Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Detectives in Makindu, Makueni County arrested two men suspected of being behind a string of highway motor vehicle thefts. The suspects are accused of orchestrating robberies targeting vehicles headed to Uganda as well as unregistered cars bearing Kenya Dealers (KD) plates. In one incident on August 28, 2025, the pair allegedly robbed a black Toyota Harrier with KD plates from a motorist in the Makindu area. Following their arrest along the Mombasa-Nairobi highway, detectives recovered several items, including a set of registration plates (KDR 885Z), three ID cards belonging to different people, five mobile phones, a wheel spanner, and other…

A female police officer was rescued and rushed to hospital after she attempted to die by suicide in Ogembo area, Kisii County. The woman was rushed to a local hospital on Friday September 26, 2025 after she was found on the roadside following a failed suicide attempt, police said. The police officer attached to Ogembo police station is thought to have swallowed poison before she was found unconscious by a boda boda rider who took her to the hospital. Police said she is in a stable condition after she was attended to at the facility. Local officials said they were…

Teams are investigating an incident where a suspect died while in police custody at the Komwamu police post, Isebania, Migori County. Police said the suspect died by suicide. The incident happened on Friday September 26, 2025 evening, police said. Police said they had booked Allan Kamau Kimani, 41 for malicious damage to property as complained by a relative. He was detained alone at the Komwamu police post cells where he was found hanging on a window grill with a shirt tied around his neck. Police claim he used his shirt to hang himself. The motive of the incident is yet…

A man aged 50 was found dead in his house after he had been assaulted in Embali village, Vihiga County. Police said Frank Atero Indiakha had visible injuries in the leg with a fracture in the femur after the attack. The motive of the attack was not immediately known but police said the deceased had mentioned those behind the same before he succumbed in his house. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigation. The hunt for the three men that the deceased mentioned as his attackers is ongoing, police said. In Mlango Kubwa area, Nairobi,…

The UK, France and Germany called on Iran not to escalate tensions and to instead pursue negotiations after UN sanctions were reinstated on Saturday. The three countries said they had no choice but to bring back the sweeping measures against Tehran “as a last resort” over its “continued nuclear escalation” and lack of co-operation. “We urge Iran to refrain from any escalatory action,” they said in a joint statement, adding: “The reimposition of UN sanctions is not the end of diplomacy.” Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian insisted last week that the country had no intention of developing nuclear weapons, and condemned…

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to uphold its executive order ending birthright citizenship in the US. US President Donald Trump signed the order, which denies citizenship to children of migrants who are either in the US illegally or on temporary visas, on his first day back in office in January. The order has been blocked from taking effect by lower court judges after a series of lawsuits which argued it was unconstitutional. The justice department filed an appeal on Friday that sought to overturn the lower courts’ decision, arguing that the rulings “invalidated a policy of prime…

Tourism and Wildlife Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano and Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit graced the 32nd edition of the Maralal International Camel Derby in Samburu County. The two witnessed the epic and historic cultural event that has for many years out the Samburu community on the global map. The iconic three- day event brought together communities from the larger Maa and Samburu region, igniting the flourishing cultural buzz of camel keeping and it’s important and role in the region. “The Maralal International Camel Derby is an annual event that has been here for the last 32 years, which has put Maralal…

Detectives from the Operations Support Unit arrested four police officers suspected of being behind an illegal arms and ammunition trade that has contributed to insecurity and violence in various parts of the country. The four officers Assistant Superintendent of Prisons Ekidor Lotira Charles (based in Turkana), Corporal Isaac Kipngetich (attached to Turkana County Police Headquarters), Police Constable Ileli Cyrus Kisamwa (an armorer at the Central Firearms Stores in Industrial Area), and Constable Samson Muriithi Mutongu (a storeman also based in Industrial Area) have been under investigation for some time due to their suspected involvement in the illegal trade of firearms…

An elephant killed a woman in the latest incident of human-wildlife conflict in Oldonyiro, Isiolo County. The woman identified as Limitian Lesingiran, 67 was trampled by an elephant as she took care of her goats in the area on September 26, 2025. Her bloody body was found buried in a ditch long after the animal had escaped the scene. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Kenya Wildlife Service officials were informed of the incident and visited the scene. The family of the woman was advised to seek compensation. This is the latest such incident to happen…

The US State Department said on Friday it would revoke the visa of Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro. The decision was based on the leftist leader’s “incendiary actions” during a pro-Palestinian street protest in New York, the State Department added. Petro was already en route to Bogota from New York on Friday night, according to Colombian media cited by Agence France-Presse. Earlier in the week, Petro likened the Trump administration’s airstrikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean Sea as an “act of tyranny” in an interview with the BBC. On his social media account, Petro shared video of himself speaking…

The body of a police officer who was killed in Haiti where hundreds of Kenyan police officers are fighting criminal gangs arrived in Nairobi on Friday night after weeks of waiting. Corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve lost his life in a road traffic accident on September 1, 2025 while serving with the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti. He is the third police officer to die in Haiti since the team arrived there in June 2024. The body of one of the officers who died is yet to be recovered after the criminal gangs behind the murder escaped with it…

Billionaire Elon Musk and Prince Andrew are named in new files released by Congressional Democrats that relate to the late convicted sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein. The files turned over to the House Oversight Committee by the Jeffrey Epstein Estate appear to show that Musk had been invited to Epstein’s island in December 2014. Separately a manifest for a flight from New Jersey to Florida in May 2000 names Prince Andrew among the passengers. Musk and Prince Andrew have been approached for comment. Prince Andrew has previously strenuously denied any wrongdoing. Musk has previously been quoted as saying that…

US immigration agents have arrested the superintendent of the largest school district in the state of Iowa, accusing him of overstaying his student visa. Superintendent of Des Moines Public Schools Ian Andre Roberts was arrested on Friday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on a fugitive warrant. He also faces a firearms offence. Officials say that he is a citizen of Guyana, and that his permit to work in the US expired in 2020. School district officials say they have not been told the circumstances of his arrest, and have called him an integral part of the school community. It…

At least 100 people are feared dead following the collapse of a gold mining pit in Nigeria’s Zamfara State, survivors and residents said on Friday. The pit at the Kadauri mining site in the Maru local government area caved in on Thursday while scores of artisanal miners were working underground, witnesses told Reuters. Rescue operations continued into Friday. Sanusi Auwal, a local resident involved in rescue efforts, said at least 13 bodies had been retrieved from the rubble, including that of his cousin. “Over 100 miners were involved during the collapse,” Auwal told Reuters by phone. “We are lucky to…

A Russian official arrested in Nairobi over a syndicate where Kenyans were being recruited and trafficked to Moscow to join fighting against Ukraine was deported from Nairobi. Officials said Mike Lyapin, a Russian national and an employee at the embassy in Nairobi was booked on an Air Arabia flight from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) on Friday September 26, 2025 at 1pm. The flight was scheduled to transit Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and connect to Moscow. “He was sent away after his arrest over this saga,” said an official aware of then developments. Lyapin was a key player in…