Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Interior and National Administration CS Kipchumba Murkomen Friday rallied Members of Parliament to strengthen the legal framework on enforced disappearances. He said there were gaps in the law which make it easier for abuse, warning that self-initiated or fake abductions are trivialising the severity of abduction crimes and that it was critical that MPs find ways of making it harder to do it. “We need a comprehensive legal framework that will punish those who exploit these situations for their own selfish interests, thereby misusing security resources that are essential for ensuring the safety of Kenyans,” he said. The CS spoke…

Kanyenyaini Ward Member of County Assembly (MCA) in Muranga Grace Nduta was Friday presented in court in the suspected stage-managed abduction of Juja Member of Parliament George Koimburi case. She was presented with three other suspects who had been arrested earlier on. The plot is also believed to have involved an attempt by security officers to prevent his arrest. The prosecution requested the court that the MCA be detained for 14 days as investigations continue. They are also seeking to detain the other three suspects for 15 days. However, the defence lawyers opposed the application, arguing that the suspects should…

The High Court in Kiambu dismissed a petition filed by 13 police officers, a National Intelligence Service (NIS) officer, and a Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) warden seeking to stop the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) from prosecuting them in a murder case of two Indian nationals and a Kenyan. Lady Justice Abigael Mshila ruled that the petition did not meet the required threshold and accordingly dismissed it. In July 2024, the petitioners (15 police officers) had sought to stop the DPP from charging them with the murder of two Indian nationals and a Kenyan, citing abuse of power and violation…

More than a thousand Indians have “come back or [been] deported” from the United States since January, India’s foreign ministry has said. Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that around 62% of them came on commercial flights, without providing more details. This comes in the wake of President Donald Trump’s campaign against undocumented migrants to the US. Trump had earlier said that India “will do what’s right” on the deportation of illegal migrants. In February, the US had deported more than hundred Indians on a US military flight, with reports saying some of them were brought back shackled. “We have close cooperation…

A suspect wanted for the murder of a South African university student has been killed in a shootout with the police. Olorato Mongale’s body was found on Sunday in Lombardy, north of Johannesburg, about two hours after she was reported missing having gone on a date. In the early hours of Friday morning, police officers found the main suspect hiding at a residential complex in the coastal town of Amanzimtoti, police spokesperson Athlenda Mathe said. The suspect, who has not been named by the police, shot at the officers, who returned fire and killed him, Brigadier Mathe added. Ms Mongale’s…

At least one person was killed in an accident involving three trailers at a key bridge in Emali area along the Nairobi-Mombasa highway. The Friday morning accident caused a serious traffic gridlock between Emali and Masimba along the Nairobi-Mombasa Highway, police said. Witnesses said the jam stretched many kilometers. Police spokesman Michael Muchiri said the accident happened at the Jet Inn area involving three trailers that collided on a railway bridge, completely blocking the road. Another driver was injured in the accident. He said police were Friday morning working with relevant agencies to restore normal traffic flow. “Additional police officers…

A police officer who stole and later sold confiscated liquor at Kiamaciri police station that killed 17 people last year has been arrested again for bribing a senior police officer to release a bhang trafficker. Constable Allan Kyalo Kimanzi who is under interdiction was arrested on Wednesday at Kithimani Law Courts premises for the offence of conspiracy to defeat justice after he sent Sh20,000 to the Matuu police station commander. Constable Kimanzi was attempting to secure the release of a 23-year-old suspect who was arrested on Tuesday in Matuu town for trafficking one sack of bhang from Thika to Matuu…

Grim details of life inside the Shakahola forest emerged today during a court session at the Tononoka Law Courts, as prosecutors presented three witnesses in the ongoing trial against controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie and his 38 co-accused. The trial, centered around the removal of children from school, child torture, and disappearances of family members who allegedly joined Mackenzie in a doomsday cult, featured chilling testimonies from a child therapist and two family members of missing persons. The 47th prosecution witness, a child therapist who had been tasked with attending to rescued minors from the forest at the Malindi Child Rescue…

A Dutch national was attacked and robbed Sh3.6 million in a fake gold deal in Kakamega Town. The incident happened on May 28, 2025 in a building where the foreigner had been driven to. The victim is the latest to fall into the trap of the gold scammers who are changing tactics on a daily basis amid police operations to tame the trend. According to the police, the victim had traveled from Dubai to Nairobi, then flew to Kisumu before he was picked up to visit an alleged gold site in Ikolomani, Kakamega. He told police he met an alleged…

US President Donald Trump can keep collecting import taxes for now, an appeals court has said, a day after a trade ruling found the bulk of his global tariffs to be illegal. A federal appeals court granted a bid from the White House to temporarily suspend the lower court’s order, which ruled that Trump had overstepped his power by imposing the duties. Wednesday’s judgement from the US Court of International Trade drew the ire of Trump officials, who called it an example of judicial overreach. Small businesses and a group of states had challenged the measures, which are at the…

A former assistant of rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs has told a New York court that he repeatedly sexually assaulted her while she was employed by him for eight years. The witness – who testified anonymously under the pseudonym “Mia” – also tearfully said she lived in fear of violent rages from Mr Combs as she worked by his side. The hip-hop mogul watched from the defence table with arms folded in his lap as she testified about her fears of retribution for reporting his alleged abuse. Mr Combs, 55, has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy,…

Five musicians who disappeared in the Mexican city of Reynosa, near the US border, were murdered by suspected drug cartel members, Mexican authorities have said. Nine alleged members of the notorious Gulf Cartel have been arrested on suspicion of murder, according to Irving Barrios Mojica, attorney general for the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The musicians – known as Grupo Fugitivo – were kidnapped while travelling to a private event on 25 May, Barrios Mojica said. Soon after, their relatives reported receiving ransom demands. Investigators are working to establish a motive for the killings. The musicians were aged between 20 and…

Andrew and Tristan Tate will return to the UK to face 21 criminal charges once proceedings against them in Romania have concluded, their lawyers have said. The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said on Wednesday that it had authorised charges including rape, actual bodily harm and human trafficking against the brothers in 2024, before an extradition warrant was issued to bring them back from Romania. Authorities in Romania are investigating the two British-Americans in a separate case, in relation to a number of charges which they deny. In a statement on Thursday, lawyers for the Tates said that “once those proceedings…

A South African woman convicted of kidnapping and trafficking her six-year-old daughter has been sentenced to life in prison, along with her two accomplices. The jail terms for Racquel “Kelly” Smith, her boyfriend Jacquen Appollis and their friend Steveno van Rhyn come more than a year after Joshlin Smith mysteriously disappeared outside her home in Saldanha Bay, near Cape Town. Despite a highly publicised search for the girl, who vanished in February 2024, she is yet to be found. The sentencing follows an eight-week trial that captivated South Africa, with witnesses and prosecutors making a number of shocking allegations. Judge…

South African police hunting the culprits in the recent murder of a university student say they have broken up a gang targeting women in shopping centres. Olorato Mongale’s body was discovered on Sunday in Lombardy, north of Johannesburg, about two hours after she was reported missing having gone on a date. Late on Wednesday, they named three suspects they believe may be involved in her death. “We have broken [the] back of a syndicate that is targeting women, especially young women, in malls… for kidnapping and robbery,” said police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe. The police also said they had seized…