Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A matatu driver was found dead after a suicide mission in Mutuini, Dagoretti, Nairobi County. The man used a rope to hang himself at a farm near Kirigu Police Station on Monday, August 18, evening. The motive of the incident is yet to be known, police said. Police said Samuel Kibe, 45, had left his house in the morning carrying a rope and told his wife he was going to work. He was a matatu driver in the Ndunyu area. His body was later found hanging from a tree with a rope tied around his neck. The body was moved…

A 25-year-old woman was found dead in her bed after a suspected murder in Ongata Rongai, Kajiado County. Police and witnesses said the body of Veronica Mwende had a slight injury on her chin. It is not clear if the injury was responsible for the death of the woman, and mother of one. The woman’s body was discovered on Monday morning after an overnight party in her house to celebrate her child’s birthday, a relative and police said. Friends and relatives had gathered on Sunday at the house to celebrate the party and went to sleep late. Her husband told…

Police Tuesday explained the circumstances that led to the fatal shooting of former Siaya County Assembly Clerk Felix Isaac Olwero on Monday morning outside his resort in Kombewa, Kisumu County. According to the police the incident happened when a team of police responded to the White House Resort in the area following reports of a burglary. By the time police arrived at the scene, Olwero had mobilized about five locals and tried to hunt for the said burglars around the place. “The deceased together with the five laid an ambush in an adjacent maize farm in efforts to get the…

President Volodymyr Zelensky returned to the White House on Monday to meet US President Donald Trump for fresh talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine. Several European leaders also flew to Washington to attend the meeting, days after Trump met Russia’s President Vladimir Putin in Alaska for a summit that failed to result in a ceasefire. Despite optimistic words by Trump and some more lukewarm assessments from his European partners, by Monday evening there were no concrete commitments to security guarantees or steps towards a peace deal. Here are the key takeaways from the talks. A Putin-Zelensky meeting on…

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC. The agency said the “vast majority” of the violations were assault, driving under the influence (DUI), burglary and “support for terrorism”. The move comes as the Trump administration continues its crackdown on immigration and international students. While the State Department did not specify what they meant by “support for terrorism”, the Trump administration has targeted some students who have protested in support of Palestine, arguing they had expressed antisemitic behaviour. Of the 6,000 student visas that…

Intel shares have jumped after Japanese technology investment giant Softbank said it is buying a $2bn (£1.5bn) stake in the US computer chip maker. The announcement came just hours after new reports that the Trump administration is in talks to take a stake of around 10% in Intel by converting government grants into shares. The potential deal, which was first reported last week, aims to help Intel build a flagship manufacturing hub in Ohio. At the time, a White House spokesman told the BBC that the reports “should be regarded as speculation” unless officially announced. Under the deal announced on…

US TV network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67m (£50m) to settle a defamation lawsuit filed by a voting machine company over false claims it rigged the 2020 US election against President Donald Trump. Dominion, which filed the case in 2021, had accused Newsmax of broadcasting “verifiably false lies” following President Joe Biden’s victory, causing “devastating economic harm” to the firm. The conservative network announced on Monday that it had settled, but maintained its coverage was fair and balanced. Dominion, which had sought £1.6bn in damages, said it was “pleased to have settled this matter”. The Denver-based firm filed similar…

A woman dubbed the “Ketamine Queen” has agreed to plead guilty of selling the drugs that ultimately killed Friends actor Matthew Perry. Jasveen Sangha, 42, will plead guilty to five charges in Los Angeles, including one count of distributing ketamine resulting in death or bodily injury, according to the Justice Department. The American-British dual-national originally faced nine criminal counts. Federal prosecutors called her Los Angeles home a “drug-selling emporium” and found dozens of vials of ketamine during a raid. Perry was found dead in a back yard jacuzzi at his Los Angeles home in October 2023, with an examination finding…

A businessman was Monday arraigned in court over allegations of defrauding a foreign national of Sh223 million in a fake gold deal. David Onyango Ochanda appeared before Magistrate Dolphina Alego, where he denied two charges of conspiracy to defraud and obtaining money by false pretences. According to the charge sheet, between March 31 and May 30, 2024, in Nairobi County, Ochanda conspired with others already before the court to defraud American national Tanner Caldwell Cook of USD 1,271,200 (approximately Sh223.7 million). The accused allegedly claimed he could sell 2,820 kilograms of gold to the complainant, knowing the claim was false.…

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen Monday faulted the licensing of bars and wine, and spirits outlets by the county government within residential areas, schools, colleges operating 24/7. He promised to engage the Council of Governors to address the matter. He said some of the bars have become dens of drug trafficking and consumption and noisy for residents. “Kiambu is a top county for edible cannabis sativa sold in bread and mandazi, called Kangumu, targeting youth ( universities are most affected). I have directed the sub-county security committees to invite student leaders, business people, religious among other leaders…

Police shot and killed a former Clerk with Siaya County Assembly on Monday morning near his restaurant in what officials termed a case of mistaken identity in Kombewa, Kisumu County. An investigation has been launched into the shooting of Felix Isaac Olwero, 50 at his resort. This was after police had been called there to respond to a case of failed burglary in the area on Monday morning. Police had initially mistaken Olwero for being part of the burglars who tried to access White House Resort before shooting him dead. They later changed the narrative and declared the shooting a…

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) and the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) are Monday August 18 set to hold a joint Parliamentary Group meeting in a rare show of political cooperation that will be jointly presided over by President William Ruto and ODM leader Raila Odinga. The high-profile meeting, set to take place at the KCB Leadership Centre in Nairobi, will bring together all MPs from the two parties under the framework of the broad-based government arrangement, officials said Security was tight at the event as the lawmakers started to arrive for the meeting. The agenda for Monday’s session is among…

A suspected burglar was shot and killed in a failed attempt at a resort in Kombewa area, Kisumu County. Police said the incident happened Monday August 18 dawn when a group of five people tried to breach White House Resort. Police established it was the fifth such an attempt on the resort. The police responded to the area and cordoned the rear side of the resort when they spotted five men escaping and opened fire killing a 50-year-old man. The other suspect managed to escape into darkness, police said. The scene was combed but no further incident was noted. The…

A driver who was reversing his car fatally hit a boy aged two years in Biyamathow village, Habaswain, Wajir County. The incident happened on Sunday August 17 evening outside a homestead, police said. The minor was in the company of other children and was playing when the accident happened. The driver of the Toyota Succeed had parked the car at the homestead and got into the motor vehicle oblivious of the dangers outside and reversed. It was then that he hit and crushed the boy killing him, police said. He was to Biyamathow Health Centre where he was pronounced dead…

A 78-year-old woman was found murdered and her half-naked body abandoned outside a house in Machakos Town. Police said Esther Kadogo was an employee of Teatot Hotel and a caretaker of a farm in the area. She was on Sunday August 17 found dead with visible injuries in the ear and white substance oozing from her mouth and nose. The assailants escaped the scene after assaulting her, police said. The woman lived alone in the compound and it is suspected about ten dogs that were there were either killed or stolen by the assailants. The police said the dogs could…