Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have exposed the details of a man believed to be the prime suspect in the murder of a woman in Thika. The DCI urged the public to volunteer details that would aid in the arrest of the suspect identified as Ken Kimathi Gichunuku alias Sultan. Kimathi is believed to be behind the killing of Seth Nyakio Njeri, whose body was found at her friend’s house at Biafra Estate within Thika township on October 10, 2024. The body of Njeri, 23 was discovered in her friend’s house on October 14, 2024 at Blessing Building…

A boy, aged 11 was shot and seriously wounded by a gun holder who was chasing suspected thugs in Nairobi’s Kawangware area. The victim was a bystander at the time of the incident. He was hit in the cheek and attended to in hospital in stable condition. The businessman identified as James Kamau, 55 who is a licensed gun holder told police he was Thursday November 14 night at his general merchants shop in the area when a group of three men confronted him. He said the men were armed with metal bars and wanted to steal meter boxes that…

An electrician was electrocuted while fixing cables at a private residence in Nairobi’s Muthaiga area. Police said Wilson Wambui had been contracted for wiring purposes at the house when he went missing. He had gone to the ceiling where he traced the problem and was busy fixing the same when he was electrocuted. This is after he touched a naked wire, police said. the man who contracted him said he waited for him to come out and give out the report on the progress he had made in vain. He was not answering to his calls, which prompted the foreman…

Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a history of spreading health information that scientists say is false. If his nomination is ratified by the Senate, he will lead a huge agency overseeing everything from food safety to medical research and welfare programmes. The announcement came amid a fresh flurry of nominations on Thursday evening, with Trump also declaring his intention to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as his…

A former professional American football player has been charged in connection with the riot at the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Antwoine Williams is facing felony charges of civil disorder and assaulting, resisting or impeding police, along with several lesser misdemeanour charges. He was charged on 7 November, in what is reportedly the first Capitol riot-related case filed since Donald Trump won the presidential election. Mr Williams, a defensive player from Georgia, was a college star at Georgia Southern University before being drafted by the National Football League’s Detroit Lions. He played one season in 2016 before being released…

The Deputy Chief of Protocol at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and two others were Thursday charged with fraud.  This follows the conclusion of an inquiry into allegations of forgery and conspiracy to commit a felony implicating the three and the subsequent approval for their prosecution by the Director of Public Prosecution. They appeared at a Kibera Court. Since March 2023, the U.S. Embassy in Kenya has cooperated with the DCI inquiry into the origins of several falsified diplomatic notes that emanated from the Ministry of Foreign and Diplomatic Affairs, which were signed and released by the said Deputy Chief…

The Cabinet Thursday approved transfer of Amboseli National Park to County Government of Kajiado, a move aimed at helping local administration and community reap more from their conservation efforts. The meeting also discussed and approved the upgrading of five Technical Training Institutes to National Polytechnics. These are Michuki TTI, Mitunguu TTI, Ol’ lessos TTI, Nairobi TTI and Friends College of Research and Technology in Kaimosi. National polytechnics will now increase from 23 to 28. President William Ruto chaired the cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi. The meeting also approved Kenya’s Signature and Ratification of the Agreement Under the United Nations…

The Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) announced on Thursday that fuel prices for November will remain unchanged, with no changes to the costs of Super Petrol, Diesel, and Kerosene. According to EPRA’s latest review, Super Petrol will continue to be priced at Sh180.66 per liter, Diesel at Sh168.06, and Kerosene at Sh151.39, maintaining last month’s rates. EPRA stated that the set maximum retail prices for petroleum products will be effective from November 14 to December 14 this year. The regulator clarified that these prices include the 16% Value Added Tax (VAT), as mandated by the Finance Act 2023 and…

The government Thursday kicked off the issuance of national ID cards to Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) candidates.  Immigration and Citizens Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok officially launched the exercise targeting over 900,000 Form Four students at Ngomeni Secondary school in Kilifi. He said the issuance of Maisha cards to the candidates who are writing their final KCSE papers will cure frustrations associated with admissions to tertiary institutions. “We have had unfortunate situations where students joining universities and colleges are frustrated by lack of IDs which are a requirement for admissions and other processes. We want to end this…

A Magistrates court allowed the detention of John Karima Wainaina, a suspect linked to the Sh1.5 billion heist at Equity Bank, for 10 days to allow for forensic investigations.  Wainaina, who was arrested on November 9 at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA), had been under surveillance by police, who tracked his movements after he returned from China. Wainaina is believed to be part of an organized criminal group involved in bank fraud and money laundering, using insider connections to infiltrate the bank’s IT systems. Following the heist in July, Wainaina fled to China, where he remained until his recent…

The Republican Party has achieved full control of the US government, after media projected wins for the party in a handful of close races in the House of Representatives. Republicans won the majority in the Senate earlier this week, while Donald Trump won the race for the presidency. The trifecta, last achieved at the start of Trump’s first term in 2017, will give the President-elect significant authority to enact his agenda on the economy, immigration and other key issues. It also leaves Democrats with less leverage to challenge policies they disagree with, though narrow margins mean Senate Republicans could still…

Donald Trump’s nomination of Congressman Matt Gaetz to be his attorney general arrived like a thunder-clap in Washington DC on Wednesday afternoon. Of all the president-elect’s picks for his administration so far, this is easily the most controversial – and sends a clear message that Trump intends to shake up the establishment when he returns to power. The firebrand Florida politician is perhaps best known for spearheading the effort to unseat then-Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy last year. But he has a consistent history of being a flamethrower in the staid halls of Congress. In 2018, he brought…

Two people drowned in separate incidents reported to police on Wednesday November 12. The first incident happened in Ruring’u, Nyeri County and involved a 15-year-old boy. The victim was a student at Aguthi Secondary School. He was with other friends at a river in the area when the incident happened. The body was retrieved by local divers and moved to the Nyeri Hospital mortuary pending autopsy. Elsewhere in Uriri, Migori County, a seven-year old girl drowned in a river after she drowned. The incident happened on November 11 in Kawere Rateng’ village. Locals retrieved the body and called police who…

A 33-year-old man collapsed and died in a barbershop in Chuka, Tharaka Nithi. He had visited the joint to trim his hair when the incident happened on Wednesday, police said. Police and witnesses said Samuel Nawira was at the barbershop in Ngagani area when he collapsed. He was rushed to Chuka Referral Hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival. The cause of the death was not immediately established and the body was preserved at the hospital morgue awaiting autopsy. Meanwhile, a 50-year-old woman was found dead outside her house in a suspected murder incident in Makindu, Makueni County. Police…

A man who police say is one of the country’s most sought-after fraudsters involved in the 2024 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination malpractices was arrested in Kiamunyi area, Nakuru. The suspect was identified as Collins Kipchumba Kemboi but he had been operating in the guise of a female namely Dorothy Jerop Kiprono. Detectives said the 23-year-old man had become the nightmare of Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) officials, having mobilized a following of over 78,000 exam leakage seekers in his Telegram account and over 8,500 in his WhatsApp groups. It is however not clear how and where he…