Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A police officer was arrested after he reported he could not locate his AK47 rifle loaded with 30 bullets at Kabachi police station, Meru County. The officer had been issued with the weapon on September 1 for night patrols and was to return it the following day when he failed to do so. He told his seniors he could recall how it went missing. It was then that he was arrested pending an investigation into the same. Police said they hope to recover the weapon. And police recovered a homemade gun after a suspect who had it fell asleep after…

Detectives are hunting for a gang that raided the home of a businessman and robbed his family of cash and other valuables in a dramatic incident in Kiserian, Kajiado County. Locals fear this could be an indication of the return of gangs who used to terrorise them that sparked a protest and heavy police reaction in 2006. On Tuesday, the gang went to the home in Kahuho village in the area and held a family hostage for hours as they robbed them. Witnesses said one of the six men wore military fatigue and three of them were armed with AK47…

A university student was stabbed and killed by his fellow student in a dispute over bathroom use at their hostel at the University of Nairobi’s Kikuyu Campus. Police explained the victim identified as Brian Wambui, a third-year student, succumbed to suspected stabbing injuries at the PCEA Thogoto Hospital on Sunday August 31 following his stabbing in the abdomen. The assailant was arrested on Tuesday after being on the run and hiding in the area, police said. The assailant is said to be a fellow student at the university. The two were Sunday with others watching a football match at their…

Cardi B was cleared of assault by a Los Angeles jury after a security guard sued her for $24m (£18m) in a fingernail attack. Emani Ellis alleged that the US rapper cut her cheek with a 3in (7.5cm) fingernail and spat on her outside an obstetrician’s office in 2018. The rapper was pregnant at the time, which wasn’t public knowledge. The civil trial in Alhambra led to a series of viral moments as the rapper took the stand and offered colourful testimony about the incident and her fashion choices. She told the court that the guard followed her and filmed…

A US congressional panel released a trove of documents related to the federal investigation into the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The House of Representatives Oversight Committee published 33,295 pages, including flight logs, jail surveillance video, court filings, audio recordings and emails. But Republicans and Democrats alike said the files contained little new information and it is unclear if the justice department is withholding other Epstein records. Pressure has been growing from President Donald Trump’s own supporters for more transparency on the probe into the well-connected financier after the justice department said in July there was no “incriminating” Epstein client…

Donald Trump has rejected suggestions that the warming of relations between China, Russia and their allies poses a challenge to the US on the global stage. The US president told reporters in the Oval Office that he had “a good relationship” with President Xi Jinping and that China “needs us more than we need them”. It comes as Xi prepares to host world leaders at a “Victory Day” parade in Beijing on Wednesday – a showcase of China’s military might. Xi will be joined by North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and Russia’s Vladimir Putin, viewed by some observers as a…

President Donald Trump says the US carried out a strike against a drug-carrying vessel in the southern Caribbean, killing 11 “Narcoterrorists”. He posted on social media that Tuesday’s US military operation had targeted members of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. Trump said the vessel was in international waters and was transporting illegal narcotics bound for the US. The Trump administration has ratcheted up military and political pressure against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in recent weeks, including through a $50m (£37m) reward for information leading to his arrest on drug-trafficking charges. Maduro has vowed Venezuela would fight any attempted US…

Google will not have to sell its Chrome web browser but must share information with competitors, a US federal judge has ordered. The remedies decided by District Judge Amit Mehta have emerged after a years-long court battle over Google’s dominance in online search. The case centred around Google’s position as the default search engine on a range of its own products such as Android and Chrome as well as others made by the likes of Apple. The US Department of Justice had demanded that Google sell Chrome – Tuesday’s decision means the tech giant can keep it but it will…

The Kenyan police officer who was killed in an accident along the Kenscoff–Pétion-Ville road at Perlerin 9 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti was identified as corporal Kennedy Mutuku Nzuve. He was attacked to Rapid Deployment Unit which is seen as one of the elite units of the Administration Police Service. He was killed on August, 31 2025 in a tragic road traffic accident was killed along with a civilian after two armored vehicles were involved in an accident along a mountaintop road above Port-au-Prince. In addition to the deaths, eight the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support mission in Haiti (MSS) officers were injured,…

Former Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wafula Wangamati has been charged alongside ten individuals and eight companies with 27 counts of corruption-related offences amounting to millions of shillings in fraudulent procurement deals. The charges, brought by Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), include engaging in a fraudulent practice in procurement, acquisition of proceeds of crime, use of proceeds of crime, and conflict of interest. Prosecution was led by Vincent Monda, assisted by Mercy Gateru, Alex Akula, Wesley Nyamache, and Delroy Mwasaru. Wangamati appeared before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Courttogether with close family members and associates. Among those charged were his brothers Simuyu Wangamati and…

The coup trial of Brazil’s right-wing former President Jair Bolsonaro will enter its final stage on Tuesday. He is accused of masterminding an attempt to stay in power after losing his bid for re-election in 2022, which culminated in his supporters breaking into and vandalising government buildings in the capital, Brasília. A panel of five Supreme Court judges is expected to reach a verdict by 12 September. Bolsonaro has always denied any wrongdoing and said the charges were politically motivated. His cause has been adopted by US President Donald Trump, who has called the trial a “witch-hunt”, using it as…

A 36-year-old man died after he jumped off from the sixth floor of a building in South C, Nairobi. Police said Abdirizak Abdirahman died after landing on the ground floor of the apartment in the September 1, 2025 incident at about 1 pm. The motive of the incident was not immediately established, police said. Police said they are investigating suicide. Police visited the scene and secured CCTV footage for review to establish what happened before the incident. The body was moved to the local mosque ahead of a planned burial event. Elsewhere in Obama, Kayole, Nairobi, one Mwangangi Maleka, 21…

A student at the University of Nairobi, Kikuyu Campus was stabbed and killed in an altercation at a hostel in Kikuyu Town, Kiambu County. Police said Brian Wambui, a third year education student died at the PCEA Kikuyu Hospital on Sunday August 31 following his stabbing in the abdomen. The assailant is said to be a fellow student at the university. The two were Sunday with others watching a football match at their hostel in Kihunguro when they differed and broke into a fight. It was then that the deceased was stabbed in the stomach. The assailant is said to…

A middle-aged woman was found murdered in a lodging in Mukuru Fuata Nyayo area, Nairobi. Detectives are investigating the murder where the woman identified as Farhia Ahmed was found with injuries on her back of the head and blood was oozing from her nose after her murder on September 1, 2025. Her assailant who had checked into the room with her the previous night was missing. He had escaped the scene after the murder, police said adding the hunt on him is ongoing. According to officials at the facility, the couple paid Sh400 to access and occupy the room on…

Police are investigating an incident where a grade nine pupil died after being assaulted at a boarding school in Narok Town. The incident happened at the Narok SDA School and involved a 14-year-old boy, police said. The boy was found bleeding with a deep cut on the neck on Sunday August 31, 2025 in the morning and rushed to Narok Referral Hospital in critical condition where he succumbed to the injuries while undergoing treatment. Police said they established the boy was found by his fellow dormitory mates lying on his bed seriously injured and there was smeared blood in one…