Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

One of Tanzania’s main opposition leaders, Freeman Mbowe, was detained by police on Friday, his Chadema party said on X, just days ahead of local elections. Chadema had protested earlier this week that many of its candidates had been “unfairly” disqualified from running in the November 27 polls in towns and villages across the nation. “On 22 November 2024, the police force ambushed a convoy in Halungu Forest, located in Mbozi District, and arrested the National Chairman of the party, Freeman Mbowe,” Chadema director of communication and foreign affairs John Mrema said on X. Mrema said Mbowe and other Chadema…

A woman who accused Conor McGregor of raping her has won her claim against him for damages in a civil case. A jury found that the Irish mixed martial arts fighter assaulted Nikita Hand in a Dublin hotel in December 2018. He has been ordered to pay her more than €248,000 (£206,000) in damages. Speaking outside the court on Friday, Ms Hand said her story was “a reminder that no matter how afraid you might be to speak up, you have a voice”. In a post on X on Friday evening, McGregor said he would appeal against the verdict and…

Donald Trump has nominated Scott Bessent to lead the US Treasury Department, a post with wide oversight of tax policy, public debt, international finance and sanctions.  The selection ends what has proven to be one of the more protracted decisions for the president-elect as he assembles his team for a second term. Bessent, a Wall Street financier who once worked for George Soros, was an early backer of Trump’s 2024 bid and brings a relatively conventional resume to the role. The 62-year-old’s nomination on Friday evening kicked-off a series of cabinet announcements and White House appointments that leaves Trump’s top…

The High Court Friday stopped the government from implementing orders requiring travellers entering Kenya to declare the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) numbers of any mobile devices they intend to use while in the country. Justice Chacha Mwita issued the conservatory orders pending the hearing of a petition filed by Katiba Institute. “That in the meantime, a conservatory is hereby issued suspending implementation of the notice issued by Communication Authority of Kenya on 24th October 2024 titled “Public Notice on enhancing tax compliance of mobile Devices in Kenya” as well as the subsequent notice by Kenya Revenue authority on 5th November 2024…,” reads…

The High Court quashed a public notice issued by Safaricom in October 2022 that introduced expiry dates on its loyalty program popularly known as Bonga Points.   Justice Chacha Mwita at the same time prohibited Safaricom from giving effect to the notice which purported to introduce expiry dates on Bonga points service of more than three years. Mwita said once Bonga Points are awarded, they become customers’ property and Safaricom ceases to have any right over them. The consumers are entitled to the right and privilege accruing from them. Based on this, the Judge issued a declaration that the public notice…

At least five people were Friday killed in a road accident involving three vehicles at Kangocho area between Karatina and Sagana, Kirinyaga County.  Police said several others were injured in the accident. Police spokesperson Dr Resila Onyango said the accident happened Friday morning and involved a trailer that rammed onto vehicles. “Five people died on the spot while others who were injured were rushed to different hospitals,” she said. She added police are investigating the incident. She added lorry that was heading towards Sagana direction ferrying bags of maize lost control and hit two private vehicles that were heading towards…

A missing police officer was found dead in his house in Industrial Area police residence, Nairobi. Constable Peter Munene of Central police station in Nairobi had not reported to work for a day. According to police, his neighbours too said they had not seen him leave the house on Thursday November 21. This prompted the colleagues to go to his house and knocked on the door with no response, police said. They later broke into the house where his lifeless body was found lying on the bed. The body did not have any physical injuries by the time it was…

A carpenter who had been missing was found dead in Lake Yahud area, Wajir County. Mahat Ali Gedow, 48 was reported missing on November 19. His body was found in the water the following day. Police said they visited the scene and found a lifeless body lying on the shores of the said lake dressed in only red shorts without any visible physical injury. A search was done around the lake by the officers who found his clothes (a trouser and a shirt) and open shoes that were positively identified to belong to the deceased by family members. The body…

A 48-year-old woman died after collapsing in her bathroom in Malaa area, Nairobi. Scolastica Nzoka Mutinda was showering in her bathroom when she slid and fell. Her husband responded and took her to a hospital in the Joska area where she died on arrival on Wednesday November 20. Police said the family later took the body to the local police station in a car before they were helped to ferry it to the mortuary. Such accidents are common in homes amid calls to put measures in place to address them. This can be done through the installation of rough floors…

Just weeks ago, Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, celebrated Donald Trump’s election victory and announced plans to invest $10bn (£7.9bn) in energy and infrastructure projects in the US. Now, the 62-year-old Indian billionaire and a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose sprawling $169bn empire spans ports and renewable energy, faces US fraud charges that could potentially jeopardise his ambitions at home and abroad. Federal prosecutors have accused him of orchestrating a $250m bribery scheme and concealing it to raise money in the US. They allege Mr Adani and his executives paid bribes to Indian officials…

Regulators in South Africa have recalled a batch of the popular Yaz Plus contraceptive pill, after a packaging mix-up which means the contraception could be potentially ineffective.  Manufacturer Bayer Ltd said women using pills from the affected batch should stop immediately and seek medical advice. A packaging mix-up led to a number of blister packs carrying 24 inactive pills, instead of 24 hormone-containing active pills. The issue affected only a limited number of packets in a specific batch labelled WEW96J, expiring in March 2026 The erroneous batch has been recalled by Bayer, in consultation with South Africa Health Products Regulatory…

Payment app PayPal experienced a brief outage worldwide on Thursday, it confirmed. It said in a post on its service status page it was experiencing “a system issue” that affecting multiple PayPal Products – including account withdrawal and express checkout. The company said the technical issue was swiftly resolved. However, even a brief outage was enough to cause problems for customers, who reported being unable to log in to their accounts or said they were having problems making payments. Platform outage monitor Downdetector had received more than seven thousand reports from users as of 12:12 GMT. According to the company’s…

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated long-time ally and veteran prosecutor Pam Bondi as his new pick for attorney general, hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.  Bondi has a long track record in law enforcement and previously served as Florida’s attorney general. A loyal Trump ally, she was part of Trump’s legal team during his first Senate impeachment trial and also publicly supported him by showing up at court during his hush money trial in New York. “Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe…

The national lecturers’ strike has paralyzed learning across all 35 public universities and two constituent colleges for 23 days since it started. This has literally affected planned end of semester exams for the students and general transition. The students are crying foul and calling on the parties concerned to urgently agree the way forward for them to recover lost time. Despite the government agreeing to release Sh4.3 billion, which was initially accepted by lecturers, the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga quickly changed position. Wasonga says the strike will only end when the government explains how the remaining…

A 43-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Las Vegas after he called 911 for help while fighting off an intruder in his home. The family of Brandon Durham, including his 15-year-old daughter who was hiding in a nearby room, have asked for the officer to be fired. Mr Durham’s teenage daughter said she was “disgusted” with Las Vegas police as they treated him like “the suspect” not “the victim”. A lawyer for Alexander Bookman, the officer who shot Mr Durham, said he committed no crimes. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Mr Bookman, 26, had been placed…