Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A police officer was arrested after he had shot and killed a driver in a case of mistaken identity in Kathasyo, Masimba, Kajiado County. The police officer explained he mistook the driver and his car occupants for thieves targeting fibre cables running through the area. The driver, along with four others, said they were headed to Muoni River on September 15 to fetch water when their van developed mechanical issues. The driver and others on board stopped to attend to the issues when another Probox with full lights approached from the opposite direction and stopped. A police officer who was…

Police in Tot, Elgeyo Marakwet County received a record ten rifles with 85 bullets after locals surrendered them in a drive. The government had announced an amnesty on those surrendering illegally owned firearms which has prompted the move, officials said. The weapons, which included three G3 rifles and seven AK47s, were surrendered to security agencies on September 16, 2025, in a shocking trend. Police said the surrender was the highest in a single exercise. The weapons were taken for ballistic tests and other investigations. The owners said they had obtained them to help them in the fight against bandits in…

At least six people were Tuesday September 16, 2025 night killed in an accident involving a lorry on the Kericho-Kisumu highway. Police said the accident happened in Kipsiget area after the driver of the lorry lost its control and plowed onto the pedestrians. Four others were seriously injured in the crash, Soin police boss Lawrence Kisini said. After losing control, the lorry, which was ferrying scrap metal, ran over most of the victims before crashing into some, killing six on the spot and injuring the others. Police officers had a difficult time retrieving the bodies of the victims who the…

A 31-year-old man was found murdered and his body abandoned on the roadside in Bahati, Nakuru County. The motive of the murder of one Stephen Gitau Nganga was not immediately established. His body was found lying in a pool of blood near Bahati Level Four Hospital after his attack, police said of the Tuesday incident. He was taken to the hospital where he was declared dead, police said. The body lay in a pool of blood with an injury in the head and the chest. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Police said they are investigating…

Mystery surrounds the motive of an incident where a woman stabbed and killed her eight-year-old son in Dabel area, Moyale, Marsabit County. The woman aged 33 escaped the scene after the September 16, 2025 evening incident. The child died at the Bakata Nursing Home where she had been rushed to after the incident. Police said they visited the hospital and found the body of the boy lying on bed with a stab wound on the chest. He was a grade two pupil at the Dabel Junior Academy in the area. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy…

Celebrated children’s writer Robert Munsch has been approved for medically assisted dying in Canada. Munsch, whose 85 published books include The Paper Bag Princess and Love You Forever, was diagnosed with dementia in 2021 and also has Parkinson’s disease. The author told the New York Times Magazine that he had not decided a date for his death, but said he would go “when I start having real trouble talking and communicating. Then I’ll know.” Canada first legalised euthanasia in 2016 for people with terminal illnesses. In 2021, the law was changed to include those with serious and chronic physical conditions,…

Canadian minister and member of parliament Chrystia Freeland announced on Tuesday that she will step down from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet and will not run for re-election. Freeland will instead take on a new role as Canada’s special envoy to Ukraine, Carney said. She has been a fixture of Canadian politics since 2015, serving as former finance and foreign affairs minister, as well as deputy prime minister. Freeland is also credited with forcing former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s exit after abruptly resigning from his cabinet last year. She announced her resignation in a post on X, writing that she…

Donald Trump has accused an Australian journalist of “hurting Australia” after the leader was asked about his business deals while in office. The US president was asked by John Lyons from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) how much wealthier he had become since returning to the White House in January. “I don’t know,” Trump replied, saying his children handled the family businesses. “In my opinion, you are hurting Australia very much right now, and they want to get along with me.” Trump said he was going to be meeting Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “very soon”, adding: “I’m going to…

It’s finally happening. After months of economic debate and mounting attacks from US President Donald Trump, the US central bank is poised to cut interest rates on Wednesday. The Federal Reserve is widely expected to announce it is lowering the target for its key lending rate by 0.25 percentage points. That will put it in a range of 4% to 4.25% – the lowest level since late 2022. The move – the bank’s first rate cut since last December – is expected to kick off a series of additional reductions in the months ahead, which should help bring down borrowing…

President Donald Trump has arrived in the UK for his historic second state visit, which will see a crowded mix of royal pageantry, trade talks and international politics. Before making the trip from the US on Air Force One, Trump sent positive signals, describing the visit as an honour and saying: “My relationship is very good with the UK.” “They want to see if they can refine the trade deal a little bit… I’m into helping them,” said Trump, with a multi-billion US technology investment deal being announced as the president’s visit got underway. But Trump said the main purpose…

Robert Redford, the dashing actor and Oscar-winning director who eschewed his status as a Hollywood leading man to champion causes close to his heart, died, according to his publicist Cindi Berger, Chairman and CEO of Rogers and Cowan PMK. He was 89. “Robert Redford passed away on September 16, 2025, at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah–the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved. He will be missed greatly,” Berger said in a statement to CNN. “The family requests privacy.” Known for his starring roles in “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and “All the President’s…

The United States has officially named Colombia as a country which has “demonstrably failed” to uphold its obligations to control drug trafficking. Each year, the US government formally certifies whether several countries are fully co-operating with US-led counternarcotic efforts, and those which are found to be wanting risk having their US funding cut. On Monday, the Trump administration said that cocaine production in Colombia had surged to all-time high records under its left-wing president, Gustavo Petro, which the Colombian leader denied. However, the US said it would not cut off the flow of aid to the country, citing “US national…

US President Donald Trump cannot oust Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook from her role, a federal appeals court has ruled. The 2-1 ruling on Monday is a blow to Trump as it means Cook can now stay in place for the Fed’s policy meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday, where it is expected to cut US interest rates. Trump announced in August that he was firing Cook on the grounds that she had committed mortgage fraud. Cook denied the allegations and said the president had no authority to sack her. The case has ramifications for the Fed’s ability to set interest…

Malawians are waiting to find out who their next president will be as polls have closed in most parts of the country and counting has started. Thousands of people queued outside polling stations on Tuesday to vote for a president, MPs and local councillors, keenly hoping to effect change in a country swamped by economic troubles. Some are still voting in areas where polling started late. In his campaign for a second term, current President Lazarus Chakwera pledged to fix Malawi’s economy – as did his main rival, octogenarian former leader Peter Mutharika. If no candidate wins more than half…

A deal has been made between the US and China to keep TikTok running in the US, according to the US President Donald Trump. “We have a deal on TikTok, I’ve reached a deal with China, I’m going to speak to President Xi on Friday to confirm everything up,” Trump told reporters as he left the White House for a state visit to the UK. The social media platform, which is run by Chinese company ByteDance, was told it had to sell its US operations or risk being shut down. However, Trump has repeatedly delayed the ban since it was…