Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Kenya Kwanza government has been advised to be wary of Maendeleo Chap Chap politicians who are scheming to hijack the 2027 re-election campaigns in the Ukambani region for their selfish gains. Key supporters of the Kenya Kwanza administration from the three Ukambani counties have accused Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua and his close allies, mainly from MCCP of ganging up to sideline UDA stakeholders from the president’s political activities in the region. Mutua and his close allies and their new found political spanner boy, Fred Muteti, have organised a Maendeleo Chap Chap meeting on January, 10 2025 at Maanzoni Lodge in…

South Korea’s presidential security chief resigned Friday as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and investigators prepared to make a fresh arrest attempt. Yoon has refused questioning and last week resisted arrest in a stand-off between his guards and investigators after his short-lived power grab on December 3 plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. Yoon’s Presidential Security Service (PSS) chief Park Chong-jun submitted his resignation on Friday morning “as he attended a police questioning”, a PSS official told the media. It was later accepted by acting…

Two drivers of two notorious public service vehicles (PSVs), which were impounded on Thursday for flouting traffic regulations were Friday arraigned at Kibera Law Courts in Nairobi. The matatus are linked to president William Ruto’s son George. They have been accused of harassing other road users and despising the law. John Mwangi, for Ambush and Dominic Amaya for Manifest were charged with driving unroadworthy vehicles, a charge to which they pleaded guilty. Consequently, the court handed them a penalty of Sh50,000 fine or a six-month jail term. The two were arrested on Thursday after they were captured on video swerving recklessly through…

Donald Trump has said that a meeting is being arranged between himself and Russian President Vladimir Putin. The US president-elect gave no timeline for when the meeting might take place. “He wants to meet and we are setting it up,” he said in remarks at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Russian news agency Tass quotes Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov saying that the US has not yet formally requested a meeting. Trump has promised to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine soon after he takes office on 20 January and has expressed scepticism about US military and financial support…

Elon Musk took his endorsement of Germany’s far-right party to the next level on Thursday, hosting a live chat with its frontwoman, Alice Weidel. The 74-minute conversation ranged across energy policy, German bureaucracy, Adolf Hitler, Mars and the meaning of life. The world’s richest man unequivocally urged Germans to back Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) in forthcoming elections. It’s the tech billionaire’s latest controversial foray into European politics. There’d been a considerable build-up to this discussion as Elon Musk faced accusations of meddling in Germany’s snap election. But the interview, conducted in English, was arguably as much a chance for the…

Detectives are holding a fraud suspect who was found with 96 original Kenya national IDs belonging to different citizens, 10 dummy foldable Samsung phones, and several sim card plates among other suspected stolen items. This follows days of the hunt on the suspect in a case of stealing from a locked motor vehicle reported on January 3 in Pangani area, Nairobi. Police said Charles Kuria Kamau, 30 was arrested in Ruiru, Kiambu County and from his house recovered the items. Kuria was traced to his house within Hilton Estate of Ruiru township, where a search was conducted leading to the…

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame said Thursday that recent peace talks with DR Congo had been merely a photo opportunity for the leaders that failed to address root causes. Rwanda-backed rebels known as the March 23 Movement (M23) since 2021 have seized swathes of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, displacing thousands and triggering a humanitarian crisis. Rwanda says its key concern is to tackle the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), an armed group primarily composed of Hutu militants formed in the wake of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. But it has also been accused by the DRC of seizing…

TikTok will appear before the US Supreme Court on Friday in a last-ditch effort to overturn a ban, in a case testing the limits of national security and free speech. The popular social media platform is challenging a law passed last year ordering the firm to be split from its Chinese owner or be blocked from the US by 19 January. The US government is arguing that without a sale, TikTok could be used by China as a tool for spying and political manipulation. But TikTok rejects that claim, arguing it has been unfairly targeted and the measure violates the…

US aviation giant Boeing has told BBC News it is donating $1m (£812,600) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. Google has also confirmed that it has made a similar donation as the two firms join a growing list of major American companies contributing to the fund. The list also includes oil producer Chevron and technology giants Meta, Amazon and Uber. Trump’s inauguration, marking the start of his second term in the White House, is set to take place on 20 January. “We are pleased to continue Boeing’s bipartisan tradition of supporting US Presidential Inaugural Committees,” Boeing said. The…

The US Supreme Court has rejected President-elect Donald Trump’s last-minute bid to halt his sentencing on Friday in the criminal hush-money case. Trump had urged the top court to consider whether he was entitled to an automatic stay of his sentencing, but the justices rejected the application by 5-4. Trump was found guilty of falsifying records to disguise reimbursements for a $130,000 hush money payment to adult film star Stormy Daniels as legal expenses in 2016. Justice Juan Merchan, who is overseeing the case, has indicated he will not consider a jail term for Trump. Reacting on Thursday evening, the…

Social media influencer Gabriel Oguda is among 109 Kenyans shortlisted by the Public Service Commission (PSC) for principal secretary jobs. Also shortlisted are Wilson Sossion, former Kenya Medical Practitioners, Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) secretary general Oluga Ouma, former Nairobi governor Anne Kananu Mwenda and former Chief Administrative Secretary David Osiany. This is likely to trigger changes in the government. Others are former MP Joseph Limo, Dr Ken Okemwa, Dr Ken Awuor, Gladys Some and Dr Kubai Kababeri. The shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at the Public Service Commission, off Harambee Avenue Nairobi on a date and time that will…

Lebanon’s parliament has elected the country’s army chief as president, ending a power vacuum that has lasted more than two years. Joseph Aoun’s candidacy was backed by several political parties, as well as the US, France and Saudi Arabia. A rival backed by the Hezbollah militia withdrew on Wednesday and endorsed the commander. The presidency is a mainly ceremonial role which is reserved for a Christian under a sectarian power-sharing system. The election took place six weeks after Lebanon’s government agreed a ceasefire to end a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah, which significantly weakened the Iran-backed Shia Muslim group.…

The High Court in Nairobi declared a section of the Penal Code that outlawed attempted suicide as being unconstitutional.  Justice Lawrence Mugambi said section 226 of the penal code shames victims of suicide ideation in the eyes of the community for actions that are beyond their mental control. He added this is a violation of Article 28 of the Constitution which states that every person has inherent dignity and the right to have that dignity respected and protected. “A declaration is hereby made that section 226 of the penal code is unconstitutional for violating article 27, 28 and 43 of…

Paris Hilton, Billy Crystal and Adam Brody are among the celebrities who have lost homes in the deadly wildfires raging in the Los Angeles area. More than 1,000 structures have been destroyed as six separate blazes burn in and around the city, which is dotted with film stars’ mansions. Some of the worst devastation was in the scenic enclave of Pacific Palisades, where a wind-whipped inferno exploded from several hundred acres to more than 15,000 in size since Tuesday. A swathe of the neighbourhood, which is a haven of hillside streets nestled against the Santa Monica Mountains and winding down to…

One of the matatus in Rongai nicknamed Money Fest owned by president William Ruto’s son, George Ruto was caught on camera deliberately breaking traffic rules along Magadi Road heading to Ongata Rongai in front of traffic officers. The flashy and well-known Public Service Vehicle (PSV) Moneyfest sparked widespread criticism after it was caught blatantly breaking traffic rules along Magadi Road heading toward Ongata Rongai. Police have complained they are harassed by those close to the First Family whenever they take action on the matatus linked to them. “They call to threaten you and demand the release of the vehicle detained.…