a boardroom power battle between trustees has exposed internal rifts that forced the government to step in and prevent a repeat of the very public legal tangle that engulfed the Tata empire…

PayPal has signed a deal with OpenAI to have its digital wallet embedded into ChatGPT so users can pay for items found through the leading consumer AI tool, the company told CNBC exclusively. Shares of the company jumped as much as 14% in premarket trading on the news. The agreement, sealed over the weekend, means that starting next year, both sides of PayPal’s ecosystem can plug into ChatGPT: PayPal users can purchase items through the AI platform, and its merchants can sell on it, with their inventory listed there, according to PayPal CEO Alex Chriss. “We’ve got hundreds of millions…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has secured a major victory in the fight against illegal land grabbing after the Environment and Land Court in Nairobi ordered the cancellation of a title deed for 7.11 hectares of public land valued at Sh2.8 billion within Karura Forest. The judgment, delivered on October 23, 2025 by Justice David Mwangi, nullified the lease issued to Gigiri Court Limited, declaring that the property—known as Nairobi Block 91/386—was unlawfully excised from forest and institutional land reserved for the Kenya Technical Teachers College (KTTC). The case, filed in 2007 by the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission (KACC),…

Regional human rights groups and East African citizens have condemned what they describe as a “wave of repression” in Tanzania ahead of a scheduled national vote, alleging widespread human rights violations, suppression of dissent, and the elimination of opposition voices. In a strongly worded statement issued in Nairobi, members of the East African Citizens Coalition said the situation in Tanzania “goes against the very principles that underpin the East African Community (EAC)” and called on regional leaders and international bodies to intervene. “We stand here as East African citizens, mandated by the fact that Jumuiya ni yetu (the community is…

The victims of a plane that crashed in Tsimba area, Kwale County, were identified as tourists from Hungary and German. This follows a tragedy that struck on Tuesday morning when a light aircraft operated by Mombasa Air Safari Limited crashed in the coastal county of Kwale, killing all 11 people on board. According to a statement from the airline, the aircraft, registration number 5Y-CCA, was on a scheduled flight from Diani Airport to Kichwa Tembo in the Maasai Mara when the accident occurred. Preliminary reports indicate that the plane was carrying 10 passengers, including eight Hungarian nationals and two Germans,…

The Shanzu Magistrate’s Court okayed an application by the prosecutors to detain six Iranian nationals arrested at the Kilindini Port in connection with the trafficking of narcotic drugs valued at over Sh8 billion for 30 days. Chief Magistrate Antony Muchigi allowed the prosecution’s request and ordered that the suspects remain in custody at the Port Police Station pending further directions. The court also authorized investigators to forward the seized substances to the Government Chemist for analysis to confirm their composition and to submit the suspects’ mobile phones for forensic examination at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters. In his…

Detectives in Kikuyu, Kiambu County are holding a 34-year-old suspect following the gruesome murder of Jane Atila Quedeya, a University of Nairobi, Kikuyu Campus student. The decomposed body of Atila, whose missing report was registered at Kikuyu Police Station on October 13, 2026 was found dumped in a thicket at Kefri Muguga Forest on October 17, 2025, police said. Forensic fingerprint identification analysis conducted in liaison with the National Registration Bureau positively identified the body. This led to the arrest of the prime suspect, identified as Nicholas Mutua Mutia. Preliminary investigations point that moments before her disappearance, Atila was in…

At least 12 people were Tuesday morning killed after a light aircraft crashed in Tsimba Golini area, Kwale County. Witnesses and police said all on board died out of the crash. The victims are thought to be tourists, police said. The caravan plane operated by Mombasa Air Services had taken off from Diani airport and was headed for Kichwa Tembo when it crashed. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Police and other emergency service providers were at the scene soon after the crash. The airline operates between Mombasa and other tourist destinations in the country. Experts are…

The Environment and Land Court in Nairobi certified as urgent an application filed by Mahadi Energy Limited, a Mombasa-based energy firm, and its director Ibrahim Hussein Mahadi in the ongoing property dispute with Shabeel Project Services Limited. Justice Mohamed Kullow on Monday directed that the application be served on the respondent within seven days. In the case, Mahadi Energy is seeking to lift orders that had barred it from occupying several prime properties in Nairobi and Mombasa, which it claims were sold in illegal and fraudulent auctions. The court directed that the respondents file and serve their replying affidavit within…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a five-year-old girl after her body was found dumped in a pit latrine in Navokholo, Kakamega County. Police said the deceased girl was a PP2 pupil at Nderema Comprehensive School in the area. The child had been playing with other children at the compound where the body was found before she went missing, police and locals said. It is suspected she was killed and dumped in the latrine. The police removed the body and moved the body to the mortuary. Moments later, a mob cornered a man they claimed was behind the murder and…

A police officer attached to the General Service Unit’s elite Recce unit was electrocuted as he washed his bicycle at their camp in Mugutha, Juja, Kiambu County. Constable Benedict Oduori was busy washing his bicycle using an electric machine within their Kimbo camp when he was electrocuted on Saturday October 25, 2025. Police said other colleagues saw him fall as he was busy with the washing chores and rushed to his rescue in vain. He died while being attended to, police said. The body was moved to the mortuary where an autopsy confirmed he had sustained serious burns out of…

A man was attacked and killed by a mob moments after he had slashed his alleged former girlfriend in a love triangle saga in Kitumbutu area, Machakos County. The deceased was identified as Susan Nyaboke, 22. Her body was found lying in a pool of blood with a deep cut on the neck and jaw. Police said the woman was an employee of Inspire Credit in Machakos. She and a colleague had been called by a client to the area for negotiations on a loan when the incident happened on Monday afternoon, police said. After concluding the said talks and…

A 17-year-old girl was found murdered and her body dumped in a thicket in Kivi area, Kangundo, Machakos County. The motive of the murder of the girl is yet to be established, police said. The body was found Sunday evening in the area by locals who called police. Police said the body was naked and had visible head injuries when it was found. The deceased was a student at Imilini Secondary School in the area. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures, police said adding no arrest had been made over the murder. Elsewhere…

Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara secured a fourth term following an election in which two of his biggest challengers were barred from running, provisional results show. Ouattara, 83, won 89.8% of the vote, the electoral commission said on Monday, and businessman Jeal-Louis Billon came a distant second with only 3.09%. The landslide victory is not a huge surprise, as after being banned from the presidential race, former President Laurent Gbagbo and Credit Suisse ex-CEO Tidjane Thiam had urged their supporters to boycott the vote. Voter turnout reached just 50.1%, according to the electoral commission. Gbagbo’s ex-wife Simone Gbagbo, who was…

The man accused of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk will be allowed to wear civilian clothes during pre-trial hearings to avoid prejudicing potential jurors, a Utah judge has said. Judge Tony Graf said Tyler Robinson will be required to wear restraints during hearings, but photo or video of him in restraints will be barred. Robinson, 22, was arrested on aggravated murder charges on 12 September, more than a day after Kirk was fatally shot while speaking at Utah Valley University. During a Monday court hearing, Judge Graf acknowledged massive interest in the case and urged that Robinson’s “presumption of innocence…