Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Content creator and influencer Tabitha Gatwiri is dead. Her family and friends said Gatwiri passed on after a short illness. Her body was discovered in her house. Police are investigating the cause of the death even though she had complained of illness. Gatwiri’s body was moved to the Kenyatta University Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary. Content creators and influencers have mourned the young creator expressing their shock in her demise. Tabitha is a well-known content creator, and she acted at The Real House Helps of Kawangware. Gatwiri, 29 was known for her amusing comedy skits, which she shares on various…

Amsons Group, the Tanzanian business conglomerate currently bidding to acquire listed building and construction solutions provider Bamburi Cement Plc (NSE: BAMB), has announced plans to enhance its market capacity with two new production expansion projects in Tanzania. Alongside its US$180 million bid for Bamburi Cement, Amsons Group has announced a US$320 million development plan to build an integrated clinker and cement manufacturing plant in Tanga, Tanzania, with a cement production capacity of 5,000 tons per day. Adding to its regional play, Amsons is gearing up for a major upgrade at the recently acquired Mbeya Cement in Tanzania, with plans for…

A Milimani Law Court Thursday convicted two former National Youth Service (NYS) employees charged with conspiracy to defraud National Youth Service of Sh791 million in 2015. Hendrick Nyongesa Pilisi was found guilty of making a false document contrary to Section 347(a) as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code, as well as breach of trust by a person employed in public service contrary to Section 127(1) as read with Section 127(2) of the Penal Code. Samuel Wachenje was convicted of breach of trust under the same provisions. The sentencing is scheduled for November 6, 2024. The case is among…

President William Ruto has asked Member States of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) to ratify Pan- African Payments and Settlement System to enable and ease trade among the countries. Ruto said the African payment system will save Africa more than $5 billion annually in payment and foreign exchange transaction costs. “Instead of our traders chasing currency exchanges, they can be comfortably chasing trade initiatives,” Ruto said. He said there was a need to reduce transaction costs for goods and services, and thus boost trade among COMESA States. President Ruto made the remarks during the 23rd COMESA…

Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) on Tuesday commissioned Z9 helicopters from China Aviation Technology Import and Export Corporation (CATIC) at the Kenya Army Corps of Aviation, Embakasi Garrison. Commander Kenya Army Lt Gen David Tarus, presided over the commissioning of the helicopters. The Harbin Z-9 is a Chinese military utility helicopter with armed variants, manufactured by Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation. It is a license-built variant of the French Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin. This collaboration between the Kenya Defence Forces and CATIC marks a significant milestone in enhancing Kenya’s military capabilities, said Lt Gen Tarus. The partnership encompasses various aspects, including military equipment…

More details have emerged how one of the women who were murdered and their bodies dumped separately in the city tried to seek help in vain. Waris Dahabo Daud, 38 who is among those murdered and while under duress called at least ten people including her friends for help in vain. Some of them did not pick or thought it was a joke. They are now regretting, they told police. The woman was in danger from her killers who wanted a ransom for her release. She had been abducted by a taxi driver known to her and taken to a…

A woman escaped from her home after her son died following a thorough canning in their home in Manunga, Kipipiri, Nyandarua County. The incident happened after the mother accused the boy of breaking the family television set valued at Sh14,000. She decided to cane him as a punishment for the broken TV set. It turned fatal hours later, police said. The boy wept and complained of pain as he went to sleep on October 28. He was found dead in his room the following day. It is believed he died out of the caning injuries. The boy’s father was not…

The night before Kamala Harris sets off on a final multi-day swing through the key battleground states that will decide the 2024 presidential election, she gave one last speech, practically in the shadow of the White House. The venue choice was no accident. Donald Trump held his rally on 6 January 2021 in the same place, speaking to supporters just hours before thousands of them stormed the Capitol and disrupted certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. On a mild October night, Harris stood before what her campaign estimated was 70,000 cheering supporters at an event they may hope is a…

For the growing number of African asylum seekers and economic migrants in the US, the upcoming presidential election could reshape their entire future. “We deserve safety,” says Dr Yves Kaduli, a 38-year-old asylum seeker from the Democratic Republic of Congo who lives in the US. “I have a dream that I will defend those that are persecuted,” he adds in a BBC interview. Dr Kaduli says that in 2014, he fled eastern DR Congo – which has been wracked by more than three decades of conflict – after being kidnapped and tortured. He had been working as a doctor at…

Some users on X who spend their days sharing content that includes election misinformation, AI-generated images and unfounded conspiracy theories say they are being paid “thousands of dollars” by the social media site. The BBC identified networks of dozens of accounts that re-share each other’s content multiple times a day – including a mix of true, unfounded, false and faked material – to boost their reach, and therefore, revenue on the site. Several say earnings from their own and other accounts range from a couple of hundred to thousands of dollars. They also say they coordinate sharing each other’s posts…

A female suspect was Wednesday arrested and a gun belonging to slain Wells Fargo manager Willis Onyango Ayieko recovered from her in a gunfight in the outskirts of Siaya Town. Police said the woman was with her boyfriend who is the main suspect in the murder of Ayieko. The boyfriend escaped with bullet wounds in the shootout, police said. And police now want any health facility that may have an injured man to report to them for action. More personnel were sent to the area to join in the hunt on the suspect following his escape. According to police, the…

Hezbollah’s deputy secretary general Sheikh Naim Qassem, elected head of the Lebanese armed group on Tuesday, has been a senior figure in the Iran-backed movement for more than 30 years. Speaking in front of curtains from an undisclosed location on Oct. 8, Qassem said the conflict between Hezbollah and Israel was a war about who cries first, and Hezbollah would not cry first. The group’s capabilities were intact despite “painful blows” from Israel. But he added the group supported the efforts of parliament speaker Nabih Berri – a Hezbollah ally – to secure a ceasefire, for the first time omitting…

Billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday warned at a Saudi investor forum about the dangers of artificial intelligence models he said were “woke” and “nihilistic” rather than “maximally truth-seeking”. Appearing remotely at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh, sometimes referred to as “Davos in the Desert”, the 53-year-old chief executive of Tesla and SpaceX also plugged Republican candidate Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House. De facto ruler Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is trying to position Saudi Arabia as a global leader in AI, and the subject dominated several panels on Tuesday. Musk said he was optimistic about…

Safaricom PLC has been awarded the ISO 27701 Privacy Information Management System (PIMS) certificate.  This prestigious certification was granted after a comprehensive evaluation by the British Standards Institute (BSI). This is the highest certification an organisation can attain in management of privacy information systems, as a data controller or processor. The certification was issued on October 16, 2024 after assessing Safaricom’s levels of implementation of customer support, billing services, M-PESA and data centre operations. This serves as a validation of Safaricom’s dedication to safeguarding customer data across its GSM and M-PESA services. It confirms that the company adheres to globally…

Members of Parliament rejected a proposal from the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum to lift the moratorium on Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs), citing concerns over inadequate safeguards to protect taxpayers from potential exploitation by private investors. The Ministry had approached Parliament with a request to lift the moratorium specifically on coal-fired power plants, stressing the urgency of expanding power sources to meet Kenya’s increasing energy needs. According to the Ministry, anticipated growth in power consumption necessitates a diversification of sources, with coal plants positioned as a stable and cost-effective complement to existing hydroelectric power. The MPs who chair key committees—including…