Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 30 year old man died after a matatu crushed his head as he alighted from the vehicle while it was on motion along Lang’ata Road, Nairobi.  Police said the incident happened on Friday August 30 at about 8 pm at the Carnivore bus stop. The deceased identified as Keith Nyakundi tried to alight from the matatu as it headed for Rongai direction when he misstepped. According to police, as a result, he fell Kkk the road headfirst. The matatu also crushed him in the process. Police visited the scene and moved the body to the mortuary. The matatu was…

Almost 40,000 people died alone in their homes in Japan during the first half of 2024, a report by the country’s police shows. Of that number, nearly 4,000 people were discovered more than a month after they died, and 130 bodies went unmissed for a year before they were found, according to the National Police Agency. Japan currently has the world’s oldest population, according to the United Nations. The agency hopes its report will shed light on the country’s growing issue of vast numbers of its aging population who live, and die, alone. Taken from the first half of 2024,…

Donald Trump is facing blowback both from anti-abortion activists and from within his own party after he implied he might support easing restrictions on the procedure in his home state of Florida. The Republican presidential nominee was asked in an interview with NBC News on Thursday how he would vote this November on the state’s ballot measure to protect abortion. Florida banned the procedure after six weeks of pregnancy after the US Supreme Court struck down the right to abortion nationwide – a law reproductive rights activists are now campaigning to end. “I think the six week is too short,”…

The government Friday launched a countrywide awareness campaign on proposed regulations to govern the issuance of new national ID cards and birth and death certificates. Regional and county commissioners will coordinate the public and stakeholder participation forums on the draft regulations for the Registration of Persons Amendment Rules 2024 and the Birth and Death Registration Amendment Rules 2024 beginning next week. The regulations are critical in anchoring the rollout of the Maisha Card and its related features including the virtual ID that the government has been piloting since November last year. Immigration Principal Secretary Prof Julius Bitok who chaired a…

National Hockey League star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were killed in a car accident in New Jersey on Thursday night. The Columbus Blue Jackets player – who was 31 – and his younger brother Matthew, 29, were riding their bicycles on a rural road in Oldsman Township when a car struck them, New Jersey police told the BBC. The driver of the car, Sean Higgins, 43, has been arrested and charged with two counts of death by auto, according to officials. In a statement, Gaudreau’s team called the incident an “unimaginable tragedy”. “Johnny was not only a great hockey…

A military alliance between Somalia and Egypt is ruffling feathers in the fragile Horn of Africa, upsetting Ethiopia in particular – and there are worries the fallout could become more than a war of words. The tensions ratcheted up this week with the arrival of two Egyptian C-130 military aeroplanes in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, signalling the beginning of the deal signed earlier in August during a state visit by the Somali president to Cairo. The plan is for up to 5,000 Egyptian soldiers to join a new-look African Union force at the end of the year, with another 5,000 reportedly…

Almost 6,200 people were murdered in South Africa in just three months. Between the start of April and the end of June, the police recorded 6 198 murders across the country and, although the overall number of murders decreased for the quarter year-on-year, four of the nine provinces experienced an increase in murders, according to Police Minister Senzo Mchunu. However, looking at both quarters combined, some insight into crime in the first half of 2024 can be gleaned, as the data covers January to June. Notably, this combined data shows that 12,734 people were murdered in this period—averaging 70 murders…

The body of a 25 year old man was found on the roadside in Nairobi’s Lucky summer area.   The discovery was made on Thursday morning long after the victim had died at Hussein Bridge. Police visited the scene and the body was identified as one of Sylvester Omondi and had blood oozing from the left side of the head. Police said the rest of the body remained intact. The body was moved to city morgue waiting autopsy. In Kasarani area, one Kano Njoroge died by suicide in a bizarre incident. Police said the deceased had been enjoying drinks with his…

Police are investigating an incident in which a man died after falling from the third floor of an apartment in Zimmerman area, Nairobi.  The body of the man was discovered on Wednesday night after he had fallen and died. Police said the body lay in a pool of blood on the ground floor of the apartment. A caretaker told the body lay in a prone position with injuries on the right side of the head, and broken collarbone when she found it first. It was established that, the deceased was not a resident or tenant of the said apartment. A…

A suspected thug was shot and killed in a confrontation with police in Nairobi’s Dagoretti area.  The incident happened on Wednesday August 28 evening along Kamitha Prince of Peace stream, police said. Police said officers on patrol were informed that two armed men were robbing members of public. The officers moved to the scene and spotted the two in action prompting a confrontation which left one of the suspects dead. He was shot as he allegedly aimed a gun at the police while the second one managed to escape on foot. The officers said they recovered a homemade gun capable…

A police officer was arrested after he shot and seriously wounded a tuktuk driver in a confrontation outside Kakamega police station.  This was after the driver allegedly declined to drop him outside the station as he had demanded. And acting out of rage, the constable of police shot and injured Derick Chibini, 28 in the left shoulder and another one penetrating on the right collarbone and exiting on the left collarbone. It was established the constable of police had initially on August 28 been issued with the Ceska pistol containing 15 bullets for duties at the local courts. He however…

Kenya’s counterterrorism actors registered another successful win after the conviction of Abdul Najib Mohamed previously known as George Oluoch Awiti, who was sentenced by Siaya Principal Magistrate to serve 20 years in prison for involvement in terrorism activities. Awiti was convicted on multiple charges, including membership in a terrorist group, collection of terrorism-related information, and possession of articles related to terrorist acts. The prosecution team presented overwhelming evidence, including testimonies from three key witnesses and forensic and deep analysis of various items found in Awiti’s possession. The evidence presented before the Magistrate included both audio and videos that encouraged and…

A Florida man found guilty of killing a college freshman and raping the victim’s older sister while the two were on a camping trip was executed on Thursday.  The state administered a lethal injection to 57-year-old Loran Cole at Florida State Prison. He was pronounced dead at 18:15 local time (23:15 BST). He was given the death penalty for killing 18-year-old John Edwards in 1994, and was also serving two life sentences for rape. The US Supreme Court denied Cole’s appeal against the death penalty earlier on Thursday. His defence attorneys had argued the he should not be executed, noting…

US Vice-President Kamala Harris defended her shifts on policy, President Joe Biden, and her time in the White House in her first interview since becoming the Democratic nominee. Ms Harris argued that the Biden administration was able to reduce illegal border crossings in recent months and “recover the economy” after the pandemic. She called the White House’s policies a “success”, specifically pointing to a decline in prescription drug costs and the unemployment rate: “That’s good work. There’s more to do.” Ms Harris appeared in the pre-recorded CNN interview with her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. It was her first…

The former Strictly Come Dancing star Artem Chigvintsev has been arrested on suspicion of domestic violence in the US, according to jail records. He was booked into Napa County jail in California on Thursday morning. The 42-year-old Russian professional dancer joined series eight of Strictly in 2010, winning that year with celebrity partner Kara Tointon. Since 2014 he has been appearing regularly on Dancing With The Stars, the US version of the show. Online jail records say Mr Chigvintsev was arrested under section 273.5(a) of the California penal code – corporal injury to spouse. The section covers traumatic injury to…