Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Police staged a dawn raid at Magogoni area in Kisauni, Mombasa County and arrested notorious drug trafficker.  The team found the suspect in possession of approximately 169 grams of heroin valued at more than Sh500,000, bhang, assorted packaging materials, weighing scale and Sh1.7 million proceeds of drugs in cash in a stash house where he has been operating from with his second wife. The man was identified as Mwinyi Seif Salim alias Mwinyi Marebe. The money was in of Sh1.3 million in Kenyan denominations and USD 3,610 and four mobile phones, police said. Police said the raid was staged on…

The body of the late Daniel Kimutai Bor, volleyball coach for the Directorate of Criminal Investigations Queens team was laid to rest at his home in Kipsombe, Uasin Gishu County, in a funeral service that brought together over 3,000 mourners. Bor passed on two weeks ago while undertaking a Section Commanders Course at the Magadi Field Training Camp. Bor was celebrated as a highly disciplined officer who served with diligence for the 22 years he was in the National Police Service, and whose character and integrity were above reproach. After serving in the General Service Unit for a couple of…

Thousands of liters of fuel worth millions of shillings were impounded in a police operation at a fuel siphoning yard off Lunga Road in Nairobi.  This was during ongoing operation in the fight against illegal trade in adulterated fuel and increased cases of siphoning. Police said they Friday arrested 41 suspects found transacting in the illegal business at an undeveloped yard behind Shell Petrol Station in the area. Five tankers found at the site where over 17,020 litres of Diesel, 6,110 litres of Petrol, four generators, 30 drums, siphoning pipes and jerrycans were recovered were also impounded. Police from DCI…

Former Member of County Assembly (MCA) for Riruta Ward Samuel Ndungu Njoroge is one of the three accused persons sentenced to 30 years imprisonment each by a High Court in Kiambu Friday for the offence of murder. While delivering the sentence, Justice (Prof) Joel Ngugi stated that the accused persons brutally murdered the deceased Lucy Njambi Nyagiko who was not yet 25 years old. The judge further stated that the act of the accused persons was an extreme act of domestic violence and femicide carried out in the most brutish and sadistic ways. The accused persons were Samuel Ndungu Njoroge,…

Police in Ethiopia said Friday they had arrested 13 suspects over the killing of a prominent opposition figure from the restive state of Oromia, official regional media reported. The body of Bate Urgessa of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) was found dumped on a road outside the town of Meki on Wednesday April 10, shortly after he had been arrested by “government forces”, the party said. The United States, the European Union and Britain have joined rights campaigners in calling for a full investigation into the killing of Bate, an outspoken politician who had spent several years in and out…

Eight buffaloes were electrocuted on Friday near the Wildlife Club of Kenya in Lake Nakuru National Park. The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) spokesman Paul Jinaro said the unfortunate incident occurred after the buffaloes came in contact with the high voltage power line that was lying low. According to Jinaro, after the Kenya Power official responded to the digressed call, they established that the electrocution occurred because wooden cross arms carrying 33 high voltage broke due to rainfall in the area. “To deter similar occurrences, the Kenya Power company replaced the wooden cross arms with a metallic one,” he said. The…

Seven suspects linked to an incident where they recorded a gang rape ordeal in a village in Bomet have been detained for 14 days.  A Bomet court allowed detectives 14 days to hold the seven suspects to enable them complete their investigations. They were Friday produced in the local court. They have been linked to a gang-rape incident caught in a video that has gone viral. Bomet Resident Magistrate Mbeti Michuki allowed police to detain the  suspects following a successful application by Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officer Jefferson Mwithi. Mwithi said he intends to charge the suspects with rape.…

The Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Performance and Delivery Management, Moses Kuria Friday disclosed that the Ministry will undertake a radical and comprehensive surgical reform of the public service to check the bloated wage bill.  Kuria said the Ministry is working on an initiative that will see it take full responsibility for negotiating all collective bargaining agreements in the public sector to bring a semblance of order. “I am going to crack the whip. My Ministry is going to be responsible for negotiating all CBAs because we are the human resource experts of the government of the republic of Kenya,”…

