Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Mounting frustration is boiling over among Kenya’s youth as delays and alleged mismanagement stall key blue economy initiatives that were once hailed as a cornerstone of job creation. Over 50,000 job opportunities have reportedly been lost, casting a shadow over what was once seen as a transformative sector for the country. The blue economy — encompassing maritime trade, fishing, shipping, and related industries — was projected to absorb thousands of unemployed youth. But today, disillusionment is rising amid claims of government inaction, political interference, and systemic corruption. “The system is completely broken. Those in power benefit while young people remain…

An appeals trial of Air France and Airbus opens Monday over the 2009 crash of a Rio-Paris flight that killed 228 people, the worst disaster in the French flag carrier’s history. On June 1, 2009, Air France flight AF447, en route from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, was cruising over the Atlantic when the pilots lost control of the aircraft and it plunged into the ocean. There were no survivors among the 216 passengers and 12 crew on board the Airbus-built A330 aircraft, who included 72 French nationals and 58 Brazilians. Both the airline and aircraft maker were acquitted of…

At least 19 people, including a police officer, were injured during protests against the government of Peruvian President Dina Boluarte and Congress over the weekend, authorities and human rights advocates said Sunday. Hundreds of people marched over the weekend toward the seats of government in downtown Lima under heavy police presence. Groups of young people threw stones, firebombs, and fireworks at law enforcement, who responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, AFP journalists observed. The National Human Rights Coordinator (CNDDHH), a human rights coalition, reported on Sunday that 18 people were injured in the clashes, including a journalist. “A police…

Officials are investigating an incident where at least 29 cows died after grazing on a suspected poisoned pasture in Chepchoina, Trans Nzoia County. A manager at the local Agricultural Development Corporation Nai Farm Complex reported that from September 16, 2025 up to September 28, 2025, a herd of livestock at the farm started showing symptoms of sickness and began dying one after the other after feeding on suspected poisoned pasture (grass) in the field. A sample of carcasses was taken to Eldoret veterinary investigation laboratories for analysis, where it was confirmed that the livestock had fed on poisoned pasture. It…

Police are investigating an incident where a falling bullet hit and injured a woman in the hand in Mandera Town. The incident happened in Barwaqo, Bulahawa area and involved a 70-year-old woman, police said of the Sunday September 28, 2025 incident. Police said the woman was at her home near the border region when a stray bullet fell from the sky and hit her in the upper right hand. The bullet lodged in the upper hand and later rushed to the Mandera Referral Hospital where a surgery was conducted to remove it. Police said the bullet was fired from the…

A man attacked and killed his girlfriend in an attack in a village in Kogony, Kisumu County. The incident happened on Saturday September 27, 2025 at night in a house where the deceased identified as Emily Otieno, 24 was with friends, police said. The assailant, who is the boyfriend to the woman, escaped the scene soon after the fatal attack. The deceased, according to the police, had visited a friend in the company of three friends when the boyfriend who trailed them struck. He was armed with a panga, witnesses and police said. The man slashed Emily in the neck…

Detectives are investigating an incident where the body of a 30-year-old woman was found on a chair after her murder in Bonyunyu village, Nyamira County. A relative found the body of Agnes Moraa Monda in her house long after she had been killed on September 29, 2025. The body was found on a chair with injuries around her neck. The husband to the slain woman later surrendered to the Mokomoni police post where he was arrested and detained. He said he feared the villagers would kill him. He told police he and the woman had quarreled before the same went…

The pro-European party of Moldovan President Maia Sandu is heading for victory and a new majority in parliament in elections seen as critical for her country’s future path to the EU. Sandu, who had warned of “massive Russian interference” after voting on Sunday, said the future of her country, flanked by Ukraine and Romania, was at stake. With 96% of the 1.6m votes counted, Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) was close to winning 50% of the vote, well ahead of the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc on under 25%. Turnout was over 52%, higher than in recent years. One…

At least four people were killed and several others injured after a gunman drove a vehicle into a Michigan church, opened fire and set the building ablaze, police say. Officials said the attack on the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc, a town 60 miles (100km) northwest of Detroit, happened during a Sunday service that attracted hundreds of people. The suspect, identified as Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, from Burton, Michigan, was later shot dead by police in the church car park. Authorities are investigating the incident as an “act of targeted violence”, but say the motive…

Nigeria’s civil aviation authority is looking into certifying China’s C919 jet for the country’s carriers, its director general told Reuters, as Nigerian airlines take on more aircraft and as relations warm with Beijing. Chinese planemaker COMAC is producing the narrow-body C919 to compete with leading Western planemakers Airbus (AIR.PA) and Boeing (BA.N) and has held several talks with Nigeria over the aircraft. However, state-owned COMAC, which hopes to access the wider African market, faces challenges. Its two plane models lack benchmark certifications from Western regulators, and it is falling behind on delivery targets. The U.S. this year temporarily halted exports…

A miner was killed after an explosion went off at a gold mining site in Masara, Migori County. The incident happened on Saturday September 27, 2025 after an explosion set off intentionally went off in a tunnel. A Chinese manager at the site set off the explosion to excavate gold. By then, all miners had left the tunnel. Police and witnesses said after the explosion went off, one Charles Okongo, 28 rushed into the tunnel with an aim of collecting gold sand. It was then he suffocated therein and was discovered by other miners who had followed him minutes later.…

At least 13 people were killed in an accident involving a 14-seater PSV and a trailer along the busy Nairobi-Nakuru highway on Sunday, September 28, 2025. Police said three others were left with injuries in the accident that took place at the Kariandusi area near Gilgil. Witnesses said two vehicles were involved in a collision as the PSV was badly mangled on the front side. Gilgil sub-county police boss Winston Mwakio said they are investigating the incident. “The matatu was overtaking and then it rammed into the trailer causing 13 fatalities and three others seriously injured,” he said. Among those…

A man ran amok and killed his two children in a domestic fight in Yare area, Maralal, Samburu County. The children were aged six (girl) and four (boy), police said. The assailant escaped the scene after the murder on Sunday September 28, 2025 morning, police said. His wife escaped with injuries after she had been stabbed in the head. She told police the husband, aged 36 had arrived home late in the night and picked up a quarrel with her. The children had taken dinner and rested on their beds in their rental house. It was then the man turned…

At least 240 weapons have been surrendered to authorities in two weeks of a campaign to recover illegal guns in Elgeyo Marakwet County. Also recovered, according to police, are 1,630 bullets and a Federal Riot Gun (FRG) weapon. The latest drive on Friday September 26, 2025 saw eight guns surrendered. Most of them were AK47 rifles. Police said the surrendered weapons were all illegal. The local officials said there are more guns in the wrong hands in the area and want locals to surrender them under a special program. To the government, this is a show of trust from locals…

The Russian embassy in Nairobi broke its silence over an incident where one of its national was arrested, questioned and deported over claims of being involved in a syndicate to traffic Kenyans to Moscow to join war against Ukraine. The embassy Saturday confirmed on the evening of September 25, 2025, Kenyan law enforcement officers escorted Mikhail Lyapin, a citizen of the Russian Federation, to one of Nairobi offices of the Department of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in order to question him about his business activities in the country. “Upon completing all necessary procedures, in the afternoon of September 26, Mr. Lyapin,…