Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 41-year-old man was arrested after he beat to death his 23-year-old daughter in Chesikaki village, in Mt. Elgon, Bungoma County. Police said Esther Nasimiyu succumbed to her injuries on Thursday night, following a clash of opinions over an unspecified family matter. Nasimiyu’s lifeless body was later discovered in her room on Friday January 10 at noon. According to police, her body bore multiple body injuries inflicted by a blunt object. Police urged parents to embrace alternative disciplinary methods as opposed to corporal punishment. The parent was held at Chesikaki police station pending arraignment while Nasimiyu’s body is being preserved…

A suspect who was ferrying 15 pieces of elephant tusks was arrested hours after he and an accomplice escaped and abandoned the cargo as security agents approached their hideout in Lungalunga, Kwale County. Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said the two are believed to have fetched the tusks from the neighbouring Tanzania for a market in Kenya. The suspect was traced to Mwantunu area where he was nabbed hours after he had escaped a dragnet. The recovery was made on Saturday January 11 and police alongside KWS officials put the value of the same at Sh10.6 million. The tusks…

Journalist Rasna Warah is dead.  Her family confirmed the death on Saturday January 11 in a post on social media accounts. She had been battling an undisclosed illness. “Hello all. Rasna Warah passed away a couple of hours ago. More details to follow,” Zahid Rajan posted in a WhatsApp group. She and her family lived in Malindi. Rasna Warah was a Kenyan writer and journalist. In a previous incarnation, she was an editor at the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat). She has published two books on Somalia – War Crimes (2014) and Mogadishu Then and Now (2012) – and…

There is hope of more operations and impact after at least 739 Haitian police officers graduated from a college managed by Kenya police.  This was after a five month training. The National Police Academy in Haiti, once under threat from the notorious Kraze Baryè gang led by Vitel’Homme Innocent successfully reopened and celebrated a milestone event. Despite fears that the academy might remain closed indefinitely due to gang control in the surrounding area, a bold decision by Director General of the Haitian National Police Normil Rameau and Multinational Security Support (MSS) Force Commander Godfrey Otunge led to its reopening in…

Second-hand car dealer Joseph Kairo Wambui, also known as Khalif Kairo was Saturday January 11 arrested after a client complained he sold her a car that had a loan elsewhere.  The car was later repossessed by auctioneers who had been sent by the lenders. Kairo was taken into custody at Capitol Hill Police Station on Saturday after unsuccessfully attempting to convince the victim that he was planning a trip to New York to secure funds and return to settle the matter. Kairo is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday. According to police, one gullible buyer who purchased a…

At least four people were Friday night killed in an accident involving a public service vehicle and a bus on the Kapsabet-Eldoret highway.  This came hours before another one claimed three lives on the Londiani-Kisumu highway. At least 41 others were injured in the Saturday morning accident, police said. The Kapsabet accident happened at Mutwot area at about 10 pm, police said. Police said a bus belonging to Cheptabach secondary school collided with a matatu Toyota Hiace leading to the deaths. The dead included the driver of the matatu, a man, woman and five year old child, police said. Police…

President William Ruto flew out Saturday morning for a one-day official visit to Kampala, Uganda, to attend the African Union Extraordinary Summit on the Post-Malabo Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). CAADP, a key AU Agenda 2063 initiative, aims to eradicate hunger and poverty through agriculture-led development and transform Africa’s agri-food systems. The summit will assess progress towards the targets set and seek to adopt the Kampala Declaration, outlining a shared vision for transforming agri-food systems from 2026 to 2035. The outcomes are expected to shape agricultural policies that drive economic growth and achieve food security across the continent. A…

At least three passengers were Saturday killed in an accident involving a bus on the Londiani-Kisumu Road.  Police said the accident happened Saturday at about 4 am after the driver of the bus nicknamed Dreamliner lost its control and landed in a ditch. At least 41 other passengers were injured and rushed to Londiani Sub County hospital for medical attention. They had multiple injuries, police and witnesses said. Police said the bus was traveling from Mombasa to Busia and had 44 passengers at that time. The dead included two adults and a child. The driver said he lost control of…

Meta and Amazon are axing their diversity programmes, joining firms across corporate America that are rolling back hiring and training initiatives criticised by conservatives, citing legal and political risks. The move comes just days after Meta Platforms, the owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, said it was ending a fact-checking programme criticised by President-elect Donald Trump and Republicans. In a memo to staff about its decision, which affects, hiring, supplier and training efforts, Meta cited a “shifting legal and policy landscape”. Walmart and McDonalds are among the other companies to have made similar decisions regarding diversity efforts since Trump won…

A judge has sentenced US President-elect Donald Trump to an “unconditional discharge,” bringing to an end the first criminal trial of a former US president. The sentence in the hush-money payment case means the incoming president has been spared any penalty, including jail time or a fine, but he will still take office as the first US president with a felony conviction. “Never before has this court been presented with such a unique and remarkable set of circumstances,” Justice Juan Merchan said shortly before announcing the sentence, calling it a “truly extraordinary case”. Appearing via video call from Florida and…

The US has announced an increased $25m (£20.4m) reward for information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on the day he was sworn in for a third six-year term in office.  The inauguration ceremony was overshadowed by recrimination from the international community and Venezuelan opposition leaders. Rewards have also been offered for information leading to the arrest and or conviction of Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello. A new reward of up to $15m for Defence Minister Vladimir Padrino has also been offered. The UK also issued sanctions on 15 top Venezuelan officials, including judges, members of the security…

Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua Friday announced that she intends to run for President come the next General Election slated for 2027. She in 2022 was the running mate of Raila Odinga in their failed bid to succeed former president Uhuru Kenyatta. She has since then been active in politics and in checking excesses of the government. Speaking on Friday during a burial ceremony in Kiandieri, Kirinyaga County, Karua said that she is no longer going to be anyone’s running mate. “I want to tell my good former Senator Daniel Karaba that I’m beyond any running mate position, I…

A man who assaulted his sister in a domestic brawl was Friday charged in court.  Abdiaziz Abdullahi Hassan was charged before Makadara magistrate Caroline Mugo and denied the assault charges. The charge sheet read that on January 2, 2025 at about 6.30 pm at Jam Street in Eastleigh, Nairobi he unlawfully caused grievous harm to his sister Ridhwan Abdillahi Hassan. Hassan surrendered himself to the police for questioning at the Nairobi Area Regional DCI headquarters on Tuesday ahead of the plea taking. In police report, his 23-year-old sister, Ridwan alleged that Hassan assaulted her during a quarrel at their home.…

A light aircraft crashed and caught fire in the Kwachocha area of Malindi, near the Malindi-Mombasa Highway. The plane reportedly landed on several motorcycles in the vicinity on January 10, 2025. Police said there are fears of casualties. Other locals claimed there were three fatalities and three casualties. Video footage shared online showed parts of the plane lying on the road as a section of it was on fire, an indication that it burst into flames on impact. Separate images showed nearby makuti structures had also caught fire but fire engines arrived and put out the fire. Plane crashes and…

A court Thursday jailed businesswoman Joyce Akinyi for 25 years for trafficking of Sh5.6 million.  Her co-accused Paulin Kalala was jailed for 10 years and will pay a fine Sh9 million. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) had secured a conviction against the two and two accomplices in a high-profile drug trafficking case, prosecuted at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) courts. Akinyi, along with her co-conspirators Kalala, a Congolese national, and Peres Ochieng, was found to have masterminded the illicit trafficking of narcotic drugs. In addition to the drug trafficking charges, Joyce Akinyi was also convicted for possessing a…