Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Kenya is challenging regional partners in the Great Lakes and Horn of Africa to move from policy promises to practical solutions in the fight against illicit arms. The arms continue to destabilize communities and undermine development across the region. Interior Principal Secretary Dr. Raymond Omollo asserted that it is high time the 15 Member States of the Regional Centre on Small Arms (RECSA) matched words with action, citing the urgent need for a united and coordinated response to the escalating regional threat. Speaking at the opening of the RECSA Forum for Government Experts on SALW, Omollo emphasized that the problem…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a businessman was shot and seriously injured before being robbed of Sh240,000 in an attack in Oyugis Town, Homabay County. Gunmen struck in Madiaba area and staged a robbery on Saturday night before escaping. A relative to the businessman was hacked with a machete and left with serious injuries, police said. Police said the businessman runs a printing and Mpesa shop in the town and had closed for the day before driving home at about 8 pm. He was in the company of his 10-year-old daughter in his salon car and on reaching the…

A 30-year-old welder was killed after an LPG gas cylinder he was repairing exploded on him at a yard in Embakasi area, Nairobi. According to police, Martin Mwema Matheka was contracted to weld an LPG cylindrical gas tank on a Mercedes-Benz Actros. While in the process, the sparks caught the vapors, igniting a fire, which ejected him out of the tank killing him instantly. The lorry was carrying an unknown amount of gas at the time of the incident, which caused the blast. The fire was later contained. The badly burnt body was later moved to the mortuary pending autopsy…

Cristiano Ronaldo was in tears as he won a third trophy with Portugal – the Nations League. And what a way to do it, as they beat their neighbours and oldest rivals Spain on penalties. Ronaldo may have already been off the pitch, having been replaced in the 88th minute – but he had already played his part. The Portugal captain made it 2-2 in the 61st minute with a close-range finish. That was his 138th international goal, extending his own record. And it was his eighth in nine Nations League games this campaign, only behind Sweden’s Viktor Gyokeres. Not…

The Israeli military has said it has located and identified the body of Mohammed Sinwar, the military leader of Palestinian armed group Hamas in Gaza. His body was discovered in a tunnel underneath the European Hospital in the southern city of Khan Younis, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Sunday. It said it had verified the body’s identity through DNA checks – though Hamas has not publicly confirmed his death. Sinwar, 49, was killed in an air strike on 13 May, which the Hamas-run civil defence agency said killed 28 people and injured dozens. Sinwar’s body was found alongside…

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja Sunday ordered the suspension of top police officers at the Central Police Station following the death of a suspect in the cells. This followed public pressure for accountability on the tragic death of Albert Ojwang while in police custody at Central Police Station, Nairobi. Kanja said the move is to ensure a thorough, impartial, and expeditious investigation by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA). He ordered the interdiction with immediate effect the Officer Commanding Station (OCS), Central Police Station, the Duty Officer on duty during the night in question, the Cell Sentry on duty…

Zimbabwe has announced that dozens of its elephants will be killed to control the population size and the meat from the carcasses will be distributed to people. The Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, also known as ZimParks, said it has issued permits to Save Valley Conservancy, a large private game reserve in the southeast, “for an elephant management exercise.” “The management quota is meant to address the growing elephant population in the region and will initially target 50 elephants,” the agency said in a statement Tuesday. “According to the 2024 aerial survey, there are 2,550 elephants against an ecological…

Veteran ABC News correspondent Terry Moran was suspended Sunday after he posted a highly critical assessment of President Donald Trump and Trump’s deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on the social media platform X. In the missive, which was posted shortly after midnight, Moran said both Trump and Miller are “world-class haters.” For Trump, he said, hatred is “only a means to an end, and that end is his own glorification. That’s his spiritual nourishment.” For Miller, on the other hand, “hatreds are his spiritual nourishment,” Moran charged. “He eats his hate.” Moran — who landed a rare Oval Office…

Israeli forces have boarded a charity vessel attempting to reach the Gaza Strip in defiance of an Israeli naval blockade, the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) said early on Monday. The British-flagged yacht Madleen, operated by the pro-Palestinian FFC, had departed from Sicily on June 6 and had hoped to reach Gaza later in the day, when the interception occurred, the group said on its Telegram account. Among those on board the boat are Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg and Rima Hassan, a French member of the European Parliament. The Israeli military had no immediate comment. Shortly before the FFC statement,…

Amnesty International Kenya has demanded a thorough probe into the death of teacher Albert Ojwang while in custody at Central police station, Nairobi. Ojwang was found with head injuries in cells after what police termed as self inflicted injuries. He was rushed to Mbagathi hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. Police said they are investigating the death. Amnesty said no Kenyan should lose their life in police custody, and those entrusted with their protection. “Police officers have a legal and moral duty to ensure the safety and well-being of every person under their custody.” “The death of Albert…

A gang that kidnapped a girl from their home in Yatya, Baringo North Sub-County abandoned her after being confronted by local teams that was pursuing her. The teenage girl was found alive more than 100 kilometers from the point of attack. She was found three days after the incident on Sunday and reunited with her family, officials said. Her elder brother who was also kidnapped alongside her managed to escape, police and other officials said. This happened after gunmen raided their home on Friday June 6. The motive of the kidnapping was not immediately established. But many believe the gang…

There were protests at the Central police station in Nairobi on Sunday after a teacher died in police custody after his arrest in Homa Bay. Detectives are investigating circumstances under which he died. The teacher identified as Albert Ojwang was arrested on Saturday over X posts he had made. He was driven to Nairobi and booked at the Central police cells by a team of detectives from Directorate Criminal Investigations headquarters for grilling. Police said Ojwang died by suicide. He was alone in a cell when he was found with serious head injuries he inflicted on himself, police said. He…

Four refugees were shot and seriously wounded in a confrontation with police who were overseeing the distribution of food to mark Idd Ul Adha celebrations in Dadaab, Garissa County. Police said the incident happened at Ifo camp on June 7. A crowd of about 700 had gathered at the site for food when they turned unruly. The officers on duty opened fire, injuring four of them. The crowd dispersed in the chaos. Police said one of the victims was hit in the chest, the second one in the back and two others in the hands. They were all treated at…

A woman aged 72 is among three people who were killed in a fire incident in a village in Kapsokwony, Bungoma County. The incident happened in Chebaibai village on Saturday morning, police said. The house belonged to one of the victims, identified as Evaline Maccan. The other victims were two brothers aged 12 and six, police said. The three were sleeping in the house when the fire broke out. The cause of the fire was not immediately established. Witnesses and police said the victims were burnt beyond recognition. The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and investigations, police…

Two people were separately electrocuted in separate incidents that happened at funeral events in Siaya and Kakemega Counties. The victims were in tents erected at funeral events when they were electrocuted on Saturday, police said. The tents had been connected to power with naked wires that caused the electrocution. This is after the victims touched the metal rods erecting the tents and were connected to the live naked wires. This increased to four, the number of people electrocuted at the weekend alone. The first incident happened in Nyawara area, Yala, Siaya at a funeral event. The incident involved a woman…