Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The family of slain lawyer Mathew Kyalo Mbobu plans to bury the body on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at his Mua home in Machakos County. Police are yet to make an arrest over the murder, which was committed on September 9, 2025, along Magadi Road in Nairobi. Officials said a memorial service for the late lawyer is scheduled for Monday at All Saints Cathedral in the evening. Another memorial event is planned in Karen on Tuesday September 16, 2025. Police investigating the murder have been drawn to the drawing board after releasing three people who were thought to have been…

Detectives are looking for a gang that attacked and killed a man in a robbery incident in Kayole, Nairobi. Bramwel Oduor died while being attended to in hospital on September 14, 2025. He had been confronted and stabbed in the neck the previous day as he walked home. Police said he was rushed to hospital, where he died while being attended to. The gang escaped after the incident in the Manna area, police said. Police said they have yet to establish what was stolen from the victim. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. Detectives…

A luxury matatu linked to one of president William Ruto’s sons was involved in an accident in Eldoret Town on Sunday, police said. The matatu nicknamed Mood is linked to George Ruto. The matatu was hit by a 14-seater matatu as it raced to an anticipated homecoming event at Maili Tisa Park and Chill on Sunday. Police said they are investigating the incident and added no injuries were reported. The 14-seater matatu driver claimed his Mood colleague had made an abrupt braking and overtake leading to the incident on a major highway. Police arrived at the scene and cleared it…

A bus taking part in wedding celebrations fell into a river in northern Nigeria, killing at least 19 women and children among the passengers, a union official and residents said Sunday. The driver stopped the bus on a bridge that had partially collapsed on Saturday evening but it rolled back into the river, Abubakar Muhammed, an official with the NURTW transport operators union, told AFP. The bus was in a wedding convoy escorting a bride to her new husband’s house and crashed near the village of Fass in Zamfara state, added the official, who said the driver may have forgotten…

Charlie Kirk’s alleged killer is “not co-operating” with authorities and has not confessed to carrying out the shooting, Utah’s governor Spencer Cox has told US media. Suspect Tyler Robinson, 22, was taken into custody some 33 hours after Kirk, a 31-year-old right-wing activist, was shot dead in Orem on Wednesday. Speaking to ABC News, Cox, a Republican, said people around Mr Robinson had been co-operating with the investigation. Cox appeared on various US news outlets on Sunday morning, where he also reiterated concerns regarding social media in the aftermath of Kirk’s death. The governor was also asked about a New…

The trucks keep rolling on Highway 99 in California, the route bustling with freight traffic through the Central Valley. And behind the wheel is often a turbaned Sikh man, their cabs adorned with religious symbols, portraits of Sikh Gurus, or posters of Punjabi singers. Sikhs, a religious minority group from India, have become a large part of America’s trucking industry, helping to deliver everything from California strawberries to lumber across the country. But a crash in Florida and its aftermath have sent shivers through the Sikh trucking community that could have economic consequences. There are approximately 750,000 Sikhs in America,…

Hermeto Pascoal, the innovative Brazilian composer famed for his blend of jazz and traditional music, has died at the age of 89. The self taught multi-instrumentalist rose from child poverty to international fame – with Miles Davis calling him the most “important musician on the planet”. He was “surrounded by family and fellow musicians,” a statement announcing his death says. It did not give details. Pascoal wrote more than 2,000 instrumental pieces and continued to arrange music and record artists well into his 80s. The artist was primarily a pianist and flutist, but also played saxophone, guitars, drums, and accordions…

Liverpool staged another dramatic late show as Mohamed Salah’s stoppage-time penalty maintained their flawless start to the Premier League season and broke the hearts of battling Burnley. Burnley looked to have frustrated the champions until substitute Hannibal handled Jeremie Frimpong’s cross deep into five minutes of additional time, allowing Salah to blast home the spot-kick in front of Liverpool’s elated travelling fans. Salah’s winner came just as Burnley were within touching distance of being the first team to take points off Liverpool this season. Liverpool head coach Arne Slot left new £125m British record signing Alexander Isak out of his…

