Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Relative calm returned to a section of the Narok-Mai Mahiu highway after top police commanders visited a scene where herders clashed with police on Thursday January 17 following a road accident that left 25 sheep dead. The accident prompted a clash between police and the herders that left two people dead and nine officers seriously injured. One of the officers had his hand severed in the clash and later flown to Nairobi for medical attention. On January 18, 2025, outgoing director of police operations William Yiamboi and Rift Valley Regional police commander Jasper Nyauma Ombati led a team to the…

A 50-year-old man was shot and killed in his house by assailants who escaped soon after the incident in Nyamisangora area, Kuria, Migori County. The body of Charles Chacha was found in his compound minutes after he had been trailed and shot several times. Police said the body had more than ten bullet wounds and that there were about three assailants who trailed him to his home. His nephew said he heard gunshots from the scene on January 16 at about 7 pm and later saw three men run away. It was then he went to establish the source of…

TikTok went offline in the US, hours before a new law banning the platform was due to come into effect. A message appearing on the app for US users said a law banning TikTok had been enacted, meaning “you can’t use TikTok for now”. “We are fortunate that President Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok once he takes office,” it read. It comes after the social media platform warned it would “go dark” on Sunday unless the outgoing Biden administration gave assurances the ban will not be enforced. President-elect Donald Trump…

A tanker exploded after crashing in Nigeria, killing 77 people who had rushed to collect fuel from the scene, authorities say. The tanker overturned and spilled its contents in the Suleja area of North Central Niger state on Saturday. It exploded moments after people began scooping up fuel, killing dozens and leaving 25 others injured, including rescuers, officials said. Fuel tanker explosions and accidents are common in the country – often caused by the poor state of roads and badly maintained vehicles. Those injured in Saturday’s explosion are being treated in nearby hospitals, the emergency management agency said. Nigeria has…

Donald Trump returned to Washington Saturday evening to celebrate with family, supporters and political allies ahead of his second inauguration, a triumphant return for the Republican four years after he departed the city under the shadow of an attack by his supporters on the Capitol. Trump marked his return to power with a celebration at his Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, Virginia, about 30 miles outside Washington. He addressed the crowd, giving shoutouts to Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, and declaring his Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff a “great negotiator.” Witkoff this past week helped negotiate a…

Raids to detain and deport migrants living in the US without permission are set to begin on the first full day of the new Trump administration, US media report. The operations – threatened by Donald Trump’s “border tsar” Tom Homan – could begin in Chicago, a city with a large migrant population, as early as Tuesday, the New York Times and Wall Street Journal say. Trump has said he will oversee the largest deportation programme in US history. In an interview with Fox News this week, Homan promised a “big raid” across the country. He has previously said Chicago will…

ODM National Treasurer Timothy Bosire Saturday declined President William Ruto’s appointment as the non-executive chairperson of the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) board. He becomes the latest individual to decline such a presidential appointment for various reasons. In a gazette notice number 391 dated January 17, 2025, Ruto appointed Mr Bosire as the Chairperson of the NTSA for a period of three years, revoking the appointment of Dr Manoj Shah. On Saturday, January 18, Bosire said he had declined the appointment. He had also on Friday told his friends he would not take the position. This came hours after…

The National Police Service Commission (NPSC) chairman Eliud Kinuthia Saturday condemned the attack on police officers who were quelling a road rage incident over the killing of 25 sheep on the Narok-Mai-Mahiu highway. He said while the circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation, no situation justifies harming security enforcement officers who responded to help the community. “We issue a stern warning to members of the public that harming law enforcement officers is seriously prohibited by law. Such acts undermine not only the rule of law but also the peace and security of our nation,” he said. He said police…

There were mixed reactions when 217 more Kenyan police officers left for Haiti Saturday morning to join an operation aimed at containing criminal gangs in the Caribbean country. The officers from various units of the National Police Service were flagged off by top interior and foreign affairs officials aboard a commercial Kenya Airways flight. The plane left Jomo Kenyatta International Airport Saturday January 18 at about 2 am. This came after delays for more than a month over the closure of the main airport in Haiti. American aviation officials had promised they would escort the plane to Port-au-Prince airport, which…

Israel’s government has approved the new Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal with Hamas, paving the way for it to take effect on Sunday. The decision came after hours of discussions that continued late into the night. Two far-right ministers voted against the deal. The security cabinet earlier recommended ratifying the agreement, saying it “supports the achievement of the objectives of the war”, according to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. It came hours after the prime minister’s office and Hamas both said they had finalised the details of the agreement, two days after it was announced by mediators Qatar, the…

The US Supreme Court has upheld a law that bans TikTok nationwide unless its China-based parent company ByteDance sells the platform by this Sunday. TikTok had challenged the law, arguing it would violate free speech protections for the app’s more than 170 million users it says it has in the US. But that argument was rejected by the nation’s highest court, meaning TikTok must now find an approved buyer for the US version of the app or face being removed from app stores and web hosting services. However, the outgoing Biden administration and incoming President Donald Trump have been trying…

At least two people were Thursday evening shot and seriously injured as police confronted a mob that wanted to free a suspect in a road rage incident along Thika Road, Nairobi. The suspect in question was a matatu driver who had been involved in a hit-and-run incident near the Kastemil area, police said. Two police officers were using a private car on the highway when the driver of the matatu belonging to Superhighway Sacco hit the vehicle. According to the officers, the matatu damaged their car on the right side before the driver sped off. This prompted the officers from…

Police officers from Ntulele Police Station have apprehended two suspects involved in the vandalism of a public bridge under construction over the Ewaso Nyiro River, Narok County. Multiple structural metal beams were seized during the operation. Following tips from members of the public about individuals vandalizing the said bridge and using a white lorry to transport the stolen metal bars, officers acted swiftly. They tracked and intercepted the lorry at the Nairegie Enkare Junction. The driver, Peter Mwangi, along with his accomplice, Joyce Ndungu Mtua, were arrested, and together with the lorry were escorted to Ntulele Police Station for processing…

A man was stabbed and killed in a fight over Sh50 won in a bet in Kisumu town. Police said they arrested a suspect in connection with the fatal stabbing of the victim following a dispute over Sh50. The victim, an unidentified student from the Kisumu Rotary Vocational Training Centre located near Fanana area, sustained multiple stab wounds to the chest during the altercation. Witnesses said the confrontation arose over a Sh50 disagreement at the betting shop, which escalated quickly and led to the fatal stabbing. Police were on Thursday evening mobilized to calm the situation when a group of…

A woman who was missing for more than two weeks was found found dead in a family well in Themu village, Mukurwe-ini, Nyeri County. The decomposed body believed to be that of Jane Wanjiru Mutahia, 27 was found in the well with her legs and hands tied and two stones placed in between and in a gunny bag. Police said the body had decomposed and she was reported missing on January 3. She was killed and her body stuffed in the bag before being dipped into the water. The killer wanted to cover up the murder by placing stones on…