Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Police are looking for a suspect behind the murder of a woman whose body was found in a lodging in Nanyuki Town. The man and woman had walked to the lodging on June 15 and requested a room. An attendant at the lodge told police the two also asked to pay after the service. She allowed them into the room on Sunday, June 15, at about 10 pm. Two hours later, she went to demand to be paid, only to find the door to the room locked from the outside. She called for help and broke into the room where…

Police are investigating an incident where a driver was attacked and killed as he attended to his car that had stalled on the road over mechanical issues in Cabanas area, Embakasi, Nairobi. The victim, identified John Arama Geke was in the company of a woman when they were attacked and he sustained two deep cuts on the left side of his chest and the lower abdomen. It was established that while the deceased was heading home from a night of refreshment when his salon car developed a mechanical problem at the Cabanas area. A lone rider on a motorcycle approached…

The man suspected of killing a Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another has been taken into custody, bringing an end to a massive, nearly two-day search that put the entire state on edge. Vance Boelter was arrested Sunday evening. Former Democratic House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in their Brooklyn Park home early Saturday in the northern Minneapolis suburbs. Sen. John Hoffman, also a Democrat, and his wife, Yvette, were injured at their Champlin home, about 9 miles (about 15 kilometers) away. “One man’s unthinkable actions have altered the state of Minnesota,” Gov. Tim Walz said at…

Police were on Monday looking for a group of bouncers working at the Habanos Lounge on Northern bypass for questioning after two men claimed they had been assaulted and robbed of cash and valuables. The victims are admitted to hospitals with multiple injuries. One of the victims said the bouncers also held him in a solitary room for hours after they had assaulted him on Sunday, June 15, in the morning. The victims said they were having drinks at the joint when the bouncers attacked them with kicks and blows, accusing them of being thieves. One of the victims sustained…

MI6 will be led by a woman for the first time in the foreign intelligence service’s 116-year history. Blaise Metreweli, who joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1999, will become the 18th chief of the organisation and take over from Sir Richard Moore later this year. She is currently responsible for technology and innovation at the service and said she was “proud and honoured” to have been asked to lead. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer called the appointment “historic” at a time “when the work of our intelligence services has never been more vital”. MI6 is tasked with gathering intelligence…

US President Donald Trump rejected a plan by Israel to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, three US officials have told BBC’s US partner CBS News. Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that assassinating Khamenei was “not a good idea”, according to one official. The president has not commented publicly on the report. The conversation is said to have happened since Israel launched its attack on Iran on Friday. During an interview with Fox News, Netanyahu did not directly confirm or deny a report from Reuters that Trump had vetoed a plan to kill the ayatollah. “There’s…

Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka has dismissed Deputy President Kithure Kindiki’s latest attempt to bring him into the Kenya Kwanza administration. In a social media post on Sunday, June 15 2025, Kalonzo told supporters to ignore reports that he was in talks with government. He called the claims “a poor attempt to divide the United Opposition.” “I will not work with people who have Gen Z blood on their hands, including that of Albert Ojwang’,” the former vice president wrote. “Kenyans know the truth. I will always stand with the people.” A day earlier, Deputy President Kindiki had visited Makueni County for an economic empowerment forum. He praised Kalonzo as…

Two suspected traffickers were Saturday June 14 arrested with two elephant tusks valued at Sh1 million in Chaptais area, Bungoma County. Police in collaboration with Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officers from Kitale, acted on intelligence and apprehended two suspects at Cheptais-Kipsis Junction. The suspects were intercepted while transporting the two elephant tusks concealed in a blue sack on a motorcycle. It is not clear where the two had gotten the tusks. This shows an elephant had been killed by poachers probably in the area. It comes amid a campaign to address the poaching menace. The suspects were expected to face…

At least 15 Kenyans who were deported from the USA over unclear reasons arrived in Nairobi on Saturday morning. The group landed at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport aboard an Omni Air International chartered flight and were received by Kenyan officials on June 14, 2025. They included one woman and 14 men, officials said. Officials said the group was deported for violating US immigration rules. They were processed and released to their families who had arrived to pick them up. This comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s campaign against undocumented migrants to the US. The US had announced…

New details have emerged on what police did after removing the body of teacher and influencer Albert Ojwang from the cells to the Mbagathi Hospital in Nairobi. This has raised questions on the conduct of police officers involved in the final moments of Ojwang. This is after new CCTV footage confirmed that he was brought to Mbagathi Hospital in a lifeless state and received no urgent medical attention. The police probably knew he was dead and just wanted the hospital to confirm the same. The 40-minute surveillance footage from the hospital shows that a police Land Cruiser pulled into the…

The Senate Standing Committee on Energy has launched a formal investigation into the controversial leasing of a 30,000-metric-tonne Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) storage facility in Mombasa to Nigerian company Asharami Synergy Ltd. The move has sparked concern over the transparency and legality of the deal, especially since the Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC), which was initially assigned to handle the project, was left out. The facility, located on a 23-acre public land parcel in Changamwe, was meant to be a government-led initiative aimed at increasing clean energy access and lowering the cost of cooking gas for Kenyans. But the Ministry of…

At least one person was killed and many left with injuries following a fire incident at a residential apartment in Nairobi’s Kawangware area. The Sunday morning fire broke out on the fourth floor of a four-storey building, police and witnesses said. The fire occurred in the Stage 2 area of the Congo area in the populous Kawangware and is suspected to have been caused by an electrical fault. Fire engines arrived there minutes later and helped to contain the spread of the fire that broke out Sunday at about 2 am. Nairobi police boss George Sedah said they are investigating…

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja strongly condemned the recent destruction of property during protests in Nairobi, urging Kenyans to pursue justice through peaceful means not violence. Speaking during a women and youth empowerment event at Sambut Primary School in Kamagut Ward, Sakaja addressed the recent killing of media team associate Ojwang’, describing it as a tragedy, but emphasized that the response must not descend into lawlessness. “The killing of Ojwang’ is very unfortunate. He was a friend and occasionally worked with us in the media team,I have committed to helping his family I will cover all burial expenses, offer his widow…

Mercedes’ George Russell snatched pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Russell beat Verstappen by 0.160 seconds to grab the fastest time just seconds after the Dutchman himself had taken it away from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri. The Australian’s team-mate and title rival Lando Norris could manage only seventh place, behind Mercedes’ Kimi Antonelli, Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton and a superb performance from Fernando Alonso in the Aston Martin. The grid sets up a battle into the first corner between Briton Russell and Verstappen in Montreal, just a race after their controversial conflict at the Spanish Grand…

On Saturday, two state lawmakers from Minnesota were attacked in their homes in what Governor Tim Walz called a “politically motivated assassination” attempt. The attacks left one politician dead and another seriously injured. Police are hunting for a suspect, Vance Luther Boelter, who remains at large. The attacks drew condemnation from across the political spectrum. President Donald Trump said in a statement that “such horrific violence will not be tolerated”. US Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat who represents Minnesota, called it “an attack on everything we stand for as a democracy”. Who were the victims? State representative Melissa Hortman and…