Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Matili Technical Training Institute in Bungoma County faces imminent closure threatening the studies of over 10,000 students enrolled for various courses. This is after a contractor commenced auctioning of the Institute’s properties over an alleged Sh15 Million debt, which the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) is challenging in court terming it non-existent and fraudulent. Lady Justice Rose Ougo will Thursday May 8 morning at Bungoma High Court hear an application filed by EACC seeking orders to suspend the auction. This is in efforts to ensure the college continues with its programs. In its court papers filed under certificate of urgency,…

A 60-year-old South African man was found dead in his washroom where he collapsed on Wednesday May 7 morning in Parklands, Nairobi. Mark Nalon Minter had arrived in the country on May 1 on a business trip and was to depart on May 10. He was in the company of a female companion at the time of the incident. The woman told police they had retired to bed after dinner but when she woke up on Wednesday morning she found him missing. She later found him lying unresponsive in the toilet where he had collapsed. An ambulance from St John’s…

At least 12 people from Emurua Dikirr, Narok County, sustained serious injuries on Wednesday following violent clashes between two rival groups. Police said one group identifying itself as “G12” and another allegedly aligned with Ilkerin Ward MCA Ezekiel Kiprono clashed. G12, reportedly associated with an MP, is said to have held hostage an MCA who is a vocal critic of the MP in an apparent attempt to prevent the ward leader’s attendance at President William Ruto’s development tour in the region. The violent clash between two rival groups at Emurua Dikirr Centre in Narok County led to 12 youths sustaining…

Tech giant Google and nuclear developer Elementl Power have signed an agreement to develop three advanced nuclear power plants in the United States, according to a statement released Wednesday. The partnership comes as technology companies seek new power sources to meet the growing energy demands of the generative AI revolution. Under the agreement, Google will provide early-stage development capital for three projects, each designed to generate at least 600 megawatts of power capacity, each roughly the equivalent to a standard large power plant. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity consumption by data centers is projected to more than…

Paris Saint-Germain clinched a place in the Champions League final as goals by Fabian Ruiz and Achraf Hakimi gave them a 2-1 win over Arsenal in the second leg of their last-four tie on Wednesday, securing a 3-1 aggregate triumph. Ruiz crashed in a shot from the edge of the area in the 27th minute at the Parc des Princes to leave PSG firmly in the driving seat after they had withstood an early bombardment from the visitors. Already leading in the tie after Ousmane Dembele’s goal in last week’s first leg, PSG then saw Vitinha have a second-half penalty…

A businessman who was wanted by police over claims of murder surrendered hours after an alert was issued on him. Philip Nahashon Aroko surrendered to police at DCI headquarters in company of his lawyer Danstan Omari and declared he is innocent. The businessman stated that he was ready to respond to any queries from detectives regarding the matter as he has nothing to hide, however adding that the probe was being hijacked by political issues. Aroko blamed his summoning by the police on Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga, whom he accused of attempting to link him to MP Were’s murder,…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has secured a significant conviction in a rare wildlife trafficking case involving garden ants, culminating in the sentencing of four foreign and local nationals. Belgian nationals Lornoy David and Seppe Lodewijckx, Vietnamese national Duh Hung Nguyen, and Kenyan national Dennis Ng’ang’a were each fined Ksh. 1 million or, in default, sentenced to one year in prison for dealing in listed wildlife species in contravention of Section 95(c) of the Wildlife Conservation and Management Act, Laws of Kenya. In delivering the sentence today, Senior Principal Magistrate, Njeri Thuku of the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA)…

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen lauded security personnel across the country for foiling various security threats. He said numerous reports of potential threats within the security sector are received daily and foiled without public knowledge. “When Improved Explosive Devices (IEDs) are detected and confiscated every time, it is as a result of monitoring and following security leads,” said the CS in response to security incidents in parts of the country, especially the porous borders. “Each part of this country has unique challenges. For the North Eastern region, it is Al Shabaab threats. We have put in place…

The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) charged three men at the Garissa High Court with the alleged murder of a 17-year-old refugee girl in Wajir County. Principal Prosecution Counsel Benard Owuor informed the court that Mohammed Kassim Tiffow, Mussa Sheikh Ahmed, and Adan Mohamme Ahmed are accused of murdering Gaala Adan on March 22, 2025 at Lolkuta South Sub-location, Wara Location, Hadado Sub-County, within Wajir County. The suspects were charged after the DPP directed the investigating officers to exhume the deceased’s body and conduct a proper postmortem examination by a government pathologist to establish the actual cause of death. The…

A Ugandan opposition activist, who President Yoweri Museveni’s son said he had been holding captive in his basement, appears to have been tortured, the East African nation’s justice minister said. Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who is Museveni’s eldest child, said last week that he had detained Eddie Mutwe, the chief bodyguard for opposition leader Bobi Wine. Kainerugaba wrote on X that he had captured Mutwe “like a grasshopper” and was “using him as a punching bag”. Mutwe was presented in court on Monday and remanded to custody on robbery charges, his lawyer said. In a statement released…

A man was found dead after he had been stabbed by a woman believed to be his wife in a domestic fight in Kayole, Nairobi. The incident happened in Kioi area on May 7 dawn. The couple had a fight in their house before the woman reached out to a knife that she used to stab him in the stomach. Police said the woman escaped after the incident. Neighbours rushed to the scene following screams from the woman and the man as they fought. The man was found in a pool of blood and rushed to hospital where he was…

Two weeks after a deadly militant attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir, India has launched a series of strikes on sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. The Indian defence ministry said the strikes – named “Operation Sindoor” – were part of a “commitment” to hold those responsible for the 22 April attack which left 25 Indians and one Nepali national dead “accountable”. But Pakistan, which has denied any involvement in last month’s attack, has described the strikes as “unprovoked”, with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif saying the “heinous act of aggression will not go unpunished”. So what exactly has happened -…

“It gave us everything. From start to finish last week to this week, everything about this semi-final has been pure entertainment,” said Alan Shearer. For the second time in six days Inter Milan and Barcelona served up a European classic as the champions of Italy won 4-3 on the night – 7-6 on aggregate – to reach the Champions League final. In a thriller that will be remembered for years to come, Barca had trailed 2-0 and 3-2 in the first leg in Catalonia before salvaging a 3-3 draw. On Tuesday in Milan, they were then 2-0 behind at half-time…

Friedrich Merz needed 316 votes in the 630-seat Bundestag but only secured 310, in a significant blow to the Christian Democrat leader, two and a half months after winning Germany’s federal elections. His coalition with the centre-left has enough seats in parliament but it appears 18 MPs who had been expected to back him dissented. Merz’s failure in the first vote is seen as unprecedented in modern German history. The Bundestag will now have another 14 days to choose either Merz or another candidate as chancellor. Under Germany’s constitution, there is no limit to how many votes can be held,…

Explosions have been heard in the Sudanese city of Port Sudan as a paramilitary force targeted the de-facto capital of the country’s military-led government for the third consecutive day. Thick black smoke could be seen at dawn on the skyline of the previously safe city where thousands of people fleeing the two-year civil war have sought refuge. Flights have been cancelled after drones hit the international airport and a hotel near the current presidential palace, reports say. “I see a huge cloud and fire going like all around the city… and I heard also now that they were like two…