Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Tension remained high Tuesday along the Tinderet-Chemelil border after police shot dead two young men during violent clashes over a decades-old land dispute between locals and private landowners. Another woman was shot and wounded before being rescued to the hospital on Monday, September 29, 2025, in the confrontations. The confrontation erupted on Monday morning when hundreds of armed youth stormed a disputed parcel of land in Kimwani. The land is estimated to span several hundred acres. More police were deployed to the area on Tuesday amid fears of more confrontation. The tension over the land had been growing in the…

Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina said on Monday he was dissolving the government following youth-led protests over water and power cuts in which the United Nations says at least 22 people have been killed and more than 100 injured. Inspired by the so-called “Gen Z” protests in Kenya and Nepal, the three days of demonstrations are the largest the Indian Ocean island has seen in years, and the most serious challenge Rajoelina has faced since his re-election in 2023. “We acknowledge and apologise if members of the government have not carried out the tasks assigned to them,” Rajoelina said in speech…

Eastern Produce Kenya (EPK) has clinched double honours at the 2025 North America Tea Conference, walking away with the prestigious Tea Sustainability Award and top spot in the Gold Medal Tea Competition, cementing its reputation as both a sustainability leader and producer of premium teas. The Tea Sustainability Award recognized EPK’s Special Needs Education (SNE) Project, which has transformed learning environments for over 700 learners across seven schools in Nandi County. Through the initiative, the company has partnered with schools, parents, and government agencies to provide SNE-friendly classroom furniture, boarding facilities, teaching materials, and nutritional support — breaking barriers in…

A man was rushed to the hospital on Monday afternoon following a stupefying incident in Gatanga, Murang’a County. Police said the victim was stupefied elsewhere, driven to the area, and dumped there. Locals said they found him lying unconscious in Thika Greens area. Police said they were working to identify the victim and trace his last movements. A team visited the Thika Hospital, where the victim was admitted, and said he was gaining consciousness. Doctors said he had taken huge amounts of drugs that affected him. Stupefying has been on the rise in the area. Police said they were pursuing…

The Sunday, September 28, 2025, morning accident at Kikopey area on the Nairobi-Nakuru highway claimed 16 lives from one family in a Murang’a village. The victims included grandparents, their daughters, a nephew, and an uncle. The victims were among 17 family members traveling in a 14-seater matatu headed to Nakuru for a family visit. The trip, meant to unite relatives and bring cheer to ailing kin, ended in tragedy when the matatu they were in collided head-on with a trailer along the busy Nakuru–Nairobi highway. A bereaved member of the family Patrick Mburu recounted the painful toll. “In that vehicle…

The United Nations Security Council will vote on Tuesday September 30, 2025 on whether to beef up a UN-backed security mission in gang-dominated Haiti into a full-fledged force with troops. It is expected the UNSC will extend the mission by three months pending further discussions on its operations at large, officials said. The Council could also vote to turn the mission into a full-fledged force. Currently, close 1,000 police officers, mostly from Kenya, are deployed in Haiti under the Multinational Security Mission (MSS) to support the overwhelmed Haitian police in their fight against rampant gang violence. Kenyan police officers arrived…

The High Court delivered a landmark judgment stopping hospitals from detaining bodies over unpaid medical bills. The court ruled the practice is unlawful, unconstitutional, and a violation of human dignity. Pundits said the decision is expected to reshape hospital policy and strengthen patient rights across the country. The practice where hospitals detain bodies for even years over pending medical bills have been rampant leaving families devastated. Justice Nixon Sifuna ordered Mater Hospital to immediately release the body of the late Caroline Nthangu Tito, which had been held for nearly two months over a Sh3.3 million bill. Justice Sifuna described the…

A murder suspect was found dead after a suspected suicide at his father’s farm in Gakindu village, Gikandu location in Kiharu Sub-County in Murang’a County. Police said Geoffrey Kang’ethe Njau died by suicide on September 24 two days after the body of his girlfriend had been found in their house in Narok’s Sealock area. Police officers rushed to the scene of the incident and found the body of Mercy Cherono Mutai, 32 lying naked along Nyawira Road. She had no physical injuries but her right leg had a bandage, which according to locals, she had previously suffered a broken leg…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a woman whose body was found lying on a farm in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County. The body was discovered on September 29, 2025, by a man who was jogging around the farm. The man told police he was on a morning physical fitness exercise when he spotted the body lying there. Police were called and confirmed the body was of a female aged about 30 and lay in a ditch. The body had stab wounds in the head and bruises on the stomach and legs consistent with dragging on on a rough surface. Police…

Kenya’s national strategic aspirations to be a leading financial investment hub received a major boost from the World Alliance of International Financial Centres (WAIFC), which has formally elected the Nairobi International Financial Centre (NIFC) as a full member of the World Alliance. The WAIFC is the leading global platform of international financial centres, and acts as a catalyst for collaboration, fostering financial innovation, and cooperating with international organisations. The election of NIFC serves to expand WAIFC’s membership and now takes the total members roll to 21 full members. Speaking from Frankfurt, Germany, where he is attending the WAIFC Annual Meeting,…

The prosecution Monday presented five witnesses in the ongoing terrorism related against Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 95 others before the Shanzu Law Courts. The witnesses included former prison officers, government chemist analysts, two police officers, and a civilian who painted a picture of forgery, deception, and religious extremism. A resident of Malindi Sebastian Namuye narrated how Pastor Mackenzie allegedly falsified documents in the registration of Good News International Church. He narrated to the court how Mackenzie forged his signature in a document to falsely list him as the treasurer of the Good News International Church. Shadrack Musau Mutiso, a former…

Taliban authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide shutdown of communications, weeks after they began severing fibre optic connections to prevent “vice”. Connectivity was operating at less than one percent of its normal levels, according to internet watchdog Netblocks, who called it a “comprehensive, or total blackout”. In the minutes before it happened, a government official told AFP the shutdown would last “until further notice”. “It is going to be cut, it will happen gradually tonight, there are eight to nine thousand telecommunications pillars it will shut down,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity. “There isn’t any other way or…

Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have separated after nearly 20 years together, a source told the BBC. The A-List couple share two children, Sunday Rose, 17, and Faith Margaret, 14. The Oscar-winning actress and four-time Grammy winning country singer have been married since June 2006. TMZ first reported the news and cited sources who said the pair had been living apart since the summer and Kidman does not want the separation. The BBC’s source confirmed that reporting. The reasoning for their split is unclear. Kidman and Urban, who both grew up in Australia, have weathered ups and downs over their…

YouTube has agreed to pay $24.5m (£18.6m) to settle a lawsuit brought by Donald Trump, filed after the video platform suspended his account in the wake of the 6 January attack on US Capitol. The settlement from the video streaming giant’s parent company Alphabet – which also owns Google – comes after social media sites X/Twitter and Facebook also agreed to pay Trump for suspending his accounts. Trump had accused YouTube and other tech companies of political bias, claiming they had unfairly censored conservative voices after the Capitol riot in 2021. At the time of his suspension, social media companies…

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said they had agreed a new peace plan for Gaza, warning Hamas to accept it. The plan proposes an immediate end to military operations, with Hamas releasing 20 living Israeli hostages and the remains of the more than two dozen hostages who are believed to be dead within 72 hours, in exchange for hundreds of detained Gazans. A Palestinian source familiar with the ceasefire negotiations told the BBC that Hamas officials have been given the White House’s 20-point proposal. It demands that Hamas will have no role in governing Gaza,…