Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has taken over investigations into the death of former Member of Parliament Cyrus Jirongo, who succumbed to injuries sustained in a fatal road accident on the night of December 13, 2025. The crash occurred at the Karai area along the Nakuru–Nairobi Highway and involved Jirongo’s private vehicle and a public service vehicle (PSV) bus operated by Climax Coach. Preliminary findings indicate the collision happened at about 2:19 a.m., resulting in a head-on impact that propelled Jirongo’s vehicle roughly 25 metres from the point of impact, while the bus came to rest approximately 50 metres…

A 26-year-old community health volunteer on Tuesday appeared before the High Court in Garissa, charged with the murder of his 17-year-old niece. Shafa Bilal Shaklane was arraigned before Justice John Onyiego to answer one count of murder contrary to Section 203 as read with Section 204 of the Penal Code. Principal Prosecution Counsel Bernard Owuor told the court that the Director of Public Prosecutions had charged the accused with the murder of Safiya Hussein Bilal. The court heard that the offence was allegedly committed on November 16, 2025, at around midnight at Borehole 5 in Fafi Sub-County, Garissa County. The…

President William Ruto lauded a Sh32 billion investment agreement between Bamburi Cement PLC and SINOMA-CBMI Construction Co. Ltd, saying it exemplifies the transformative public–private partnerships needed to unlock Kenya’s Sh5 trillion rapid national development ambition. Speaking in Nairobi during the contract-signing ceremony, the President said the new clinker production line—set to be developed in Matuga—will significantly strengthen Kenya’s industrial base while accelerating delivery of strategic national infrastructure. “This is the kind of deliberate, aligned investment that advances our shared national goals,” Ruto said. “It underscores our commitment to supporting initiatives that drive growth, jobs, and regional balance.” The project is…

Safaricom’s enterprise arm has announced the first batch of winners in its ongoing nationwide Shangwe @25 promotion, rewarding businesses across different segments with tools and financial support aimed at driving growth and community impact. In the announcement, Safaricom Business revealed that 25 enterprise customers have already benefited from the promotion, which is running to mark the company’s 25 years of operation. Under the initiative, 10 micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) received a Bajaj tricycle each, nine enterprises were awarded business restock worth Sh250,000, while six large enterprises received Sh500,000 each to support corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects of their…

A 19-year-old woman was found murdered in her house in the Eland area, Kericho town. The woman was identified as Esther Wairimu, police said. Her body was found lying in bed and in a pool of blood long after the murder. Police said the woman had injuries in her left hand and back. Her husband is missing after the murder on December 15, 2025. The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said on Tuesday after moving the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. Elsewhere at the junction of the Oloitoktok-Olenguruone roads, in Kileleshwa, Nairobi a…

A 20-year-old man was arrested for the brutal murder of his mother in Nyamagwa village, Sameta, Kisii County. The motive of the murder was not immediately established, police said on Tuesday after the death of Josephine Kerubo Gisemba, 45. The neighbours of the woman said she had been crying for help from her house. They rushed to the scene and found Kerubo lying unconscious on the floor and in a pool of blood. She had a deep cut in the head and swollen neck. Police said she was rushed to a local hospital where she was pronounced dead on arrival.…

Detectives are investigating the brutal murder of a retired teacher whose body was found outside his house in Likia, Njoro, Nakuru County. Police said the body of Samuel Muchiri was discovered on Monday, December 15, 2025 morning, long after the murder. The motive of the murder was not immediately established. Police said the man had had visible deep cuts in the head and the body lay outside his house. A team of police that visited the scene said they are pursuing good leads into the fatal attack. His house had been ransacked. The body was moved to the mortuary pending…

Detectives are investigating an incident where the body of a man was found in a pit latrine after a murder incident in Kinungi area, Naivasha, Nakuru County. The body of Samuel Njoroge Meja, 40 was found in the uncovered latrine long after the murder had happened on Monday December 15, 2025. The fire brigade from Naivasha arrived at the scene and helped to retrieve the body. Police said the body had visible injuries in the head, face and neck. Police said they are investigating murder in the incident. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other…

Tens of thousands of people gathered across Brazil’s main cities on Sunday to protest against a bill that – if passed – would reduce the time former President Jair Bolsonaro will spend in jail. The former president is serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a coup d’etat after he lost the 2022 election to his left-wing rival, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. One of the lawmakers backing the bill told AFP news agency it could lead to Bolsonaro’s sentence being shortened to two years and four months in prison. Last week, chaos erupted as conservative lawmakers pushed it through the…

US President Donald Trump said he had asked Chinese leader Xi Jinping to “consider” releasing Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong pro-democracy tycoon who was earlier this week found guilty under the city’s controversial national security law. “I feel so badly,” Trump told reporters. “I spoke to President Xi about it and I asked to consider his release.” The UK similarly called for the 78-year-old to be “immediately released”, with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper condemning the ruling, calling it a “politically motivated persecution”. Lai, who is a British citizen, has been in jail since December 2020 and is due to…

US President Donald Trump has filed a defamation lawsuit against the BBC over an edit of his 6 January 2021 speech in a Panorama documentary. Trump has requested billions of dollars in damages, according to court documents filed in Florida. The BBC apologised to Trump in November, but rejected his demands for compensation and disagreed there was any “basis for a defamation claim”. Trump’s legal team accused the BBC of defaming him by “intentionally, maliciously, and deceptively doctoring his speech”. The BBC has not yet responded to the lawsuit being filed. According to the filing, Trump sued the broadcaster for…

A son of film director Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner has been arrested and booked on suspicion of murder after the couple were found dead in their Los Angeles home. The Los Angeles Police Department said on Monday that Nick Reiner, 32, had been arrested and that he was in custody with no bail. The deceased couple’s 28-year-old daughter, Romy, found her parents in their home with multiple stab wounds on Sunday, sources told the BBC’s US partner CBS News. Rob Reiner is known for directing several iconic films in a variety of genres, including When Harry Met Sally,…

Legendary Hollywood film-maker and actor Rob Reiner and his wife Michele have been found dead in their Los Angeles home. Authorities are investigating the incident as an apparent homicide after police and firefighters were called to the couple’s house on Sunday afternoon in an upmarket neighbourhood of LA. Reiner is known for directing classic films in a variety of genres, including When Harry Met Sally, This is Spinal Tap, Stand By Me, Misery and A Few Good Men. A family spokesperson confirmed the couple’s death in a statement to US media. Tributes have arrived from major figures in both Hollywood…

Saying the “evidence now points in a different direction,” law enforcement officials late Sunday released a man they had detained in connection with the Brown University shooting, which left two dead and nine injured. “This is what these investigations look like,” said Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha at a news conference. “Sometimes you head in one direction and then you have to regroup and go in another and that’s exactly what has happened over the last 24 hours or so.” Neronha said “there was a quantum of evidence which justified detaining this person as a person of interest.” “That…

Former Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two national security charges and a lesser sedition charge, in a landmark two-year trial widely viewed as a measure of the city’s shrinking freedoms under Beijing’s rule. Self-made billionaire Lai, 78, is one of the highest-profile critics of Beijing who has been charged under a sweeping security law imposed on the semi-autonomous city in 2020, following months of huge and sometimes violent pro-democracy protests. He founded Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy tabloid newspaper known for its blistering broadsides against the Chinese Communist Party until its forced closure in…