Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A fight between two Chinese nationals forced a Qatar Airways flight to divert to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. The plane was headed for Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday February 23 afternoon when the pilot reported he was diverting to JKIA for an emergency case. On landing, it emerged a passenger had collapsed in the plane and needed medical attention. This is after he was hit by a fellow passenger, who was Chinese in an altercation that turned violent. It emerged one Tang Zhonglyu had been assaulted by fellow passenger Wei Dakang. He collapsed in the plane forcing it’s landing at JKIA.…

Police are investigating an incident in which two men were found dead on the roadside along Mombasa Road, Athi River area, Machakos County. The victims had deep panga cuts and seemed to have been killed elsewhere and dumped at the site on February 22 morning. Police said a third victim is fighting for his life in hospital after the tragedy. The motive of the incident is yet to be known. Pedestrians reported that the men were lying near a petrol station with deep cuts. Police visited the scene and established one victim had no identification documents. The second slain man…

Kenyans have noticed a striking similarity between the type of sleek shirts won by Inject Party leader Morara Kebaso and President William Ruto. Over the last several weeks or so, Kebaso has stepped out wearing the same Stefano Ricci shirts also popularized by President Ruto, leaving many fashion afficionados with questions on the unlikely similarity – and with others even diving further into the possible costs of the same. For both of their coastal forays, the twosome have been spotted rocking the fancy designer shirts, with Kebaso looking resplendent in his orange patterned shirt and the President in a dashing…

A US judge has declined a request by the Associated Press to immediately restore its access to presidential events after the Trump administration blocked the agency in a dispute over the term “Gulf of America”. US District Judge Trevor McFadden, a Trump appointee, declined to grant the news outlet’s emergency motion, but set another hearing for the case for 20 March. The news agency has refused to change its style from the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”, after President Donald Trump renamed it with an executive order. The AP argues the ban is retaliatory and infringes on…

French President Emmanuel Macron said any peace deal in Ukraine must come with security guarantees, as he met US President Donald Trump at the White House for talks on the war. “This peace must not be a surrender of Ukraine, it must not mean a ceasefire without guarantees,” he said as the two leaders held a joint news conference following their meeting on Monday. Trump, who did not mention security guarantees himself, said the cost and burden of securing peace in Ukraine must be paid for by European nations and not just the US. Macron responded that Europe understood the…

Starbucks is cutting 1,100 jobs and simplifying its menu in the US as it tries to improve flagging business in its home market.  The first items to get the axe include the Royal English Breakfast Latte, White Hot Chocolate and several kinds of blended frappuccinos. But Starbucks said more offerings would be cut, as it aims to shrink its menu by nearly a third over the next year, hoping to reduce wait times and improve quality and consistency. The company has been wrestling with a sustained fall in sales since last year, which has been particularly pronounced in the US.…

Private security guards have a reason to be happy. This is after the High Court upheld the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) legal notice setting the minimum wage for guards in Kenya at Sh30,000. A court dismissed a petition challenging the implementation of the minimum monthly wages for security guards, paving way for the pay rise. PSRA former Director General Fazul Mahammed had, in a legal notice in November 2023, directed all private security firms to pay their security guards a minimum wage of Sh30,000 before statutory deductions. However, John Kipkorir, suing on behalf of Private Security Industry Association (PSIA),…

The police officer who was shot and killed during a clash with criminal gangs in Haiti has been identified as Constable Samuel Kitwai, 26. Kitwai who was serving in the Multinational Security Support Mission (MSSM) in Haiti died on Sunday February 23 after he was injured during a security operation. He had come from the General Service Unit. The US embassy in Nairobi sent condolences to the family of the officer who died while working to improve security for the Haitian people as part of the Multinational Security Support mission. “The United States is grateful for the courageous Kenyan police…

A soldier from Kenya Defence Forces was Monday morning killed after an explosion caused by an improvised Explosive Device in Elwak, Mandera County.  The attack was the second one in less then 24 hours following Sunday’s where a four wheel drive car was badly damaged in the same area. Officials said a joint patrol party involving KDF and Special Operations Group encountered a reinforced ambush leading to death of one KDF soldier at Qura-Qura 15 kilometers outside Elwak. The other team escaped as they engaged the gang behind the attack in a gunfight. Their vehicle was badly damaged in the…

Nairobi City County Monday launched a full-scale enforcement operation against Kenya Power in a dispute over unpaid land rates, which have accumulated to more than Sh4.8 billion. The county officials dumped garbage outside Stima Plaza after power supply was disconnected to most of their premises. County officials arrived at Stima Plaza, the KPLC’s headquarters, with garbage trucks, blocking all entry and exit points. Moments later, water supply was cut off, sewer lines were sealed, and parked vehicles were towed away to the county yard. Some were clamped, KPLC officials said. By mid-morning, the normally busy premises had turned chaotic, with…

A suspect died after he jumped from the fourth floor of a house where he was accused of stealing water taps in Juja, Kiambu County. A caretaker of an apartment in the area said he stumbled on the suspect while dismantling taps at the house at the weekend. He alerted other tenants and went there where he found a man removing water taps installed in the said house. The stranger, on seeing the caretaker started running away upstairs to the rooftop. Upon arrival at the rooftop, he jumped down from the rooftop of the four-storey building and landed on the…

Kenya suffered its first casualty after one police officer was on Sunday February 23 shot and killed in a clash with criminal gangs in Seguin in Pont-Sonde, Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Multinational Security Support Mission (MSS) in Haiti commander Godfrey Otunge said the victim was among a team that had embarked on a mission to crush a gang operating in the area when he was shot and seriously injured. He was airlifted to Level Two Aspen hospital where he succumbed to the injuries. His colleagues responded and killed dozens of the criminals, officials said. It marked the first casualty on the…

US President Donald Trump has appointed right-wing commentator Dan Bongino as deputy director of the FBI. Trump posted on social media that Bongino was “a man of incredible love and passion for our Country” and would serve under newly confirmed FBI director Kash Patel. Bongino, 50, is ex-NYPD and Secret Service and also worked as presidential protection for two presidents – George W Bush and Barack Obama. He hosts a self-titled podcast whose Facebook posts often attract more attention than those of Fox News and CNN combined. “Thank you Mr President, Attorney General Bondi, and Director Patel,” Bongino wrote on…

The Trump administration has placed most United States Agency for International Development (USAID) employees back on administrative leave from midnight on Sunday and laid off hundreds more. In addition to some 4,200 staff who are being placed on leave, at least 1,600 employees are being fired. The move comes weeks after President Donald Trump’s initial attempt to eliminate thousands of USAID employees was held up by a legal challenge. A federal judge temporarily halted the administration’s plan to gut America’s foreign aid agency, but ruled on Friday that the pause would not be permanent. Founded in 1961, USAID employed around…

Key US departments within the Trump administration have told staff not to comply with a Saturday email from Elon Musk’s cost-cutting initiative asking what they accomplished in the past week. The FBI, state department and Pentagon were among agencies that instructed employees not to answer the message. Other department heads advised staff to comply, while some told workers to wait for further guidance before responding. Musk said failure to respond by Monday at midnight would be interpreted as the employee resigning. President Donald Trump has yet to comment on the email. The conflicting guidance caused confusion for hundreds of thousands…