Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A driver was found dead in his cabin and in a traffic jam along the Mai Mahiu-Nairobi Highway in Mutarakwa area, Kiambu County. The engine of the lorry that he was driving was running when he was found unresponsive on Sunday morning, police said. The trailer was headed for Nairobi from an unknown place when the incident happened, police said as they identified the deceased as Patrick Tsuma Okuon, 55. Other road users were concerned with the stalling of the trailer on the Mutarakwa-Mai Mahiu stretch and went to check on the driver when they found him unresponsive. He had…

Two suspects were arrested while transporting sandalwood valued at approximately Sh5 million in what police termed as a commendable operation by a multi-agency team in Nyahururu. Acting on reliable intelligence, the team sprang into action along the Nyahururu-Rumuruti road, where they successfully intercepted a vehicle. Upon inspection, authorities discovered the vehicle was loaded with approximately 532 kilograms of sandalwood, police said. The driver along with his accomplice was arrested on the spot. They, along with the confiscated sandalwood, have been escorted to the Nyahururu Police Station, where they were detained in the Sunday operation pending arraignment. Meanwhile, the seized sandalwood…

A 45-year-old man died after falling from the fourth floor of a house in Nyali area, Mombasa. Police identified the victim as Koriata Laytata, an employee of Kenya Revenue Authority. The incident happened at Gishanga estate along Beach Road on Saturday October 25, 2025 at night. Laytata is said to have been to and from a local restaurant. On arriving at his residence, he realized he had forgotten his house key at the joint. Police said he called a manager at the restaurant and asked him to send a rider with the key. He then sat on the balcony when…

Food assistance used by more than 40 million Americans will not be distributed from November due to the ongoing US government shutdown, according to the US Department of Agriculture. “Bottom line, the well has run dry,” the department said in a notice on its website, which also blamed Democrats in the Senate for the impasse. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (Snap) is used by one in every eight Americans, and plays a vital role in many grocery budgets. Earlier this month, the Trump administration declined draw on a contingency fund that would have continued benefits, saying the money was needed…

A 35-year-old man was found murdered in his house after a domestic fight in Ruiru, Kiambu County. Police said the incident happened on Sunday, October 26, 2025 in Kihunguro area and left George Murage dead in his sitting room. He and his wife who is on the run had argued before the suspected assailant picked up a kitchen knife that he used in the mission. Neighbours said they heard screams from the house and on checking the source they found the woman standing as the deceased gasped for air while bleeding from the abdomen. On the table they saw a…

At least six people from Ndia village in Kariara Ward, Gatanga Constituency, died after the matatu they were travelling in lost control and plunged into the Kiama River. Six others escaped with injuries and were rushed to hospital, police said of the Sunday dawn incident. The victims were members of the same extended family returning from a dowry ceremony in Nazareth area of Kiambu County. Among the deceased were a husband and wife, police said. The accident occurred at Wacengu Bridge on the River Kiama on Sunday, October 26. The white minivan was reportedly ferrying the individuals from Kahunyo village to…

The Kenya Meteorological Department (KMD) Sunday warned that heavy rainfall is expected over southern coastal Kenya due to an expected tropical storm, ‘Chenge’. Termed as the Chenge residual depression, an area of low pressure in the Indian Ocean, it is said to be moving west at 11 km/h about 500 km north of Madagascar with winds of 55 km/h, gusts up to 75 km/h, and pressure near 1000 hPa. In a statement on Sunday, Kenya Met said that the storm currently continues to weaken as it moves west across the northern Mozambique Channel. Despite its weakening, the weatherman cautioned, its…

A woman aged 30 and her three-year-old son died in a fire incident in Mwiki area, Kasarani, Nairobi. Police said the incident happened on Saturday October 25, 2025 in the morning. The fire had broken out on the fourth floor of an apartment prompting the neighbours to raise an alarm. The mother, identified as Mary Wambui Wanjiru and her son were in the house. The neighbours rushed to their rescue and managed to contain the spread of the fire before rushing them to the hospital where they were pronounced dead on arrival. Police said they had suffocated after inhaling carbon…

US President Donald Trump has said he is increasing tariffs on goods imported from Canada after the province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advertisement featuring former President Ronald Reagan. In a post on social media on Saturday, Trump called the advert a “fraud” and lashed out at Canadian officials for not removing it ahead of the World Series baseball championship. “Because of their serious misrepresentation of the facts, and hostile act, I am increasing the Tariff on Canada by 10% over and above what they are paying now,” he wrote. After Trump on Thursday withdrew from trade talks with Canada,…

A few minutes into using ChatGPT Atlas, the new internet browser from OpenAI, I ran into quite a big road block. This isn’t like Google Chrome, which is used by roughly 60% of people. It’s all built around a chatbot you’re meant to talk to to surf the web. “Messages limit reached,” read one note. “No available models support the tools in use,” said another. And then: “You’ve hit the free plan limit for GPT-5.” OpenAI says it will make using the internet easier and more efficient. A step closer to “a true super-assistant”. But assistants, super or not, don’t…

A 12-year-old boy was found dead after being electrocuted at the school compound in Kothidha, Homa Bay County. Police said the grade four pupil at Koketch Primary and Comprehensive School was found lying unresponsive under a transformer that is within the school. It is not clear how the child was electrocuted in the October 23 incident, police said. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures. Elsewhere in the Bulapesa area, Isiolo County, police are investigating an incident where an infant was found dead in a house. The five-month-old infant was pronounced dead on arrival at…

A French female tourist was found dead in her room at a hotel in Naivasha, Nakuru County. Police said Dominique Marie Josephe, 20, had arrived in Kenya on October 21, 2025 and checked into her room two days later. She had been to Maasai Mara Game Reserve before she checked to the Lake Naivasha Simba Lodge for an overnight stay. Her handlers said she was scheduled to leave for Amboseli National Park on October 24 when she was found unresponsive. Her body was removed to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other investigations, police said. In Drive in area, Nairobi,…

Detectives are investigating an incident in which a minor was slashed and killed in Nyamusi’s Bokeira village, Nyamira County. The incident happened on Friday night and left a two-year-old boy with deep head fatal injuries. Police said the boy was attacked by his aunt following a domestic dispute at their home. The assailant was found holding the boy’s injured head with a panga that she had used in the attack. She later dropped the panga and escaped the scene, police said. Police visited the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. The hunt for the assailant…

A pistol that was stolen from a police officer during the burial of Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga Sunday in Bondo, Siaya County was recovered and four suspects arrested in Kisumu. This was almost 60 kilometers away from the scene of the incident. The suspects were arrested on Saturday from a hideout in the Mbeme area, police said. This followed intelligence the group was in the area and armed. Detectives from Kasagam Police Station raided the hideout following a tip-off from members of the public and managed to recover the firearm during the operation. The suspects were detained for interrogation…

Former Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina, who was ousted in a coup last week, has been stripped of his citizenship by the new regime. The order, signed by new Prime Minister Herintsalama Rajaonarivelo, cited local laws stipulating that people who acquired foreign citizenship should lose their Malagasy nationality. Rajoelina, 51, obtained French citizenship a decade ago, prompting calls for his disqualification from the 2023 presidential election. But he defied those calls and went on to win. He fled the African island nation after weeks of protests over persistent power and water shortages, culminating in a military takeover led by Col Michael…