Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Namibia’s new president has announced that university fees will be scrapped from 2026. President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, the country’s first female president, made the announcement during her maiden state of the nation address on Thursday evening. Addressing lawmakers, Nandi-Ndaitwah said that students would pay “no registration [or] tuition fees” at all public universities and technical colleges. However, she said there would not be “significant” extra funding, raising questions about the scheme’s feasibility. Nandi-Ndaitwah said free university education would be phased in gradually and that the only “contribution as families and students for now will be towards accommodation and other related costs”.…

At least 28 people have been killed and 800 injured in a massive explosion at one of Iran’s key ports, authorities say. The blast took place at Shahid Rajaee, the country’s largest commercial port, near the southern city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday morning. It blew out windows and roofs of nearby buildings and destroyed cars. Residents reported feeling the impact of the blast up to 50km (31 miles) away. Six people remain unaccounted for, state media reports. Videos verified by the BBC show a fire growing in intensity before a huge explosion, with people subsequently fleeing the blast and…

Nine people were killed and others were injured when a driver plowed into a crowd at a street festival in Vancouver, Canada, Saturday night, police said. The driver was in custody following the crash on East 41st Ave. and Fraser Street shortly after 8:14 p.m. local time, the Vancouver Police Department said in a post on X. Police did not immediately provide a number of victims or a possible motive, but have identified the suspect as a 30-year-old man from Vancouver. In an update past midnight, Vancouver police said “At this time, we are confident that this incident was not an…

At least 22 passengers aboard a Kisii-bound bus were injured in an accident along the Bomet-Kisii highway at the Mumberes area of Sotik, Bomet County. The accident happened Sunday morning, police explained. Bomet County traffic police commandant Amos Namasaka said the bus veered off the road and rolled while avoiding a head-on collision with an oncoming car headed in the opposite direction. “Some 22 people were injured and have been taken to the hospital,” he said. The injured were rushed to Kaplong Hospital for medication. Following the incident, a traffic snarl-up on the Kisii-Narok highway lasted an hour before normalcy…

Police were Sunday looking for a Homa Bay Member of County Assembly (MCA) after he claimed he had been shot and injured while in Nairobi. The MCA identified as Vickins Bondo was in Nairobi for unknown mission when the incident happened Saturday April 26 night. It is not clear where if any, the shooting happened, police said. He went to Coptic Hospital on Ngong Road in the city with an injury in the head saying he had been shot. Doctors who attended to him said the injury was not severe and that he was discharged after being attended to. They…

A junior police officer was found dead in his house after a suspected suicide incident in Likuyani, Kakamega County. Police said Constable Calvince Okello lived alone in a rental house near the local police station. He had failed to report to work on April 25, 2025 when his colleagues went to check on him. They found his body hanging on a rope that was tied around his neck and roof of the house. He had apparently locked the door from inside, which forced the colleagues to break it to access the scene. A suicide note was found in the house,…

A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier surrendered to the military police a few hours after dumping his lover’s body at a health facility in Kitengela, Kajiado County. The soldier who is based at Kahawa Garrison Defence Forces Constabulary, had booked a room in an apartment in Kitengela to spend time with his girlfriend, only for their stay to turn tragic. This is after the woman, at around 11 pm became unconscious and developed difficulty in breathing. The soldier raised an alarm and the caretaker responded. According to witnesses, they requested one of the tenants to assist with his motor vehicle…

A federal judge says that a two-year-old US citizen may have been deported to Honduras with her mother and 11-year-old sister without due process amid the Trump administration’s drive to ramp up deportations. In a court filing, Judge Terry Doughty said that there was “strong suspicion” that the child – identified only as VML – was deported “with no meaningful process”. The Louisiana-born child and her family members were apprehended during a routine appointment at a New Orleans immigration office on 22 April, according to documents. A spokesperson for Department of Homeland Security said the mother wanted to take her…

Prepare to say “hello” to Nick Nelson (Kit Connor) and Charlie Spring (Joe Locke)one last time. Fan-favorite romance Heartstopper will conclude with an upcoming Heartstopper feature film. The film will star Connor and Locke (who will also serve as executive producers), and is written by Heartstopper creator, executive producer, and graphic novelist Alice Oseman. The Heartstopper movie starts filming this summer. “I am completely overjoyed that we will get to tell the end of the Heartstopper story,” Oseman says. “I’m so grateful to everyone who has worked hard to make this possible and to the incredible fans of Heartstopper for…

Jules Kounde lashed in an extra-time screamer as Barcelona beat Real Madrid to win the Copa del Rey in a remarkable Clasico in Seville. After a 2-2 draw in 90 minutes and with penalties appearing inevitable, the Barcelona defender took possession of the ball 22 yards out and drilled a fine effort into the bottom corner. Barca had been by far the better side in the first half and led through Pedri’s fantastic first-time strike from outside the box after Lamine Yamal’s cut-back. Real improved dramatically after Kylian Mbappe came on as a substitute, and he curled a free-kick, which…

A joint operation led by the DCI Crime Scene Investigations (CSI) team supported by GSU Kipsing successfully recovered two AK-47 rifles linked to the murder of two police reservists in Igembe, Meru County. The rifles were recovered on Saturday with empty magazines at Lemorijo village, Lengurma Location, Isiolo North Sub-County. Police said the operation was in response to the brutal incident that occurred on April 7, 2025, where three National Police Reservists (NPR) from Igembe North, Meru County, were fatally shot by armed raiders. The recovered rifles are believed to have been used during the attack, police said. This breakthrough…

The Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) ordered TV and radio broadcasters to cut down betting, lottery, and gambling content within 14 days or risk having their licences revoked. In a notice by Director General David Mugonyi, the Authority raised concern over rising complaints from consumers about the amount of betting-related programming aired on both television and FM radio stations. Mugonyi reminded broadcasters that they are required under Sections 461(1)(a), (c), and (i) of the Kenya Information and Communications Act, 1998, to provide responsible programming that meets the needs of different sections of the community, observe good taste and decency, and…

Land fraud and contracted squatters are a serious threat to national security, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has warned. Speaking during the commissioning of the newly built Machakos County DCI office, Murkomen noted that land issues are a cross-cutting challenge in all the Lower Eastern Region counties. After touring Machakos, Makueni and Kitui counties, he stated land disputes range from invasion, competition for resources to successions and fraud. He took issue with what he termed contracted squatters in Machakos, a protracted matter that he said is executed through the collusion of politicians, top ministry officials from Interior…

The government will crack the whip on those found culpable in the ongoing probe on alleged human trafficking in the country. Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen vowed to deal with those implicated in the investigations by competent agencies and act on the recommendations of the taskforce formed by the Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale. The CS said that though the ministry is seized of the matter, medical practice in organ transplant is a specialized area that has agencies of oversight to ensure compliance. “We will be guided by the report of the oversight agencies like the KMPDU…

Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky met briefly at Pope Francis’s funeral on Saturday, Kyiv said, marking their first encounter since a disastrous White House clash as the US president pushes the Ukrainian to make a peace deal with Russia. Trump was rubbing shoulders with dozens of world leaders at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome keen to bend his ear on the tariffs he has unleashed and other subjects. But it was the meeting with Zelensky that drew the most interest as the US leader pushes the Ukrainian to make a peace deal with Russia. The two leaders met briefly on…