Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations is calling on members of the public to volunteer information that may lead to the arrest of three suspects linked to the brutal murder of 58-year-old Briton, Campbell Scott. Scott’s partially decomposed body was found on February 22, 2025, in Makongo Forest, Makueni Sub-County. Scott had arrived in the country just days earlier to attend a business conference. Following the heinous crime and subsequent dumping of his body, the trio Benard Mbunga Mbusu, Samuel Musembi Kamitu, and Alphonse Munyao Kilewa alias Edu fled and have since gone into hiding. Police want the public to call…

A 66-year-old man was found dead in a family water tank after a suspected suicide incident in Kisii. Police said the deceased Vincent Okenye jumped into the underground water tank with a 10,000-liter capacity in Nyakoe. The tank had water for use at the time of the incident. The motive of the incident is yet to be known. Police said they are investigating the incident. The body was later removed and taken to a local mortuary pending autopsy and probe. Cases of suicide have been on the rise amid calls for action to address the trend. Elsewhere, three people drowned…

An unknown number of thugs raided a petrol station in Wajir Town and robbed the management of money. The gang who wore jungle uniforms, raided Normark Petrol Station on March 6 in the morning and tied the guard on duty before bundling him into one of the rooms there. They then broke into an office and dragged out a safe that had unknown amount of money before loading it onto a waiting motorbike. Police said they rode off with the safe which they intended to vandalise to access the money. This is the latest such incident to happen in the…

Four suspects were separately lynched in failed robberies in Naiobi and Mombasa. Police term mob lynching criminal and want suspects be surrendered to authorities for processing and further action. In the first incident, three suspects were stoned to death by a mob in a robbery incident in Jomvu area, Mombasa. This was after a woman raised an alarm claiming they had lured and robbed her of cash and other valuables. The woman told police the three lured her through an online dating app before she boarded their hired salon car in Bamburi area. They, while armed with knives turned to…

A woman killed her husband before setting the body on fire in Shamata, Nyandarua County. Police said the woman is on the run after the incident on Wednesday March 5. The body of John Mwangi Maina was found in his house, burnt beyond recognition. Neighbors said they saw the couple fight on Wednesday evening before the noise vanished. It was then that the man is believed to have been murdered and the body burnt outside his house. The woman left the scene with their five-year-old son. Police who visited the scene said bloodstains were seen on the floor in the…

US aviation authorities temporarily halted flights at several Florida airports over concerns about debris from SpaceX’s Starship, which spun out of control shortly after launch. A ground stop was placed on airports in Orlando and Miami after the failed launch over the Atlantic Ocean. It has since been lifted. No injuries or damage have been reported. SpaceX confirmed the un-crewed ship had suffered “a rapid unscheduled disassembly” during its ascent into space, and lost contact with the ground. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the flights in and out of airports would be delayed due to a…

A private US company says it has landed a spacecraft close to the Moon’s South Pole but fears the machine is not upright. The Athena spacecraft is communicating with Earth, but is not in the “correct attitude”, Intuitive Machines chief executive said in a press conference. The company hopes the scientific instruments on board can still be deployed, including a hopping robot designed to explore a nearby crater and the first lunar mobile communications antenna. It is the second time an Intuitive Machines spacecraft has landed in an irregular position on the Moon. The company is partnering with US space…

Canadian provinces pulling US alcohol off store shelves in response to Trump trade policy is “worse than tariffs”, the boss of Jack Daniel’s maker Brown-Forman has said. Several Canadian provinces, including Ontario, which is by far the most populated, took action this week in retaliation for US tariffs on Canadian goods. The Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO), one of the largest buyers of alcohol in the world, removed US-made alcoholic drinks from its shelves on Tuesday. Brown-Forman boss Lawson Whiting said the Canadian response was “disproportionate” to the 25% levies on Canadian goods imposed by the Trump administration. “I…

A construction worker was killed when a wall collapsed at a site along Waiyaki Way, Westlands Nairobi. Three other workers were seriously injured after the tragedy on Wednesday evening, police and witnesses said. The victims were at the Royal Visdev construction site on March 5 evening when the wall separating two sites collapsed, trapping four people. John Gichia, 45 died on the spot while his colleagues were rushed to the hospital in serious condition. The body of the man was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and other investigations. Gichia had visited the site hoping to earn Sh1,000 at the…

A woman was arrested after she strangled her eight-month-old baby girl out of rage in a village in Kabarnet, Baringo County. Police said the incident happened in Turukwei village on March 4. The 28-year-old woman had differed with her husband few hours before she strangled and hit the baby on the ground killing her on the spot. The body was moved to Baringo County Referral hospital mortuary awaiting postmortem. The suspect was arrested and placed in custody before she was arraigned with murder. In Nambale, Busia County, a man slaughtered his wife over claims of love triangle. He later reported…

Detectives successfully nabbed two suspects in Daraja Mbili Estate in Kisii town, who are believed to be engaged in criminal activities and recovered a pistol. The suspects, Gerald Nyambarika Okumu and James Ochieng, both 35 years old, were caught red-handed on a blue TV Star motorcycle at Texas Petrol Station, fully prepared to execute their plans, police said. A thorough search led to the recovery of a Bernardelli model 60 pistol, loaded with five rounds of 7.65 mm ammunition, concealed by the rider James Ochieng. Furthermore, a search of the pillion passenger Gerald Nyambarika Okumu yielded four improvised metal bars…

A 52-year-old businessman was shot and killed in an attack by unknown assailants in Migori Town. The incident happened near Machage Hospital and targeted Zachary Otieno Wagaka on March 4 at about 8 pm, police said. The motive of the incident was not immediately established. Police said they were called and informed about the shooting and arrived at the scene where they found the body lying in a pool of blood. A bullet head of 9mm was recovered from his left shoulder long after the attackers had escaped the scene. His mobile phone too was found in his pocket, police…

US President Donald Trump has issued what he called a “last warning” to Hamas to release the hostages being held in Gaza. “I am sending Israel everything it needs to finish the job, not a single Hamas member will be safe if you don’t do as I say,” Trump said in a lengthy post on his Truth Social platform. It comes just hours after the White House confirmed it is holding direct talks with Hamas over the hostages. Washington has until now avoided direct engagement with the group, and there is a longstanding US policy against having direct contact with…

US President Donald Trump said he would temporarily spare carmakers from a new 25% import tax imposed on Canada and Mexico, just a day after the tariffs came into effect. The announcement by the White House came even as Trump continued to blast Canada for not doing enough to stop drugs from entering the US. “Nothing has convinced me that it has stopped,” Trump wrote on social media after a phone call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the economic disruption caused by new trade tariffs. News of the relief helped to boost US shares, which closed higher after…

Republicans are moving to punish the Texas Democrat who was ejected from Congress after disrupting President Donald Trump’s chamber address on Tuesday. But as a vote to censure 77-year-old Al Green looms, his fellow Democrats are rallying around him, arguing that he carried out a legitimate act of protest when he stood, waved his walking cane and heckled the Republican president. With Trump’s party controlling the White House and both chambers of Congress, Democrats have worked to hone and strengthen their own message to counter the president’s policy blitz. Even after he was kicked out Tuesday night, Green told reporters…