Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Tanzania on Tuesday banned non-citizens from running 15 small-and medium-sized businesses in the country, a move that could jeopardise its relations with neighbouring and international nations. In a special Gazette notice issued on July 28, 2025, Trade Minister Selemani Saidi Jafo explained that the government shall not issue or renew a licence for a foreigner to carry out any of the stipulated businesses. These include mobile money transfers, electronic repairs, small-scale mining, postal and parcel delivery, tour guiding, establishment and operation of radio and television as well as operation of museum shops. Others are real estate, clearing and forwarding services,…

A pilot and his student were injured after a light aircraft they were flying crash-landed in Ewaso Kedong, Kajiado County. The two had flown from Wilson Airport and headed for Kajiado on Tuesday July 29 at about 3 pm when the incident happened. The aircraft 5YCDW crash-landed at a farm in Ewaso Sublocation, injuring the two. The aircraft was damaged in the incident. A chopper belonging to the Kenya Wildlife Service arrived at the scene and picked up the two to the hospital, police and witnesses said. Police said the scene was secured for experts to handle. Such accidents involving…

Police are investigating an incident where a 17-year-old girl died after she complained of stomach pains in Kware, Nairobi. It is suspected that the girl had carried out an unsafe abortion at her Kitui home before she traveled to Nairobi for further treatment. She was first rushed to a private hospital in the slum before she was referred to Kenyatta National Hospital, where she died on arrival. Police said her body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations. Cases of unsafe abortion are on the rise in informal settlements amid campaigns to discourage the same. Meanwhile, police…

A Norwegian national aged 84 collapsed and died in his house in Vipingo Ridge area, Kilifi County. Police and the family of Eidenbon Per Arne Klausen had developed breathing challenges on July 29 at about 4pm, before he collapsed and died. He had suffered a stroke while in Kenya and had been receiving treatment at a local facility. He was rushed to the facility, where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The man was due to check out of the country in March 2025 but stayed over medical issues, the family said. The body was moved to a mortuary pending…

Man dies in church after being prayed for by pastor for healing in Mukuru slums A 30-year-old man died at a protestant church facility in Mukuru slums, Nairobi as he waited to be healed by prayers. Police said Francis Inaweti Muchera had been taken to the Feet of Jesus Christ Family Church in the area for prayers on Tuesday when the incident happened. The man had been sick and was taken there by his wife for prayers. The pastor present prayed for the man and he fell asleep never to wake up. The wife kept waiting for the man to…

Detectives arrested a bodaboda rider linked to recent protests that were witnessed in Embu Town. The arrest of Joseph Mbira Thuku, a man police termed as a key figure behind the violent protests that recently rocked Embu town prompted more protests in the town on Monday July 29. He is the treasurer of the local bodaboda group. Thuku, identified as one of the main mobilizers of the violent protests, was swiftly apprehended and arraigned before the Kahawa Law Courts on Monday. The court granted detectives a five-day custodial order to allow for comprehensive investigations. The case is set for mention…

A gang raided a construction site along the Southern bypass in Langata, Nairobi and robbed machinery parts of unknown value. Police and officials at the China Road and Bridge Cooperation said the raid happened on Sunday at dawn. This is after a group of suspects armed with pangas broke into the company’s site where sewerage construction is currently underway, and stole assorted machinery parts. Two security guards on duty were found tied on both legs and hands and locked in a room. It was established that various parts of parked excavators and a standby generator were stolen. No injuries were…

The UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel takes “substantive steps to end the appalling situation in Gaza”, Sir Keir Starmer has said. The PM said Israel must also meet other conditions, including agreeing to a ceasefire, committing to a long-term sustainable peace that delivers a two-state solution, and allowing the United Nations to restart the supply of aid, or the UK would take the step at September’s UN General Assembly. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the move “rewards Hamas’s monstrous terrorism”. The UK government has previously said recognition should come at a point when it…

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara announced he will run for a fourth term in October’s election. In a statement, the 83-year-old said his health was not an issue and his candidacy was driven by a need to “preserve national stability amid ongoing security and economic challenges”. Ouattara argues a new constitution approved in 2016 reset his two-term limit, meaning he is allowed to stand. He will be the poll’s frontrunner, as several potential challengers have already been barred from the race. The excluded candidates include former President Laurent Gbagbo, ex-Prime Minister Guillaume Soro, and former minister Tidjane Thiam. On Tuesday,…

Police in Angola said four people were killed and 500 have been arrested after demonstrations in the capital, Luanda. What began as a three-day strike by taxi drivers against rising petrol prices has escalated into one of the most widespread and disruptive waves of protest the country has seen in recent years. Thousands of people joined demonstrations in the capital on Monday that saw roads blocked, shops looted, cars destroyed as well as clashes between demonstrators and police. Since Monday night there have been reports of gunfire in parts of the capital. Pockets of protests continued in Luanda on Tuesday,…

Millions of people across the US were warned to stay indoors as about half the country swelters under a heatwave. Heat advisories are affecting 168 million Americans in the mid-west, south-east and parts of the north-east, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). New York Governor Kathy Hochul urged New Yorkers to check on vulnerable neighbours, saying that heat was the number one cause of extreme weather fatalities in the state. The weather is forecast to cool on Thursday a day after storms roll through the region. “This extreme heat is dangerous and can be life-threatening,” NYC Emergency Management said…

Japan and the US have issued tsunami warnings after a powerful magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck Russia on Wednesday. Official evacuation orders have been issued to people on the Pacific coast of Japan and in Hawaii. The first tsunami waves, at 30cm high, arrived in the northern coast of Japan’s Hokkaido prefecture before 10.40 local time (02.40 BST), Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported. Waves at 40cm high have been observed in Tokachi, in Hokkaido. US authorities have issued a tsunami warning for Hawaii, which warns it could face “destructive” 3-meter high waves. A tsunami watch has been issued for Alaska. Waves…

US President Donald Trump has said he fell out with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein after he “stole” young women who worked at his Mar-a-Lago beach club spa. The president made the remarks as he returned from Scotland, where he faced more questions over his relationship with the disgraced financier. “He took people, I say ‘don’t do it anymore’, you know they work for me… beyond that, he took some others,” Trump said. “Once he did that, that was the end of him.” It comes as the legal team for Epstein’s conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, indicated she would only testify before Congress…

Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja was ordered to immediately transfer all accounting and human resource functions of the National Police Service (NPS) to the National Police Service Commission (NPSC). The directive was issued during a session convened to examine the Report of the Auditor-General on the accounts of the NPS for the Financial Year ending 2023 that had occasioned an audit query on failure of implementation of the Commission mandate. The directive followed a session where both the NPS and NPSC appeared before the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC), chaired by Butere MP Tindi Mwale on Tuesday. Mwale…

The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) Tuesday published guidelines for updating motor vehicle duty records. The authority outlined the documents required to facilitate the records update process. These include a duty update request letter, a copy of the vehicle owner’s identification card, the original logbook, a Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) entry document, and the duty payment receipt. The notice also emphasised the need to provide contact details of the vehicle. “Kindly ensure the contact information, that is, the phone number and the email address of the motor vehicle, is provided,” read the notice. The authority further stated that a…