Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A matatu tout was stabbed and killed in an altercation over collection of fees from vehicles downtown along Temple Road, Nairobi. Police said Dick Otieno Ombaka was stabbed in the chest by fellow tout in an argument on Sunday morning. Ombaka and his assailant had argued over the issue of collection of money from matatus picking passengers from the said bus stop. The two worked with Obamana Link Sacco. The deceased was rushed to MSF Hospital along Juja Road where he was announced dead on arrival. The body was moved to Mama Lucy Hospital Mortuary awaiting postmortem. The assailant had…

Two suspects, including an Italian national, were arrested for operating a clandestine narcotics laboratory in Diani area, Kwale County. It is not clear how long the suspects have been running the facility there. What seemed like a peaceful corner of Kenya’s beautiful coastline turned out to be the unexpected site of a major drug bust. Detectives uncovered a secret narcotics lab tucked away in a quiet neighborhood of Mwabungo village, Ukunda — a place more often associated with serene beaches than crime. After days of discreet surveillance and intelligence gathering, a team from the Anti-Narcotics Unit and Kenya Police carried…

A police officer is on the run after he shot and killed his girlfriend as she sought refuge at her friend’s house in Kanyonyoo market, Kitui County. The police officer also shot and killed the friend of the girlfriend before escaping on foot. Police said the officer was yet to be found on Monday, August 4, after the murder, and efforts to trace him were ongoing. This was after he dropped his AK47 rifle with 26 bullets in a thicket and escaped on foot from the small town. He and his girlfriend had quarreled before he embarked on the killing…

A billionaire hotelier has pleaded guilty to abetting offences in a rare corruption case that gripped Singapore and landed a former minister in jail. Ong Beng Seng is accused of giving expensive gifts, including tickets to the Formula 1 Grand Prix, hotel stays and a ride on a private jet to ex-transportation minister Subramaniam Iswaran while they were engaged in official business. Ministers in Singapore cannot keep gifts unless they pay the market value of the gift to the government, and they must declare anything they receive from people they have business dealings with. The case shocked many in Singapore,…

Democratic state lawmakers have fled Texas in a bid to stop a vote on a new congressional map that would heavily favour Republicans. The redistricting, unveiled by Texas’ majority Republicans last week and backed by President Donald Trump, would create five new Republican-leaning seats in the US House of Representatives. Two-thirds of the 150-member Texas legislature must be present in order to hold a vote. Fifty-one Democratic lawmakers have fled, most of them to Illinois, denying Republicans the required quorum. They said they plan to stay away for two weeks until the end of a special legislative session convened by…

Gunmen kidnapped more than 50 people in northwest Nigeria in a mass abduction, according to a private conflict monitoring report created for the United Nations and seen by AFP on Sunday. “Armed bandits” targeted the village of Sabon Garin Damri in Zamfara state Friday, the report said, the latest attack in a region where residents in rural hinterlands have long suffered from gangs who kidnap for ransom, loot villages and demand taxes. The report said this was the first “mass capture” incident in the Bakura local government area this year, “the recent trend of mass captures in Zamfara has been…

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki Sunday urged North Rift leaders to support efforts to fully restore peace in the region, highlighting the progress made in combating banditry and cattle rustling. He said that since the Kenya Kwanza Administration took over in September 2022, no effort has been spared in dealing with the menace brought by bandits and criminals that have been wreaking havoc in the area for years. While addressing congregants at AIC Kabartonjo, Baringo North, where he attended a Church Service on Sunday, Kindiki said President William Ruto is keen on the realization of long-lasting peace needed for rolling out…

An advocate of the High Court was Friday August 1 evening arrested and locked up in cells after allegedly threatening to shoot a police woman at the Mlolongo police station, Machakos County. The lawyer is a licensed gun holder and had visited the station to demand the release of his client who had been arrested over assault claims. He was armed with an SIG Sauer pistol and loaded with nine bullets at the time of the incident, police said. A female police officer reported that she was processing the suspect when the advocate who practices and is based in Kyumbi,…

A Dutch national collapsed and died in his house in Mtwapa, Kilifi County. Police identified the deceased as Boudewi Klop, 82. He was in the company of a female partner when the incident happened on August 1 at about 6 pm, police said. He was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The man had been diagnosed with diabetic complications and was nursing the same, his family said. He had checked into the country on October 5, 2017 and never checked out. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other procedures. The incident…

A group of people raided a church in Madogo area, Bangale, Tana River and destroyed property over claims of noise pollution. Police were on August 1 evening called to the Kenya Assemblies of God church in Sombo where the incident happened for action. It was established that some locals invaded the church and destroyed part of the structure. The group also vandalized the speakers and chairs before leaving. Police said there had been rising tension between the church members and some locals over complaints of music from the facility. The locals had complained to the local chief about the noise…

A small earthquake rattled the New York metropolitan area Saturday night. The US Geological Survey said the tremor had a magnitude of 3.0. It hit in the New Jersey suburb of Hasbrouck Heights, less than 8 miles west of Central Park, at a depth of about 6.2 miles. One resident of New York’s Brooklyn borough described it as a very brief tremor, just a slight swaying for a moment. Nevertheless, social media quickly lit up with people who felt it. The official account of the Empire State Building reported in on the social platform X to say: “I AM FINE.”…

Hamas has reaffirmed that it will not agree to disarm unless a sovereign Palestinian state is established, in response to one of Israel’s key demands in talks about a ceasefire in Gaza. The Palestinian armed group said it was responding to remarks it attributed to US President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff that Hamas had “expressed its willingness” to lay down its weapons. Israel considers the disarmament of Hamas one of several key conditions for any deal to end the conflict. Indirect negotiations between Israel and Hamas to secure a ceasefire and the release of hostages stalled last…

US federal officials said they have opened an investigation into former special counsel Jack Smith, who led two federal criminal cases against President Donald Trump before resigning from his post earlier this year. The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) confirmed to the BBC that an investigation into Mr Smith is underway, but declined to add further details. Mr Smith was appointed as special counsel in 2022 to investigate Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and his alleged attempt to interfere in the 2020 election. The OSC does not have authority to lay criminal charges against Mr Smith, but it…

Safaricom, through its youth-focused platform Safaricom Hook, has wrapped up a series of impactful engagements across the Greater Western region aimed at equipping young people with life-changing skills and resources. Under the vibrant M-PESA Sokoni Caravan, the initiative reached thousands of youth in Siaya, Vihiga, and Kisumu, offering access to technical training, digital literacy, creative showcases, and personal development sessions. At Siaya National Polytechnic, over 2,000 youth took part in hands-on masterclasses in plumbing, electrical work, hospitality, fashion, and design. Each participant received a certificate, with top performers rewarded with practical tools like sewing machines, mobile phones, blenders, safety boots,…

A police officer was Saturday morning found dead after he had been stabbed and killed in a robbery incident in Dandora area, Nairobi. Police said constable Layford Gitonga of Dandora police station was off duty when he was fatally stabbed in Dandora Phase Three. His mobile phone was stolen in the incident, police said. The assailants are yet to be known. Police said he was stabbed in the chest during an argument and robbery at about 1 am on Saturday. He is believed to have resisted a robbery leading to the deadly confrontation. His body had a stab wound in…