A quack who opened a medical clinic at Nairobi’s Kayole Phase 1 while purporting to be a qualified medical officer thereby obtaining money from unsuspecting patients is behind bars. James Waweru Njenga, 45, was arrested at his unregistered medical facility christened Axis Medical Clinic and Lab Services, by a team of detectives and officers from the Pharmacy and Poisons Board who were investigating a complaint from an affected patient. In a complaint, the 31-year-old male victim indicated that between March 1 and March 27, 2024, Waweru charged him over Sh60,000 for sample tests allegedly at laboratories in some of the…

The government will double the number of passports it targets to issue this year to at least one million while giving three million digital National IDs during the same period. Immigration and Citizen Services Principal Secretary Julius Bitok said the new targets are part of an ambitious drive to make it easier for Kenyans to access registration documents. The government also hopes to raise the revenue generated from its services which is collected on the e-Citizen digital platform to a daily average of Sh1 billion during the same period. “We believe these are realistic targets based on the strategic improvements…

A 42-year-old man is in hospital after he was attacked by a crocodile on River Ewaso Nyiro, in Bulessa, Isiolo County. The crocodiles have increased in the area following heavy rains experienced in most parts of the country. Kara Halkano, aged 42 years was attacked by the crocodile while crossing River Ewaso Nyiro to the other side of Gafarsa area on Thursday, April 11. The attack resulted in multiple injuries to the victim before he was rescued and rushed to hospital. Police rushed the victim to Merti Sub County Hospital where he was undergoing treatment. Officials have warned locals to…

A junior police officer who was filmed taking bribes in Buruburu area, Nairobi has been suspended from service. The officer attached to Buruburu police station was recalled to police headquarters for administrative actions on Friday April 12. Police headquarters said this was after he was positively identified by his colleagues in an investigation after the clip capturing his activities emerged online. https://twitter.com/KahawaTungu/status/1778681067404210574 Unknown person filmed him take the money from matatus in the area. “The National Police Service has positively identified the traffic police officer seen in the video clip circulating on social media, while allegedly collecting bribes from public…

A Nairobi court acquitted four suspects who had been arrested in 2021 with 100 kilograms of ivory in Murang’a. The Kahawa Law Courts Principal Magistrate Gideon Kiage Oenga, on April 9 acquitted Edward Mwambura Kamau, Peter Macharia Njuguna, Martin Mungai Nginya, and Samuel Njuguna Mwirigi, of dealing in wildlife trophies. They had been charged accordingly in July 2021 in Kangari Town, Murang’a County, after allegedly being found with 19 pieces of ivory. The announced weight at the time was 100 kilograms. They were subsequently arraigned and tried at Kahawa Law Courts. The court held that in Kenyan law, cases should…

Israel is keeping up its war in Gaza but is also preparing for scenarios in other areas, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday, amid concern that Iran was preparing to strike Israel in response for the killing of senior Iranian commanders. “Whoever harms us, we will harm them. We are prepared to meet all of the security needs of the State of Israel, both defensively and offensively,” he said in comments released by his office following a visit to the Tel Nof air force base in southern Israel. Israel has been bracing for possible Iranian retaliation for the killing…

The High Court settled a vicious battle for the control of garment maker-Manchester Outfitters Limited (MOL) by declaring Mohan Galot as the legitimate director. Mohan and his nephew Pravin Galot have been battling in court for control of the company, which was incorporated on November 3, 1977. About 14 years ago, billionaire Mohan went to court to regain control of the company where his nephews had stolen billions of shillings in revenue. It was sweet justice when the High Court settled the vicious battle for the control of the garment maker by declaring Mohan as the legitimate director. Mohan and…