Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Detectives arrested five suspects in connection with the murder of a man in Athi River South Sub-County, Machakos County. Police conducted an operation on the night of June 19 that led to the arrest of the suspects. The five included an employee of the Machakos County Government, two bar attendants, a disc jockey (DJ) and a room attendant. Police said the suspects are being held at Kyumbi Police Station over the murder of Alphonce Mbune Matee. The arrests mark a significant step in the probe. According to police, the body of Matee was discovered dumped at Kwamutula Ranch along Machakos…

Police are investigating murder after the body of a young girl was recovered from the Nairobi River in Mwiki, Kasarani Sub-County. The incident was reported at about 2 p.m. on Thursday after a resident alerted the police to a body floating in the river. A team of police officers visited the scene and recovered the body of an unidentified girl believed to be about six years old. Police said the body was in an advanced state of decomposition, making visual identification impossible apart from the clothes the child was wearing. Crime scene personnel documented and processed the scene before the…

A security guard was hacked to death during a night-time break-in at the Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) in Homa Bay. The attackers made away with a computer used for student registration. The victim, identified as 46-year-old Elisha Odongo, was found dead on Thursday morning within the institution’s premises after being attacked while on duty. According to police, the incident was reported at about 8:45 a.m. by a supervisor of the guards’ company, after another supervisor conducting routine patrols discovered the guard’s body at around 4:00 a.m. Police officers, detectives and crime scene investigators visited the scene and found Odongo…

Kenya used a high-level United Nations forum to showcase its plan to transform refugee camps into integrated municipalities, calling on the international community to shift from aid to financing resilience. Speaking at the 2026 Humanitarian Affairs Segment (HAS) at the UN headquarters in New York, Kenya’s delegation head, Moses Lilan, implored the world community to rethink how it responds to humanitarian crises. The meeting was held under the auspices of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), of which Kenya is a member. One of the six principal organs of the UN, ECOSOC is the main hub for sparking…

Lawyers for the defendant accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare Chief Executive Brian Thompson will no longer argue a psychiatric defence at his state murder trial. Luigi Mangione’s attorneys reversed course a day after telling Judge Gregory Carro that they would try to show he was suffering from “extreme emotional disturbance at the time of the occurrence”. Mangione, 28, has pleaded not guilty in both the federal and state cases against him for the fatal shooting of Thompson in midtown Manhattan at the end of 2024. The Manhattan district attorney’s office declined to comment. The reversal came ahead of a Thursday…

Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama have welcomed three ex-US presidents, dignitaries and celebrities to the opening of the Obama Presidential Center. The Chicago attraction, a monument to the eight years the couple spent in the White House, has been in the works since the 44th president left the Oval Office a decade ago. George W Bush, Bill Clinton and Joe Biden attended, but current President Donald Trump, who has long feuded with Obama, was not invited. The BBC contacted the White House for comment. The Obamas chose the Jackson Park neighbourhood on the South Side…

Grammy-nominated music producer Tay Keith, who has worked with hip-hop artists including Drake, Travis Scott, Eminem and Beyoncé, has been found dead in his apartment in Nashville, Tennessee. Nashville police said the 29-year-old was found dead by officers after performing a welfare check, but “no foul play is suspected” in his death. A cause of death hasn’t been released but an autopsy is being conducted. Keith, whose real name is Brytavious Chambers, has also worked with stars including Lil Baby, Sexyy Red, 21 Savage and J Cole. He is best known for his work co-producing Scott’s hit track Sicko Mode,…

The US has dropped its naval blockade of Iran after the two countries signed a deal to end the war in the Middle East. US Central Command confirmed the end of the blockade on X “in accordance with the President’s direction”, and said some US vessels would remain “in the general area”. Soon afterwards, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said he had approved the deal with the US despite having a “different view”, without elaborating. He said he allowed it to go ahead after assurances from Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian that he would “protect the rights of the Iranian nation”.…

Kenya Power, through its Institute of Energy Studies and Research (IESR), has rolled out a wildlife protection project to safeguard birds of prey and other animals from electrocution. The project will be implemented along sections of the country’s electricity network that are wildlife corridors, in partnership with US-based Kaddas Enterprises. It involves retrofitting wildlife-friendly covers on sections of power lines that are considered hotspots for electrocution. The project was kicked off at the Sosyambu Conservancy, approximately 130 kilometers northwest of Nairobi, where electrocution of most birds of prey has been reported. The Soysambu Conservancy is a critical habitat for Kenya’s…

Police in Machakos County launched investigations after the body of an unidentified man was discovered dumped at Kwamutula Ranch along Machakos Road in Kyumbi. According to police, members of the public alerted officers to the body on Wednesday, June 17. Police officers visited the scene and found the body of an African male, believed to be aged between 45 and 50 years. The deceased had both hands, legs and neck tied using pieces of clothing. He also had visible injuries on the back of the neck and marks on the back consistent with torture. Crime scene officers from Machakos processed…

Police in Etago Sub-County, Kisii County, have launched a murder investigation after a family searching for their missing relative discovered her body at Tabaka Mission Hospital mortuary. The incident was reported on Wednesday, June 17, after relatives of 37-year-old Lenah Kwamboka Maireri traced her body to the mortuary. The family told police they had been searching for her after she went missing and believed she had been living with a man in Etago Sub-county whose identity they did not know. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) in Etago visited the mortuary and established that the body had been…

A police officer and a Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier are among seven suspects arrested in connection with the attempted robbery of a Crown Courier Services lorry in Nakuru. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday in a joint operation conducted by detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) headquarters and officers from Nakuru West, officials said. The arrests are linked to investigations into the attempted robbery of Crown Courier Services lorry, an incident that occurred on May 30. During the operation, officers recovered a toy pistol, assorted crude weapons, a laptop, several mobile phones, and two Subaru Legacy vehicles,…

A 46-year-old woman drowned while fetching water from a ditch in Mbooni West Sub-County, Makueni County. Police identified the deceased as Nthoki Kyuma, a resident of Kiume Village. According to police, they visited the scene and established that the woman had drowned in a water-filled ditch. Family members told investigators that the deceased had suffered from epilepsy since birth and is believed to have suffered a seizure before falling into the ditch while fetching water. The scene was processed and documented before the body was moved to Mbooni West Sub-County Hospital mortuary, where it is awaiting a post-mortem examination. Police…

Japan must “strengthen its defence capabilities”, Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi has told the BBC, emphasising the need to revisit the pacifist posture that has defined the country since World War Two. He said boosting defence, “reinforcing its alliance with the United States, and expanding collaboration with like-minded countries” was part of “building multi-layered deterrence critical for ensuring that no new war breaks out in this region”. He spoke of the recent changes in Japan’s defence policy, such as relaxing decades-old arms export rules. For the first time in about 50 years, Tokyo can now sell or transfer defence equipment and…

Rex Heuermann, known as the Gilgo Beach serial killer, who admitted to brutally murdering eight women, received the maximum sentence on Wednesday. He will serve three life sentences for first-degree murder, plus 25 years to life on four second-degree murder charges, all running consecutively. The sentencing in New York followed a series of angry, poignant statements, as victims’ family members described how the brutal losses created “lifelong devastation” for them. In April, Heuermann confirmed that he strangled and bound his victims before scattering their remains along Long Island’s remote beaches. “You are a disgusting and despicable, small man, if you’re…