Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

President-elect Donald Trump has said he will look at pardons for those involved in the 2021 US Capitol riot on his first day back in office next month.  “These people are living in hell,” he told NBC’s Meet the Press in his first broadcast network interview since winning November’s election. The Republican also vowed to end automatic citizenship for anyone born in the country, but offered to work with Democrats to help some undocumented immigrants who were brought to the US as children. In the wide-ranging sit-down, which was recorded on Friday, Trump promised to issue “a lot” of executive…

Manchester United confirmed the shock departure of sporting director Dan Ashworth on Sunday, just five months after he took up the role at Old Trafford. Ashworth’s exit was reportedly agreed after Saturday’s disappointing 3-2 home defeat to Nottingham Forest. His appointment was seen as a major coup among sweeping changes to the Red Devils’ sporting structure made since Jim Ratcliffe bought a minority share in the English giants in December 2023. Ashworth, 53, officially joined the club on July 1 after spending five months on gardening leave at Newcastle as Manchester United pursued their interest. However, the Athletic reported tensions…

McLaren secured this year’s constructors’ championship at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, marking the team’s first Formula 1 title since Lewis Hamilton won the driver’s championship in 2008. The victory ends a 26-year constructors’ title drought for McLaren, dating back to the 1998 season, when Mika Hakkinen and David Coulthard drove for the team. It was sealed in style in the season finale with a win for Lando Norris, who topped Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc on the podium. McLaren were made to sweat after Oscar Piastri crashed at the first corner with Max Verstappen, which…

Fulham secured a valuable point against Arsenal at Craven Cottage on Sunday after VAR ruled out Bukayo Saka’s dramatic 89th-minute winner. Raul Jimenez scored the opening goal of the match after just 11 minutes in what was Fulham’s first attack and it stayed that way up until half-time. William Saliba levelled things up in the second half – and Saka thought he’d won it for the Gunners right at the death – only for VAR to chalk it off for offside against Gabriel Martinelli. The Gunners continued to dominate in the closing stages, and thought they had won it when…

Ghana’s former President John Dramani Mahama staged a political comeback by winning the West African nation’s presidential election after his rival Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia conceded defeat on Sunday. Addressing a press conference from his residence, Bawumia said he had called Mahama to congratulate him, adding that Mahama’s National Democratic Congress (NDC) also won the parliamentary election. “Let me say that the data from our own internal collation of the election results indicate that former President John Dramani Mahama has won the Presidential election decisively,” Bawumia said. “The NDC has also won the parliamentary election. Even though we await final…

Commissioner General of Prisons Patrick Aranduh announced the promotion of a least 539 senior in major changes. Aranduh also created new ranks in the service to enhance the delivery of services. Among those created was a rank of Assistant Superintendent of Prisons (ASP) to streamline the hierarchy within the Kenya Prisons Service and harmonize KPS ranks with those of the National Police Service (NPS). He announced on December 4 the creation of the rank of Commissioner of Prisons (CP). The ranks of Assistant Commissioner of Prisons (ACP) and Deputy Commissioner of Prisons (DCP) were merged to form this new rank,…

A 71-year-old man was shot and killed in a village in Kuria, Migori County. The incident happened in Bwirege East Location at the Transmara and Migori common border and involved one Tobias Marwa Chacha, police said. He was shot while grazing his cattle at Regisuma Grazing Field, which is located along the common boundary. According to police, the man was shot in the head, hips, and left hand, and died instantly. His grandchild, who was also present, was shot in the thighs and was rushed to Migori County Referral Hospital in critical condition. Police visited the scene and moved the…

Votes are being counted after Saturday’s general election in Ghana, following a voting process that was largely peaceful except for a fatal shooting in the north of the country. Police said four men were arrested at a polling station in the town of Nyankpala, where an opposition MP candidate had attempted to file a complaint but was stopped by ruling party supporters. Soldiers have since been sent to Nyankpala in armoured vehicles to restore calm. Elsewhere election day has been peacefully conducted, with some Ghanaians queuing before dawn to make sure they cast their ballots. Polling centres officially closed at…

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s former defence minister was arrested on Sunday over his alleged role in Yoon’s declaration of martial law last week, prosecutors said. Yoon survived an impeachment vote in the opposition-led parliament late on Saturday, prompted by Tuesday’s short-lived attempt to impose martial law, but the leader of his own party said the president would effectively be excluded from his duties before eventually stepping down. The leader of Yoon’s People Power Party, Han Dong-hoon, in a joint press conference with the prime minister, said on Sunday that Yoon will not be involved in foreign and other…

The Syrian government appeared to have fallen early Sunday in a stunning end to the 50-year rule of the Assad family after a sudden rebel offensive sprinted across government-held territory and entered the capital in 10 days. The head of a Syrian opposition war monitor said President Bashar Assad had left the country for an undisclosed location, fleeing ahead of insurgents who said they had entered Damascus following the remarkably swift advance across the country. Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghazi Jalali said the government was ready to “extend its hand” to the opposition and turn its functions over to a…

Ruben Amorim believes he has to keep expectations in check at Manchester United after the optimism surrounding his positive start was punctured by a 2-0 defeat at Arsenal. The Portuguese has had a rollercoaster introduction in his first two weeks in charge of the English giants. A disappointing 1-1 draw at lowly Ipswich was followed by an eventful 3-2 Europa League win over Bodo/Glimt. Everton’s 4-0 thrashing at Old Trafford last weekend was the first time United had won a Premier League game by four or more goals since August 2021. However, the gulf between the Red Devils and those…

The International Criminal Police Organization — or Interpol — announced Thursday that an operation involving law enforcement from nine South American countries has resulted in the arrest of 45 people and the seizure of more than 3,000 homemade bombs and tons of explosive material linked to regional criminal groups. The collaborative effort, known as Operation Claymore, was carried out August 11 to October 11 and focused on the illegal flow of chemicals and other components used to make explosives in South America, according to a statement. Interpol said it had seen a particularly high trade in the materials in the…

The Football Kenya Federation (FKF) Electoral Board Friday affirmed its preparedness ahead of the long awaited presidential elections at the Kasarani Indoor Arena on Saturday December 7 as eight candidates eye the biggest seat in the Kenyan football. The presidential election has attracted eight candidates namely; Doris Petra, Tom Alila, Sam Ocholla, Sammy ‘Kempes’ Owino, Barry Otieno, Cleophas ‘Toto’ Shimanyula, Hussein Mohammed and Chris Amimo. 90 delegates will cast their vote for the next FKF boss alongside ten National Executive Committee (NEC) members to succeed outgoing president Nick Mwendwa, whose eight-year reign has elapsed. The Electoral Board chairman Hesbon Owilla…

Sports Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen sensationally claimed that the ongoing mass criticism against President William Ruto across all sectors was because of his tribe. Speaking on Thursday December 5 after gracing the first joint graduation ceremony of Kericho County Vocational Training Centres, Murkomen slammed the church, media, and government critics accusing them of being tribal in their evaluation of the President’s performance so far. Terming the current Kenya Kwanza fault-finding by Kenyans as unfair, the CS denounced the attacks directed at the President saying they were not issue-base. Murkomen took issue with why Ruto is constantly only being compared to…

A judge presiding over the trial of Daniel Penny, a former Marine accused of choking a homeless man to death on a New York City subway, has dismissed a charge of second-degree manslaughter against him, after jurors failed to reach an agreement.  New York jurors still have one less severe charge of criminally negligent homicide to consider. On the fourth day of deliberations, the 12 jurors sent two notes saying they were “unable to come to a unanimous vote” on the first count, which would be required for a conviction. The judge sent them back to try again, but they…