Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A South Carolina man convicted of bludgeoning his ex-girlfriend’s parents to death has become the first US death row inmate to be executed by firing squad in the last 15 years. Brad Sigmon was shot to death just after 18:00 local time (23:00 GMT) on Friday by three state corrections department volunteers firing rifles at his chest with specially designed bullets. Sigmon, 67, was convicted of murdering David and Gladys Larke with a baseball bat in 2001 before kidnapping his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint. She managed to escape as he shot at her. He had requested death by firing squad over…

It may have been drowned out this week as US President Donald Trump walked back tariffs on his closest neighbours – and biggest trading partners – almost as soon as they were in place. But despite the dizzying back-and-forth with Canada and Mexico, the White House made clear that it is serious about its economic vision. And it is willing to pay the price of some short-term economic harm to pursue it. “There’ll be a little disturbance,” Trump warned in his address to Congress on Tuesday. “But we’re okay with that.” Some scepticism about that comfort might be understandable, given…

The government has assured MPs that it wholly owns the e-citizen online services access and pay platform. Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok told the National Assembly’s Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security that the Government also has custody of the relevant documentation confirming the ownership. Bitok informed the committee led by Narok West MP Gabriel Tongoyo that the government had nothing to conceal regarding e-Citizen ownership and the contracts it had signed with vendors to support the platform’s technical operations and maintenance. “I can confirm that there exists a valid contract, approved by the Attorney General…

A Kahawa Law Court in Kiambu Friday suspended the bond terms of a suspect believed to have illegally obtained Kenyan registration documents. Principal Magistrate David Kiage ruled that the allegations against the suspect Abdirizak Mohamed Hassan, that he has been sending threats to the key prosecution witness in the case cannot be taken lightly. The court said that although Abdirizak has a right to enjoy his bond terms, the alleged threats orchestrated against the witness whom allegedly he purported to be his mother in an attempt to dupe the civil registration offices that he was indeed born in Kenya cannot…

A Mombasa court sentenced two convicts to lengthy prison terms over the murder former Kilifi Deputy Governor Ken Kamto in an armed robbery at his home in Nyali. Julius Gitonga received 40 years and Joseph Mukabana got 30 years after they were found guilty for robbery with violence and murder. Gitonga and Mukabana were found guilty of three counts of robbery with violence, contrary to Section 296(2) of the Penal Code. Gitonga was also convicted of possessing a firearm and ammunition without a valid certificate, in violation of the Firearms Act. Shanzu Senior Principal Magistrate, Yusuf Abdalla Shikanda, stated Gitonga…

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is calling on members of the public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of three suspects linked to the brutal murder of 58-year-old Briton, Campbell Scott. Scott’s partially decomposed body was found on February 22, 2025, in Makongo Forest, Makueni Sub-County. Scott had arrived in the country just days earlier to attend a business conference. Following the heinous crime and subsequent dumping of his body, the trio Benard Mbunga Mbusu, Samuel Musembi Kamitu, and Alphonse Munyao Kilewa alias Edu fled and have since gone into hiding. Police want the public to call…

A 66-year-old man was found dead in a family water tank after a suspected suicide incident in Kisii. Police said the deceased Vincent Okenye jumped into the underground water tank with a 10,000-liter capacity in Nyakoe. The tank had water for use at the time of the incident. The motive of the incident is yet to be known. Police said they are investigating the incident. The body was later removed and taken to a local mortuary pending autopsy and probe. Cases of suicide have been on the rise amid calls for action to address the trend. Elsewhere, three people drowned…

An unknown number of thugs raided a petrol station in Wajir Town and robbed the management of money. The gang who wore jungle uniforms, raided Normark Petrol Station on March 6 in the morning and tied the guard on duty before bundling him into one of the rooms there. They then broke into an office and dragged out a safe that had unknown amount of money before loading it onto a waiting motorbike. Police said they rode off with the safe which they intended to vandalise to access the money. This is the latest such incident to happen in the…

Four suspects were separately lynched in failed robberies in Naiobi and Mombasa. Police term mob lynching criminal and want suspects be surrendered to authorities for processing and further action. In the first incident, three suspects were stoned to death by a mob in a robbery incident in Jomvu area, Mombasa. This was after a woman raised an alarm claiming they had lured and robbed her of cash and other valuables. The woman told police the three lured her through an online dating app before she boarded their hired salon car in Bamburi area. They, while armed with knives turned to…

A woman killed her husband before setting the body on fire in Shamata, Nyandarua County. Police said the woman is on the run after the incident on Wednesday March 5. The body of John Mwangi Maina was found in his house, burnt beyond recognition. Neighbors said they saw the couple fight on Wednesday evening before the noise vanished. It was then that the man is believed to have been murdered and the body burnt outside his house. The woman left the scene with their five-year-old son. Police who visited the scene said bloodstains were seen on the floor in the…

US aviation authorities temporarily halted flights at several Florida airports over concerns about debris from SpaceX’s Starship, which spun out of control shortly after launch. A ground stop was placed on airports in Orlando and Miami after the failed launch over the Atlantic Ocean. It has since been lifted. No injuries or damage have been reported. SpaceX confirmed the un-crewed ship had suffered “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its ascent into space, and lost contact with the ground. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the flights in and out of airports would be delayed due to a…

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon’s South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the “correct attitude”, Intuitive Machines chief executive said in a press conference. The company hopes the scientific instruments on board can still be deployed, including a hopping robot designed to explore a nearby crater and the first lunar mobile communications antenna. It is the second time an Intuitive Machines spacecraft has landed in an irregular position on the Moon. The company is partnering with US space…

Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is “worse than tariffs”, the boss of Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman has said. Several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, which is by far the most populated, took action this week in retaliation for US tariffs on Canadian goods. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), one of the largest buyers of alcohol in the world, removed US-made alcoholic drinks from its shelves on Tuesday. Brown-Forman boss Lawson Whiting said the Canadian response was “disproportionate” to the 25% levies on Canadian goods imposed by the Trump administration. “I…

A construction worker was killed when a wall collapsed at a site along Waiyaki Way, Westlands Nairobi. Three other workers were seriously injured after the tragedy on Wednesday evening, police and witnesses said. The victims were at the Royal Visdev construction site on March 5 evening when the wall separating two sites collapsed, trapping four people. John Gichia, 45 died on the spot while his colleagues were rushed to the hospital in serious condition. The body of the man was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations. Gichia had visited the site hoping to earn Sh1,000 at the…

A woman was arrested after she strangled her eight-month-old baby girl out of rage in a village in Kabarnet, Baringo County. Police said the incident happened in Turukwei village on March 4. The 28-year-old woman had differed with her husband few hours before she strangled and hit the baby on the ground killing her on the spot. The body was moved to Baringo County Referral hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem. The suspect was arrested and placed in custody before she was arraigned with murder. In Nambale, Busia County, a man slaughtered his wife over claims of love triangle. He later reported…