Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Safaricom PLC has reaffirmed its dominance in Kenya’s telecom and tech space, posting a robust financial performance for the year ending March 2025 and expanding its influence across mobile money, data, and digital services. The telco-turned-tech giant reported a net income of Sh69.8 billion, marking a 10.8% year-on-year growth, with total revenue surging 11.2% to Sh388.7 billion. The growth was fueled by gains in core business segments including M‑PESA, mobile data, and broadband. M‑PESA alone contributed 44% of Safaricom’s service revenue, bolstered by a 10.5% jump in active users to over 35 million. The mobile money platform now handles nearly…

A nine-year-old boy died from electrocution as he walked to school in Ebwikhobero village, Mumias, Kakamega County. The boy, who is a grade two pupil at Maraba Primary School, was electrocuted after stepping on a live wire that lay next to the road. The wires lay on the road after heavy rains forced the electric poles to fall off, police and locals said of the Tuesday, July 15 incident. Police stated that the child and others were walking to school when the incident occurred. The police rushed to the scene and alerted Kenya Power officials, who switched off the power…

A fire killed a three-year-old minor in a tragedy at a home in Ahero, Kisumu County. Police said the incident happened in Kogocho village and that victim was a twin brother to another female child who survived the fire on Tuesday. The two children had been left in the house by their parents as they went to work in the area. It was then the mattress they were lying on caught fire. The fire spread fast killing one of the children while the second one was rescued. The remains of the child were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and…

Thousands of Afghans have moved to the UK under a secret scheme which was set up after a British official inadvertently leaked their data, it can be revealed. In February 2022, the personal details of nearly 19,000 people who had applied to move to the UK after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan were leaked. The previous government learned of the breach in August 2023 when some of the details appeared on Facebook. A new resettlement scheme for those on the leaked list was set up nine months later, and has seen 4,500 Afghans arrive in the UK so far.…

A religious party has quit Israel’s ruling coalition in a dispute over military service, leaving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with a razor-thin majority in parliament but still enough political support to secure a potential Gaza ceasefire. Six members of United Torah Judaism (UTJ) handed in resignation letters overnight from posts in parliamentary committees and government ministries, in protest against lawmakers’ failure to guarantee future exemption from military conscription for ultra-Orthodox religious students. Shas, a second ultra-Orthodox party closely allied with UTJ, may follow and leave the government with no parliamentary majority. The UTJ lawmakers said their walkout would come into…

U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Britain would fight to defend the United States but suggested he could not say the same for the European Union, a factor in his decision not to sign a trade deal with the bloc. Trump told the BBC in an interview published on Tuesday that he also still had doubts about support from NATO members, even after they agreed to increase defence spending. “One of the problems with NATO, as I said, we have to fight for them, but will they fight for us if we had a war?” “And I’m not sure…

US President Donald Trump has said Attorney General Pam Bondi should release “whatever she thinks is credible” on sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as he faces a rare backlash from supporters after seeking to draw a line under the case. Bondi has been lambasted by some of Trump’s political base after she said last week there was no evidence that Epstein kept a “client list” or was blackmailing powerful figures. At the weekend Trump urged supporters not to “waste time and energy” on the controversy. But allies of the president, including House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson, are calling for “transparency”.…

Eight key suspects linked to the July 3, 2025, arson attack on Mawego Police Station in Rachuonyo North sub-county, Homa Bay County, were on Tuesday arraigned at the Kahawa Law Courts. The move to charge the group with the serious offenses comes in the wake of the crackdown on suspects behind a series of attacks on government installations during the June 25 and July 7 protests. More than 1500 suspects have since been charged in courts with various offenses including terrorism. The suspects, Kennedy Oluoch Oluoch, Nicholas Otieno, Tofiq Owiti Mohamed, Michael Omondi Opiyo, David Bill Clinton Otieno, Robert Ouko…

Like other Togolese under the age of 60, Elom cannot remember a time when the tiny west African nation was not ruled by a member of the Gnassingbe family. Yet with the economy ground to a halt and the future outlook grim, the 23-year-old university student has joined the protests shaking the streets of the capital Lome since June in the hopes of changing that. “We are tired of this regime… We, the youth, have no hope left,” said Elom, who studies commercial management, surrounded by his fellow university peers. “We need change at the top of the country.” Togo’s…

Police are investigating the murder of a woman in a village in Teso, Busia County. The body of the woman was found in Amagoro area long after she had been killed. The body was found on the roadside with an injury the left side of the head which is suspected to have been caused by a blunt object. The body was discovered Monday July 14 and moved to the mortuary pending autopsy. She is believed to be a Ugandan. She was the second such incident to happen in the area and affecting a Ugandan, police said. In Mahiyakalo area, Kakamega…

Dozens of suspects remained detained in custody after judiciary officials refused to release them in a crisis caused by a failed online system. The Judiciary’s Case Tracking System (CTS) has been grounded for days since July 9 in what insiders said was an attack over a pending ruling touching on the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC). The Judiciary’s independence was exposed on Wednesday, July 9, following the supposed infiltration of its digital systems by suspected hackers who locked staff out. The CTS was grounded shortly before midnight, hours after a three-judge bench cleared the way for gazettement and swearing…

Police are investigating the death of a man who was suffering from Dengue fever in Mombasa’s Chaani area. The decomposed body of Julius Oyugi, 55 was found in his house where he lived alone long after he had died. Police said they suspect he died more than three days before the body was discovered on July 14 while seated on the floor and leaning on his sofa set. A caretaker at the residential houses said he was drawn to the scene by a bad smell before he went to check. He forced the door open where he found the body.…

A 30-year-old woman was stabbed and killed in a domestic fight in Kangemi’s Gichagi village, Nairobi. The deceased was Tuesday morning found in a pool of blood with a stab wound in the neck. Police said Dorcas Nyangiri had a fight with her husband over claims of infidelity leading to her fatal stabbing. Her body was found lying outside her house long after the murder, police said. The two were seen together on Monday evening at a local shop in Kangemi Centre. The husband is said to have bought a knife in the area and kept it in his pocket.…

In a candid conversation, Karen Basiye, Safaricom’s Director of Sustainable Business and Social Impact, reflected on the transformative journey of the M-PESA Foundation. Now marking its 15th anniversary, the Foundation has established itself as a key driver of social progress in Kenya, particularly through strategic investments in education, healthcare, environmental conservation, and community development. Speaking to HapaKenya, Basiye outlined M-Pesa Foundation’s major accomplishments over the years and what the future holds. What major accomplishments stand out over the Foundation’s 15-year history? Karen Basiye: The M-PESA Foundation is built around long-term, high-impact projects aimed at solving Kenya’s most urgent development challenges.…

Unreleased music by Beyoncé was among several items stolen from a vehicle in Atlanta just days before the singer’s four-night Cowboy Carter tour stop in the city, authorities have confirmed. Hard drives containing the unreleased songs, show plans, and past and future set lists for her tour were among the items stolen from a rental car used by the singer’s choreographer and one of her dancers, according to a police report. The theft occurred on 8 July, two days before Beyoncé’s first Atlanta performance. Atlanta police say an arrest warrant has been issued, but the suspect’s name has not been…