Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Shakahola murder trial of controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and his 29 co-accused continues at the Mombasa High Court before Lady Justice Diana Kavedza, with more chilling testimonies emerging from protected witnesses. Among those who took the stand were four witnesses, among them two minors, and two men identified as E.K.K., C.A., and Israel Veronica Amanya, the daughter of two of the accused persons. E.K.K. gave an emotional account of how his breastfeeding daughter died of starvation after being denied milk by her mother, who was fasting under Mackenzie’s teachings. He said his wife later succumbed to hunger as she…

The Ministry of Education announced the ban of all extra-curricular and social activities in schools during the Third Term to allow candidates to focus fully on national examinations. In a circular addressed to all Regional, County, and Sub-County Directors of Education, Principal Secretary for Basic Education, Dr. Julius Bitok, said the directive is aimed at minimizing disruptions during the examination season. The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examinations will run from October 21 to November 21, 2025, while the Kenya Junior School Education Assessment (KJSEA), Kenya Integrated Learning and Education Assessment (KILEA), Kenya Primary Learners Education Assessment (KPLEA), and…

The people of Haiti are facing a “perfect storm of suffering” and the country remains “shamefully overlooked,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday. “State authority is crumbling as gang violence engulfs Port-au-Prince and spreads beyond — paralyzing daily life and forcing families to flee,” Guterres said. “Civilians are under siege with appalling reports of rape and sexual violence. Hospitals and schools are under repeated attack. The rule of law has collapsed,” he said. But despite this, “Haiti remains shamefully overlooked and woefully underfunded.”Guterres’ remarks came a day after a group of seven countries including the United…

The White House named a replacement for the director of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a day after its previous leader was forced out of the job. Jim O’Neill currently serves as the deputy to Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, and will replace Susan Monarez after she was in the role for just a month. Lawyers representing Dr Monarez said her sacking was illegal, and alleged she was targeted by Kennedy because she refused “to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives”. The reason for her removal was that she was “not aligned with the president’s agenda”, the…

India and Canada appointed new high commissioners to each other’s countries, in the latest step to restore ties strained by the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in a Vancouver suburb in 2023. India’s previous high commissioner left Canada last October after Ottawa expelled him, linking six diplomats to the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar – though Delhi insisted he was withdrawn. That same day, India ordered out six senior Canadian diplomats, including the acting high commissioner. The mutual expulsion of top diplomats last year marked an unprecedented low in an otherwise cordial relationship. Nijjar, designated a terrorist by India…

Tragedy struck a school in Kisumu Town when a grade two pupil died while playing at their merry-go-round. The eight-year-old girl fell and injured her head leading to profuse bleeding that left her dead on Thursday August 28 evening, police said. Police and witnesses said the pupil at Arena Primary School was with other colleagues playing at about 3 pm on an iron six-seater merry-go-round when she accidentally fell off. And after falling off, she was hit by the same rotational seats that were on motion leaving her with serious head injuries. She was identified as Pauline Akinyi. She was…

Detectives are investigating the murder of an elderly couple in their house in Chumvini, Taita Taveta County. The bodies of Tito Musyoka, 82 and his wife Angela Thambi, 73 were found lying on their beds on August 28, 2025 long after their attack. The motive of the murder was not immediately established. The body of Musyoka had deep cut on his throat and lay in a pool of blood while that of the wife also lay with a cut in the neck. The woman had died in the house while the man was rushed to the hospital where he was…

A man stabbed and killed his wife before he died by suicide in Kabati area, Kitui County. The incident happened in Kauwi village on Thursday. The body of Winfred Mutua, 28 was found lying in a pool of blood outside a house with multiple stab wounds in the stomach, right eye, left buttock and hands. She had been tortured as she was being killed, police said. The woman was a waitress at a hotel in the township. She is said to have separated from the assailant who was her husband and was identified as Kimanzi Munyao. The man was seen…

At least seven more bodies were exhumed at Kwa Binzaro village in Kilifi county, with an additional 54 body parts collected scattered across the forest. This increased to 31, the number of bodies so far exhumed from the scene. Speaking at the scene, government pathologist Richard Njoroge indicated that the bodies had not fully decomposed, with a possibility of wild animals digging up some of the shallow graves. Human rights activists have called on the government to give an assurance of protection to the locals who could give more information regarding investigations of religious extremism. Thirty-two bodies have so far…

The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) remains in a heated standoff with the Trump administration after the White House announced she had been fired. Susan Monarez – who has only been in the job for a month – refused “to rubber-stamp unscientific, reckless directives” and accused Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr of “weaponising public health”, according to her lawyers. Her lawyer insisted Dr Monarez’s sacking was not legal and only President Donald Trump – not White House officials – could remove her. The reason for her removal was that she was “not aligned…

The number of people at Donald Trump’s controversial immigrant detention centre “Alligator Alcatraz” has dropped by half following a judge’s order to close much of the facility, according to border tsar Tom Homan. US media, citing internal emails between Florida officials, report the centre could be empty within “days”. The facility – located deep in the swampy Florida Everglades – opened in July to support the Trump administration’s mass deportation drive. It quickly drew multiple legal challenges over alleged poor conditions and environmental damage to the delicate ecosystem of the Everglades, a Unesco world heritage site. Last week, a federal…

A federal judge in Tennessee ordered a new trial for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted on charges related to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols in 2023. Judge Sheryl Lipman cited concerns of bias after the judge presiding over the original federal trial allegedly suggested one of the defendants was a gang member. Nichols, 29, was pepper sprayed, kicked and punched during a traffic stop for alleged reckless driving in 2023. He died three days later. Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, Jr were all convicted of witness tampering, but were acquitted of the most serious…

Former President Uhuru Kenyatta donated Sh1.5 million to support the construction of the Stella Maris Pastoral Centre in Watamu, Kilifi County. In a statement on Thursday, August 28, the Catholic Diocese of Malindi confirmed that the former Head of State made the contribution during a tour of the ongoing project. “The Stella Maris Pastoral Centre project in Watamu, Malindi Diocese, has received a significant boost following a generous donation of Ksh1.5 million from the former President of Kenya, His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta,” the Diocese stated. The former President was accompanied by his wife, Margaret Kenyatta, as well as Maina Gakuo…

A group of seven countries including the United States on Wednesday asked the UN Security Council to strengthen the multinational force tapped to combat gang violence in Haiti, according to a letter. The letter also announced the seven countries will form a “group of partners” to oversee the mission, which was first approved by the UN Security Council in 2023 to assist Haitian authorities in containing the spiraling violence in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Over a year after the Multinational Security Support (MSS) Mission first deployed, with the initial effort led by Kenya, the situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, with…

Cardi B has told a court she did not attack a security guard who is suing her for assault. Emani Ellis claims the US rapper cut her cheek with a 3in (7.5cm) fingernail and spat on her during an altercation outside an obstetrician’s office in Los Angeles in 2018, leaving her “deeply traumatised”. Cardi B told a civil trial on Tuesday that Ms Ellis had filmed and followed her against her will when she arrived for an appointment about a pregnancy that was not yet public knowledge. The star said she confronted Ms Ellis but denied assaulting her. “I didn’t…