Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Congo’s government and M23 rebels last week held private talks in Qatar for the first time since the rebels conducted a lightning offensive in the country’s east, a source briefed on the discussions told Reuters. The talks, which will continue next week in Doha, offer the greatest hope of a halt to hostilities since M23 seized eastern Congo’s two largest cities, a rapid advance that since January has resulted in thousands of deaths and forced hundreds of thousands more from their homes. The fighting has raised fears of a wider regional war, as Congo’s neighbours Uganda and Burundi also have…

Violent storms battering the central-eastern United States have killed at least 16 people, officials said, with the National Weather Service warning on Saturday of “severe” flash flooding in the coming days. A line of fierce storms stretching from Arkansas to Ohio has damaged buildings, flooded roadways and produced dozens of tornadoes in recent days. Tennessee was hardest hit by extreme weather, with state authorities saying on Saturday that 10 people had died across the western part of the state. Two people were killed due to floods in Kentucky, according to state Governor Andy Beshear, including a child who was “swept…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has fired one of his deputies for taking a “lavish” trip to Antarctica with his wife during Nowruz, the Persian new year. The president’s office described Shahram Dabiri’s trip as “unjustifiable and unacceptable given the ongoing economic challenges” in Iran. A picture of Dabiri and his wife posing in front of MV Plancius, which was bound for the South Pole, circulated widely on social media and caused outrage in Iran. In a statement on Saturday, Pezeshkian said Dabari had been removed as vice president of parliamentary affairs for “indefensible” actions, regardless of whether they were financed…

The National Assembly and House Speaker Moses Wetang’ula asked the High Court to strike out an application in which a group of petitioners want the Speaker cited for the contempt of court in relation to his February 12, 2025 ruling on House Leadership. In a Preliminary Objection filed at the High Court, Wetang’ula, and the National Assembly argue that the contempt of court application in relation to the said ruling was defective and in breach of their right to fair hearing. During a mention of the case today High Court Judges Justices Jairus Ngaah, John Chigiti and Lawrence Mugambi directed…

Chief Justice Martha Koome Friday urged stakeholders in the justice sector to build a justice system that serves families with compassion, fairness, and integrity. Speaking during the Milimani Chief Magistrate Family Court Open Day themed “Bridging the Gap: Enhancing Access to Justice through Collaboration,” Chief Justice Martha Koome said stakeholders in the justice system must work together to build a justice system that is accessible, inclusive, and responsive to the lived realities of families. She noted that this is the spirit of Court Users Committees (CUCs) — to serve as platforms for sustained dialogue, coordination, and joint problem-solving between the…

Bomet Central detectives arrested the prime suspect behind the vicious murder of 45-year-old Rachealine Rutto, whose lifeless body was discovered on March 25, 2025. The discovery was made by the deceased’s daughter, who had grown increasingly anxious after repeated calls to her mother went unanswered throughout the day. Driven by concern, she visited her mother’s home, only to be met with a horrifying scene. Rutto’s body lay on the bed in a pool of blood, bearing deep neck wounds and multiple stab injuries to her arm, chest, and back. Determined to unravel the mystery behind this cold-blooded crime, detectives launched…

A clearing agent was fined Sh3 million, or in default, face two years in prison for attempting to solicit a bribe of Sh2.9 million. At the Anti-Corruption Court in Nairobi, Philip Mutua Kilonzo was convicted on two counts of requesting a bribe and one count of obtaining money by false pretenses. Kilonzo was sentenced to pay a fine of Sh1.5 million or serve two years in prison for demanding a Sh2.9 million bribe from officials of the United African Evangelical Ministry and Grace Children’s Home on October 4, 2020. His intent was to reportedly influence the writing off of alleged…

Police are looing for a gang that attacked and killed a 66-year-old man in Kambithi village, Kilifi County. The body of Akiba Katana Ndegwa was found in a pool of blood after he was attacked by unknown assailants armed with crude weapons at his homestead. Police said his wife discovered the lifeless body, which had two deep cuts on his head in his compound after the attack on April 2. The assailants fled the scene after the attack and the motive is yet to be established. No arrest has been made and police said the body was moved to the…

A 20-year-old student at the Maseno University in Kisumu was found dead in his house after a suspected suicide. Police said Francis Odhiambo, a first-year student at Maseno University, Kisumu died suicide by hanging himself using a sisal rope tied around his neck from one of the roof rafters inside his rented house. The incident happened on April 2, 2025. A suicide note was found at the scene, indicating that the deceased had died by suicide due to a lack of support from immediate family members. Police said they are analyzing the note to confirm if he is the one…

A suspect who was carrying what police termed as explosives was arrested at the Likoni Crossing in Mombasa. He was headed for Diani, Kwale County, when he was arrested on board a bus on Wednesday, police said. He was identified as Shinali Amuna Komoro. Komoro was traveling from Nairobi to Diani on board a Pioneer bus when he was arrested. He was first found carrying a live bullet in his hand, police said. He was then ordered to surrender his bag, where three explosives labeled TNT were recovered. His motives are yet to be known. TNT (trinitrotoluene) is are very…

A police officer was rushed to hospital in serious condition after he attempted to die by suicide at the Marigat Deputy County Commissioner’s office, Baringo County. The constable of police was on night duty at the office when he used his G3 rifle to shoot himself in the chin on Thursday April 3 in the morning. His colleagues said they heard a gunshot from the DCC offices and on checking they found the officer about 70 meters from the station in uniform walking with a big wound on his chin. Police said the victim had a gun shot entering from…

President William Ruto on Thursday held a telephone conversation with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres over the ongoing efforts to advance peace in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They also talked on the ongoing Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti. Kenya leads the mission with more than 800 police officers already in Haiti. Ruto said during the Thursday night talks, the UN boss acknowledged the role Kenya plays in the mission. “He acknowledged Kenya’s leadership role and commended our steadfast commitment to our shared goal of restoring stability in Haiti,” he said in a post on his social media.…

A university student linked to the murder of a fellow student at the Multimedia University (MMU) surrendered to authorities days after being on the run. Police said the suspect, Philip Eric Mutinda, a first-year Electrical Engineering is also a student at the MMU. Police said this could be a breakthrough in the murder of Sylvia Kemunto. He surrendered at the Sultan Hamud police station and declared he was behind the murder of Sylvia Kemunto who was a first-year Mass Communications and Computer Science major. Mutinda had been on the run since Monday when he is believed to have stashed Kemunto’s…

A search for a missing a missing Multimedia University (MMU) student ended after her body was recovered from a water tank at the institution in Ongata Rongai. Sylvia Kemunto who was a first year Mass Communications and Computer Science major went missing on Sunday March 30. Her decomposed body was discovered on Wednesday April 2, police and the institution said. She had been strangled and hit by a blunt object and the motive is yet to be known, police said. Police are looking for her boyfriend Philip Eric Mutinda, a first-year Electrical Engineering student, who is a prime suspect in…

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) presented a compelling case against Sarah Wairimu Cohen, widow of the late businessman Tob Cohen, in the ongoing murder trial that began Thursday April 3. In its opening statement Senior Assistant Director of Public Prosecution Gikui Gichuhi outlined the brutal circumstances surrounding Cohen’s death, emphasizing that the evidence would prove beyond doubt that Sarah Wairimu Cohen is responsible for the murder of her husband. “The evidence you will hear throughout this trial will establish, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the accused, Sarah Wairimu Cohen, is the one who killed her husband,…