Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A British national was Saturday found dead in his apartment in Diani, Kwale County. The cause of the death of one Stephen Geoffrey Farrington, 64 is yet to be known. His body was found in his rented rom on Saturday afternoon after he had failed to wake up as usual. The caretaker of the apartment said he went to check on the victim and found the door locked from inside. He and other neighbours broke into the house where they found the body of the man lying on the floor. The police were alerted and moved the body to the…

A suspect is on the run after police raided his house and recovered a G3 rifle loaded with 18 bullets in Maili Saba area, Trans Nzoia County. The raid on Saturday July 26 followed a tip-off that the worker at a farm illegally owned the weapon. The weapon was later found to belong to the Kenya Police. The team of police raided a home in Kwajirongo village, and recovered the weapon hidden between two unmounted flat doors in an unused hen coop. The worker escaped the scene as police approached. It is not clear how the man came to own…

Missing activist Mwabili Mwagodi, who was abducted in Tanzania, was Sunday found alive near the Kenya-Tanzania border. He was handed over to the Kenyan authorities at the border. Mwabili confirmed that three Kenyan police officers were involved in an exchange with Tanzanian authorities at the Lunga Lunga border. The officers then dumped him at Kinondo area near Diani in Kwale county. “They confiscated my three phones, one laptop, belt, passport, yellow fever vaccination book and Tanzanian work permit,” Mwabili said. Witnesses said police officers had tried to detain the outspoken activist at the Diani Police Station after his release, but…

At least 11 people were injured in a stabbing at a Walmart supermarket in Michigan, authorities say. One suspect was in custody following the incident in Traverse City, authorities confirmed. A nearby hospital said it was treating 11 victims. “As a result, our Emergency Department is currently experiencing a higher-than-usual volume of patients,” Munson Medical Centre said on social media. Local media reports said three people were undergoing surgery. Footage posted online shows multiple police and ambulance units in the carpark of the Walmart. Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office confirmed it was investigating “a multiple stabbing incident at the Wal-Mart…

Donald Trump said on Saturday that he had called the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand, pressing them for an immediate ceasefire following border clashes. At the beginning of a private visit to his Scottish golf courses, the US president wrote on Truth Social that both nations “have agreed to immediately meet and quickly work out a Ceasefire and, ultimately, PEACE!” Both countries thanked him for his concern and efforts. Cambodia has accepted his request for a ceasefire, while Thailand stressed the need for a dialogue between the two countries. After the US president’s calls, however, shelling continued along the border…

Greece is battling five major wildfires across the country, with officials evacuating residents in a hard-hit region just 30km (18.6 miles) north of Athens. The smell of burning wood carried as far as central Athens, as Greece requested European Union assistance to fight the spreading blaze. The ongoing emergency comes amid a severe heatwave. Temperatures are forecast to reach up to 44C on Sunday, with the extreme heat expected to persist through most of the weekend. “We have injured firefighters, human lives were put at risk, properties have been burned, and forest areas have been destroyed,” Greece’s Climate Crisis and…

Tanzania will hold general elections on October 29, 2025, the country’s electoral body said Saturday, even though the main opposition has been disqualified and its leader jailed. The East African nation will go to the polls to elect its president, parliament and ward councillors, with candidates to be nominated between August 9 and 27. “We call upon all election stakeholders to participate in the election and adhere to the laws and regulations,” the Independent National Electoral Commission chairman Jacobs Mwambegele told a meeting of political figures in the capital Dodoma. The country has 37.65 million registered voters, he said. Elections…

The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration Kipchumba Murkomen Saturday said the government will establish seven new police stations in Tiaty in Baringo County. He set a December deadline for the establishment of four of them. The CS, while speaking in Kabarnet before leading the Jukwaa la Usalama town hall meeting in the town, decried the low government presence in Tiaty. He said they are determined to address the menace. “Silale Ward, for example, has one secondary school and no police station. We need government presence where there’s a problem. We will have a station there,” he said. Tiaty…

The Nairobi City County Government has served its 50,000,000th meal under the flagship “Dishi na County” school feeding program. This, according to governor Johnson Sakaja marks a monumental milestone that underscores the administration’s commitment to child nutrition and access to education. Since its launch two years ago, the program has transformed public schooling in Nairobi, currently feeding over 316,000 learners across more than 230 public primary schools daily. Sakaja on Wednesday July 23 hailed the program as one of the most impactful social interventions by his administration. “When we launched Dishi na County, one in every four children in Nairobi…

Germany is not planning to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term and said its priority now is to make “long-overdue progress” towards a two-state solution, a German government spokesperson said on Friday. “Israel’s security is of paramount importance to the German government,” said the spokesperson. “The German government therefore has no plans to recognise a Palestinian state in the short term.” France’s decision to recognise a Palestinian state at the United Nations General Assembly in September also drew condemnation from Israel and the United States, amid the ongoing war in Gaza between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas.…

Disgraced former congressman George Santos reported to prison to begin a more than seven-year sentence for wire fraud, identity theft and other charges. The federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed to the BBC on Friday that Santos was in custody at the Federal Correctional Institution in Fairton, New Jersey. The 37-year-old pleaded guilty to federal charges in New York court last year. It marked the downfall of the novice New York politician, who was expelled from Congress after the fraud case alleged that he lied about his background and misused campaign funds to finance a luxury lifestyle. In a post on…

A Southwest Airlines plane rapidly dropped in elevation after departing from the Los Angeles area on Friday, with passengers posting online that the pilot was forced to rapidly change course to avoid a potential collision with another aircraft. Flight 1496 from Hollywood Burbank Airport to Las Vegas plummeted rapidly, lifting passengers out of their seats and injuring two flight attendants. The crew “responded to two onboard traffic alerts… requiring them to climb and descend to comply with the alerts”, Southwest said in a statement. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it was investigating the “incident”. It comes less than one…

Lori Vallow Daybell was sentenced to life in prison Friday on two murder conspiracy convictions in Arizona, marking an end to a winding legal saga for the mother with doomsday religious beliefs who claimed people in her life had been possessed by evil spirits. Vallow Daybell, already serving life sentences in Idaho in the killings of her two youngest children and a romantic rival, was convicted at separate trials this spring in Phoenix of conspiring to murder her estranged husband, Charles Vallow, and her niece’s ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux. Vallow Daybell, who chose to represent herself in both Arizona cases even…

Safaricom PLC has sustained its impressive dividend streak, maintaining a Sh48.08 billion payout for the financial year ended March 31, 2025, following shareholder approval during the telco giant’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) held this week. Shareholders greenlit a final dividend of Sh0.65 per share, bringing the total dividend for the year to Sh1.20 per share. The company had earlier paid an interim dividend of Sh0.55 per share in March 2025. This announcement comes against the backdrop of a bullish year for the company’s stock, with the Safaricom share price climbing 68.7% year-on-year — a strong signal of investor confidence and…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) recovered Kitale government housing property valued at Sh65 million after a court battle. The parcel of land known as Kitale Municipality Block 11/18, measuring 1.732 acres, where Government House No. KITA/HOU/HG/2 stood was irregularly allocated to Charles Lugano, now deceased. In his Judgment on July 4, 2025, Justice Dr. Fredrick Nyagaka of the Environment and Land Court held that Kitale Municipality Block 11/18 was not available for allocation to private individuals having been alienated and in use for a public purpose, to wit, government housing, and ordered that the same should be returned to…