Two new global 100m champions were crowned as America’s Melissa Jefferson-Wooden and Jamaica’s Oblique Seville claimed stunning breakthrough victories at the World Athletics Championships in Tokyo. Jefferson-Wooden, 24, sealed gold in the women’s final in emphatic fashion, proving a class above her rivals in a championship record 10.61 seconds. Less than 10 minutes later inside Japan’s electric National Stadium, Seville, also 24, ripped his vest in celebration after becoming the first Jamaican man to win a global 100m title since athletics icon Usain Bolt, who was watching here in the stands. Winning in a personal best time of 9.77, Seville…

Phil Foden’s header and a brilliant Erling Haaland brace secured Manchester City a 3-0 derby victory against Manchester United on a day when the rivals remembered the late, great Ricky Hatton. The city, and wider sporting world, was rocked by the death of the popular boxer on Sunday, with both sets of fans applauding during a touching pre-match tribute to the lifelong City fan. Foden spoke of the players’ determination to do fellow Stockport-born star Hatton proud and helped them do just that at the Etihad Stadium, marking his first start of the season with a superb header from Jérémy…

Former world champion Ricky Hatton has died at the age of 46. Nicknamed ‘the Hitman’, he won world titles at light-welterweight and welterweight and was one of Britain’s most popular fighters. His body was found at his home in Manchester on Sunday. A Greater Manchester Police spokesperson said: “Officers were called by a member of the public to attend Bowlacre Road, Hyde, Tameside, at 6:45am today where they found the body of a 46-year-old man. “There are not currently believed to be any suspicious circumstances.” Hatton, who won 45 of his 48 professional bouts across an esteemed 15-year career, last…

Nepal’s new leader vowed Sunday to follow protesters’ demands to “end corruption” as she began work as interim prime minister, after “Gen Z” youth demonstrations ousted her predecessor. Sushila Karki, the 73-year-old former chief justice, has been tasked with restoring order and addressing protesters’ demands for a corruption-free future ahead of elections in six months. Protests began on Monday sparked by a ban on social media and quickly escalated, with parliament and key government buildings set ablaze, as they fed into long-standing economic woes in Nepal. “We have to work according to the thinking of the Gen Z generation,” said…

Public Service, Human Capital Development and Special Programmes Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruk urged residents of Mbeere North to rally behind the government’s development agenda, emphasizing that the Kenya Kwanza administration is committed to inclusive transformation and will not leave any region behind. Speaking during the launch of an ultramodern administration block at Kogari Comprehensive School in Evurori Ward, Mbeere North, Embu County, CS Ruku highlighted a series of fast-tracked infrastructure and social programs aimed at uplifting the region. “Mbeere North is firmly on the national development radar. We are moving with speed to deliver roads, water, electricity, education, and other…

Elon Musk’s xAI has laid off at least 500 workers from its data annotation team, which helps develop the company’s Grok chatbot, Business Insider reported on Friday. The company notified employees by email on Friday night that it was planning to downsize its team of generalist AI tutors, the report said, citing multiple messages viewed by Business Insider. Responding to a request for comment, xAI referred to a post on X, in which the company said it was hiring for roles across domains and planned to increase its specialist AI tutor team by “10X.” The data annotation team, xAI’s largest,…

The family of Virginia Giuffre, who became the most prominent victim of Jeffrey Epstein, has told the BBC that Lord Mandelson should never have been given the position of UK ambassador to the United States. In an exclusive interview on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg, Sky Roberts, Virginia’s brother said, “absolutely not, he should never have been given the position in the first place. “It speaks to how deep the corruption goes in our systems. Whether that’s linked to the UK, US or abroad.” There is no suggestion that Lord Mandelson ever met Giuffre. He said last week, that “perhaps as…