Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The government reaffirmed its commitment to motivating civil servants through the harmonisation of salaries and a comprehensive digital transformation agenda, including the adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI), to boost efficiency and enhance public service delivery. Speaking during the closing ceremony of the 44th edition of the Kenya Civil Service Sports Organization (KECOSO) Games at Moi Stadium in Embu, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Human Capital, and Special Programmes, Geoffrey Ruku, acknowledged existing challenges in remuneration disparities within the public sector. He assured that the government is actively working to address these issues and ensure fair and competitive compensation across all…

Director of the National Central Bureau (NCB)–Kenya Ibrahim Jillo was elected to the INTERPOL Africa Committee by a majority vote of African member countries. This was during the 27th INTERPOL African Regional Conference in Cape Town, South Africa. Jillo will serve a four-year term in the Committee, representing Kenya and contributing to critical decision-making in the fight against transnational organised crime, terrorism, and financial crimes across the continent. This election reflects strong confidence in Kenya’s leadership and its unwavering commitment to enhancing regional and international cooperation in law enforcement, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said. During the meeting, Director…

Detectives are investigating the death of a man whose decomposed body was found outside a hotel in Syokimau at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi. Security guards at the Hilton Garden Inn Hotel said they were on August 28, 2025 gone to check the level of water in tanks on the roof top of the facility when they saw the body in a nearby thicket. The body lay within the JKIA land about 200 meters from the hotel. The body was found to be aged about 55. Police said the man did not have identification documents then. The body had…

Three men were arraigned before a Mombasa court to answer to charges of defilement and committing indecent acts with two boys, one of whom is said to have a mental condition. The suspects, Abdalla Omar Athuman alias “Babu,” Shukri Aden Ali alias “Maalim,” and Salim Chege Rimo alias “Rasta” are accused of sodomizing a 15-year-old boy on diverse dates between August 15 and August 25, 2025 at Ganjoni in Mombasa County. They appeared before Resident Magistrate Green Odera where they denied all the charges. According to the charge sheet, Athuman is alleged to have caused penetration with the minor, contrary…

Two businessmen were charged in a Mombasa court with conspiring to defraud a hotel chain of land worth Sh100 million. Isaac Juma Obila and Omar Guma Ibrahim appeared before Resident Magistrate Hon. Green Odera, where they faced charges of conspiracy to defraud, contrary to Section 317 of the Penal Code. According to the charge sheet, on unknown dates and places within Kenya, the duo jointly with others not before court allegedly conspired to defraud Kilifi Hotels Limited of two parcels of land, Grants LR No. 10173 CR 19906 and LR No. 10174 CR 19907. The court heard that the parcels…

The High Court at Mombasa heard chilling testimonies in the case where 30 suspects, among them controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, are charged with the murder of 191 children in the Shakahola massacre. Lady Justice Diana Kavedza Mochache heard testimony of four witnesses including a homicide detective and bereaved family members who relived the tragic deaths of their loved ones inside the Shakahola forest. Detective Corporal Andrew Kisaka of the DCI Homicide Unit testified that he was part of the team that exhumed bodies from shallow graves. He told the court that he was tasked to handle children’s bodies with…

A US appeals court has ruled that most tariffs issued by US President Donald Trump are illegal, setting up a potential legal showdown that could upend his foreign policy agenda. The ruling affects Trump’s “reciprocal” tariffs, imposed on most countries around the world, as well as other tariffs slapped on China, Mexico and Canada. In a 7-4 decision, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Trump’s argument that the tariffs were permitted under an emergency economic powers act, calling them “invalid as contrary to law”. The ruling will not take effect until 14 October to give the…

For five years there has been anger, upset and a deep family divide at the heart of the Royal Family. The rift between King Charles III and the Duke of Sussex has been painful for all involved and played out in public. A resolution has been hard to find. But there are signs tensions are easing and a new understanding between father and son could be within reach. Prince Harry returns to the UK in just under two weeks’ time. He was last here in April for a court hearing about security. Back then, his father was in Italy on…

Three brothers from Edinburgh have claimed a new record for rowing non-stop and unsupported across the Pacific Ocean after 140 days at sea. Jamie, Ewan and Lachlan MacLean endured violent tropical storms, which forced them into making lengthy detours on their 9,000-mile (14,484km) journey from Peru to Australia. During one storm, Lachlan was swept overboard by a large wave before being pulled back into the boat. The brothers, who have been reunited with their family and friends in Cairns, in eastern Australia, said they were looking forward to pizza – and a decent night’s sleep. High winds The Scots have…

A boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Mauritania earlier this week, killing 69 people, officials told AFP Friday, the latest deadly sea crossing on the frequent migration path. Thousands of would-be migrants have died in recent years seeking to make the sea trip from Africa to Spain and other European countries. The accident occurred late on Tuesday night when the migrants on the boat saw the lights of a town off the coast of Mauritania, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) north of the capital Nouakchott and “moved to one side, causing it to capsize”, a senior coastguard official…

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, plans to announce that she will not run for re-election next year, according to a person familiar with her decision. The move, first reported by CBS News, would open up another potentially competitive race in Iowa, months after GOP Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she wouldn’t run for re-election either. But while Democrats have been eyeing underdog bids in both races, they’ve struggled in recent statewide elections and haven’t won a Senate race in the state since 2008. Another person familiar with the discussions said Ernst and her team had been wrestling with the decision for months.…

Elon Musk is seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by US regulators alleging he wrongly saved money by revealing he increased his initial investment in Twitter too late. The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said in a January complaint that Musk failed to disclose that he had built up his stake in the company within the regulator’s timeframe. It said this had allowed him to save about $150m (£123m) by purchasing shares in Twitter – which he bought outright months later and renamed X – at “artificially low prices”. Musk’s lawyers, filing shortly before the court’s deadline for his response,…

President Donald Trump has cancelled Secret Service protection which had been arranged for Kamala Harris by Joe Biden before he left office, according to one of her advisers. As a former vice-president, Ms Harris was entitled under law to receive six months of this extra security after leaving office in January, which was due to expire in July. Her protection had been extended for another year by an executive directive signed by her former boss but this was revoked by Trump in a memo, seen by the BBC, which is dated Thursday. The move comes just weeks before Harris embarks…

US consumers kept spending in July, even as inflation remained elevated that month, new data showed Friday. Consumer spending rose 0.5% from June, according to Commerce Department data released Friday. That’s slightly below expectations for a 0.6% bump but represented a slight pickup from the 0.4% increase notched in June, according to FactSet consensus estimates. July is typically a month filled with summer sales events, notably Amazon’s Prime Day, as well as a key month for back-to-school spending. However, spending on cars and financial services (bolstered by the strong stock market performance) drove the lion’s share of last month’s spending…

No Israeli government delegation will be invited to a global defence exhibition in London next month because of the Gaza war, the UK has said. “The Israeli government’s decision to further escalate its military operation in Gaza is wrong,” a UK government spokesperson said. “As a result, we can confirm that no Israeli government delegation will be invited to attend DSEI UK 2025.” Israel’s defence ministry called the move a “deliberate and regrettable act of discrimination” and said it would be withdrawing and not setting up a national pavilion. UK leaders have become more outspoken against Israel’s conduct in Gaza,…