Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja warned land rate defaulters in the city they will face the music if they don’t pay. He said that the county’s revenue collection department has intensified its enforcement efforts as the financial year draws to a close. Speaking during the CBK Police Housing event in the Industrial Area, Sakaja defended the county’s recent clampdown on property owners who have failed to pay land rates. “Some people have not been happy with the revenue collection drive we’re conducting in Nairobi, including the clamping of buildings that have defaulted on land rates,” he said. “It is very unfair.…

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen pitched for Kenya’s enhanced partnership in tackling emerging security challenges and addressing refugees matters. Kenya hosts thousands of refugees in camps in Dadaab and Kakuma. Murkomen who is currently in Geneva, Switzerland, attending the 8th Session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (GP2025), on the sidelines held talks with United Nations (UN)top officials, underscoring Kenya’s commitment in securing the country and also meeting her international obligations. During his bilateral engagement with the Assistant High Commissioner for Operations at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), he stated Kenya’s firm…

Relatives of two men whose bodies were found dumped on the roadside in Menengai, Nakuru County identified them at a mortuary in an emotional event. Grief-stricken family members and friends were overwhelmed with emotion after viewing and identifying the bodies of their relatives at the Nakuru County Mortuary on Tuesday June 3. Simon Yego, 45, and Collins Kipyatich, 22, were found with their arms severed. Their families allege that the two were abducted by suspected security officers in Tot, Elgeyo Marakwet, on Friday May 30. The two badly mutilated male bodies were found dumped along the Mogotio-Kipkitur road at Kinoyo…

Police in Kilifi are investigating an incident where five men broke into pastor Ezekiel Odero’s New Life Church and Prayer Centre in Mavueni and stole a covenant box. Kilifi North police Boss, Stanley Tonui said two security guards and one suspect aged 24 years were arrested in connection to the robbery as investigations continue. The motive of the incident is yet to be known. The incident happened on Sunday June 1 night. Other items stolen are an item known as ‘Chuma ya Meno Saba’, One tray with a kettle and six cups all gold-plated whose value has not been established. Police…

A 22-year-old woman was found murdered after she had quarreled with her husband over parental issues in Mulot, Narok County. The assailant is said to have used a rope to strangle one Naomi Kones. This is after they had quarreled over when they should sire a child. Witnesses told police the man used a rope to strangle his wife on June 2. He later escaped the scene. Police were called to the scene and moved the body to the mortuary pending investigations and a hunt for the suspect. Elsewhere in Transmara, Narok County, a man was found murdered and his…

A man suspected to be a charcoal burner was shot and killed in a clash with Kenya Forest Service personnel in Kibiri Forest, Vihiga County. One KFS personnel was injured after being attacked by a group that was said to be burning charcoal in the forest on June 2. A team of KFS rangers had responded to the forest following reports a group was burning charcoal therein. On arrival they were attacked by five men leaving one rangers with deep cuts in the head. The assailant was then shot and killed by other rangers in the drama. The other suspects…

Detectives are investigating at least ten suicide incidents that were reported separately in parts of the country. The majority of the victims are men, police statistics show. The first incident was reported in Matisi, Bungoma County on June 1 where one Stephen Mlongo, 24 died by suicide by hanging himself in their kitchen. In Navakholo, Kakamega County, one Gideon Nyongesa, 28 died by suicide in his house after setting fire on himself. Locals rushed to the scene after seeing smoke from the house but found it locked from inside. Nyongesa used his sofaset to set on the fire killing himself…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will start pushing legislation that would fast-track ambitious national projects to boost Canada’s economy, now faced with Donald Trump’s tariffs. Carney outlined his plan on Monday after a meeting – described as “very productive” – with the leaders of Canada’s provinces and territories. “This has been the best meeting we’ve had in 10 years,” Ontario premier Doug Ford told reporters. Carney said his plan is to narrow down a list of so-called “nation building” projects – like pipelines, nuclear reactors and trade corridors – and create a framework in which the projects…

Disney says it will lay off several hundred more people around the world, with workers in its film, television and finance departments impacted. The entertainment giant has been under pressure as viewers move away from cable TV subscriptions in favour of streaming platforms. “As our industry transforms at a rapid pace, we continue to evaluate ways to efficiently manage our businesses while fuelling the state-of-the-art creativity and innovation that consumers value and expect from Disney,” a spokesperson told the BBC. The latest job cuts follow major layoffs announced in 2023, when around 7,000 workers were let go as part of a…

Four men suspected to be al-Shabaab terrorists were Monday mowed down by police bullets in a clash in Najo and Guracho areas of Garissa County. The clash happened after the team from Kenya’s elite Special Operations Group (SOG) trailed them for a distance. The success followed a meticulously planned intelligence-led operation, police said. The militants were first spotted by a surveillance drone, after which the units tracked and engaged them. A fierce exchange of fire ensued, resulting in four terrorists being killed. Recovered at the scene were two AK-47 rifles, a PKM machine gun, multiple rounds of ammunition, and communication…

Activists Boniface Mwangi and Uganda’s Agather Atuhaire came out to explain the torture and abuses they went through in Tanzania revealing they were sexually abused. When the two left their countries on May 18, 2025, they were hopeful to show their support to Tundu Lissu, a Tanzanian opposition leader charged with treason. It was meant to be a trip to attend a court hearing and return home but it turned to torture in the hands of alleged state officials and hired gangs in Tanzania. The activists vowed Monday to take legal action against Tanzania. They explained they were forcefully taken…

A team of detectives deployed to hunt down a daring armed gang that had become the nightmare of Nakuru County dwellers rounded up the five gang members, and recovered the AK47 used in their crime spree. Acting on intelligence leads, the team drawn from DCI’s Operation Action Team and Crime Research Bureau augmented their Nakuru counterparts in a coordinated raid that saw the gang member flushed from their hideouts. After interrogating the suspects, police proceeded to Rhoda area of Nakuru where the AK 47 serial number 18916 loaded with three rounds of ammunition was found concealed in dry grasses near…

A 28-year-old man was stabbed and killed in a robbery in Mathare slums, Nairobi. The man identified as Peter Muthama was stabbed in the back in a struggle with suspected thugs in the area on June 1. His body was found lying next to a makeshift long after the incident had happened, police said. The assailants escaped the scene soon after the attack. Police arrived at the scene and picked up the body to the mortuary pending autopsy and an investigation into the gang. Police have been advising robbery victims to always cooperate with their attackers for their safety. Police…

A police officer is nursing gunshot wounds after he shot and injured himself in the leg at his workstation in Hulugho, Garissa County. The officer had been asleep in his house and was supposed to report to work on Monday morning when the incident happened. This is after he was tripped by a mosquito net in his house. He told his seniors he had kept his CZ rifle under his mattress and was struggling to remove it when the mosquito net accidentally held and tripped him. He then accidentally discharged nine bullets. One bullet hit his left sole in the…

A police officer was on Monday morning shot and killed in an ambush by gunmen in Free Area, Nakuru Town, police said. Police said two other colleagues were injured in the attack and are receiving treatment in the hospital. One of the officer was also attacked by a machete in the ambush after he fell as he escaped. Police said the officers had responded to a distress call when they were ambushed at about 1 a.m. Police said the deceased identified as Constable Josphat Ruto is attached to Bondeni police station. An operation was staged in the area that saw…