Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The government has established a new multi-agency command center for Isiolo, Meru, Laikipia, and Samburu counties. This follows increased banditry attacks in the areas in the past months that have led to deaths and displacement of people, Inspector General of police Japhet Koome said Tuesday. Koome visited parts of Baringo which has been badly affected by the attacks. The center will now focus on the areas as an existing one focuses on Baringo and other neighboring counties. “Besides the Chemolingot Multi-Agency Operation Centre, we have now established a multi-agency command center for Isiolo, Meru, Laikipia and Samburu,” he said. Koome…

Easy Coach Limited has confirmed a fatal accident involving one of its buses on Monday. In an update issued on Tuesday, the transport company said that the incident that occurred in Mamboleo -Kisumu around 10 pm left one dead and several injured. “We are deeply saddened to confirm a fatal accident involving our Mbale-Nairobi bus,” said Easy Coach. Easy Coach extended its condolences to the family and loved ones of the deceased. The bus company wished the injured students a quick recovery. “Three additional passengers were admitted to the hospital but are currently in stable condition We wish them a…

A police officer was shot and wounded in the leg in a clash over two arrested suspects in Mandera at the main Kenya-Somalia border. This involved Somalia police who came to the aid of the two detained suspects and managed to rescue them illegally, police said. Police had arrested two suspects identified as Muzami Mohamed Hassan aged 18 years, and Mohamed Abdifatar aged 20 years for having suspicious cables. The team then embarked on a mission to search the same in their houses along the Somali borderline. According to police, the suspects took the officers to the wrong house and…

Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found in her bed in Kasarani area, Nairobi. The woman identified as Anne Njeri, 34 was found dead in her house on Monday April 1 long after she had died. Her husband told police he had left the house and came back where he found it unlocked. He later found the body lying on the bed and blood oozing from her mouth. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy. Meanwhile, a suspect was arrested after killing his sister-in-law in an argument in Majengo slums. The suspect was…

A man was arrested and 20 kilos of elephant tusks recovered from him at a roadblock in Loruk, Baringo County. The man had stashed the tusks valued at Sh2 million in a gunny bag when he was arrested on March 31, police said. The suspect was riding in a public service vehicle when police flagged it down at a multi-agency roadblock in Loruk Trading Center. Officials are investigating the source of the tusks. The suspect was expected in court to be charged with the offense of being in Possession of Wildlife Trophies of Endangered Species Contrary to Section 92(4) of…

President William Ruto will depart the country on Tuesday April 2 for a three-day State visit to Ghana, officials said. Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs Musalia Mudavadi announced the visit as he arrived in Accra on Monday evening. This will be Ruto’s first visit to Ghana since he took over the presidency in September 2022. He will meet the host Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during his visit. Kenya and Ghana are expected to sign bilateral agreements in areas of shared interests, including trade and investment, education and research, public service, and capacity building. Mudavadi…

A suspect who stole Sh500,000 from his employer was arrested hours later while fleeing along Isiolo-Marsabit Highway. Police said they recovered Sh497,350 from the suspect as he fled in a saloon car. A report had been made on March 31 that the man had stolen from a fast food joint and escaped. The owner of the joint in Wamba told police the suspect who was her employee was missing prompting a police search. A day later, the man was found on board a saloon car at Kalama along Isiolo-Marsabit Highway and found with the money. He said he had used…

Former US President Donald Trump has posted a $175m (£140m) bond in his New York civil fraud case, staving off asset seizures by the state. Mr Trump was originally ordered to pay the full $464m judgement against him, but an appeals court said he could pay the smaller sum within 10 days. He was found in February to have fraudulently inflated property values. The Republican denies wrongdoing and says the case is a political witch hunt by the Democratic prosecutor. Last month, in addition to ordering Mr Trump to pay a significant financial penalty, Justice Arthur Engoron barred him from…

A Chavakali Boys High School student perished in a road Accident on Monday on the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway. The Monday night incident left scores nursing injuries. The Easy Coach bus was travelling from Kakamega to Nairobi when it lost control and overturned killing the student on the spot. The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals for medical treatment. Nyanza Regional Traffic Commander, Allan Mwangi told reporters that his officers were assessing the exact number of casualties. “My officers are at the scene while others are currently visiting different hospitals to ascertain the exact number of injured students. What we can confirm…

Israeli strikes hit an Iranian embassy annex building in Syria’s capital Monday, state media said, as a war monitor reported six people were killed in the building. Syria’s official news agency SANA said “the Israeli attack targeted the Iranian consulate building in the Mazzeh neighbourhood of Damascus”. There was no immediate comment from Israel, which has stepped up strikes on Iran-linked militant groups amid its Gaza war raging against Hamas since October 7. AFP correspondents at the site confirmed the building next to the embassy, an annex, had been levelled, in an upscale neighbourhood of Damascus. Iranian media also reported…

The Kenya Meteorological Department Monday, April 1 issued a seven-day heavy rainfall warning across most of Kenya in the next week beginning Tuesday. A Monday forecast shows that heavy downpours are expected in the Central Highlands, Western Kenya, Rift Valley, Southeast lowlands, Coast, Northeast, and Northwest regions between April 2 and April 8. Most parts of Kenya are experiencing the onset of the long-rains season which usually begins mid-March and continues until May. The Meteorological department also urged Kenyans to prepare for potential flooding in the regions. High temperatures are meanwhile expected across Turkana, Marsabit, Mandera, Wajir, Isiolo, Garissa, Tana…

South Africa’s influential Gcaba family has denied speculation that one of its members was involved in the murder of popular rapper AKA. AKA, real name Kiernan Forbes, and his close friend, Tibz Motsoane, were shot dead outside a restaurant in Durban in February last year. Last Wednesday, prosecutors in the trial of the rapper’s suspected killers implicated Sydney Mfundo Gcaba, a member of the Gcaba family, in the rapper’s killing. A statement presented to court by the investigating officer alleged that one of Mr Gcaba’s companies sent over 800,000 rand ($42,000; £33,000) to the bank account of Mziwethemba Harvey Gwabeni,…

A 33-year-old teacher died by suicide in Ndaraweta area in Bomet County after a disagreement with his lover.  He hanged himself outside a rental room where his lover stayed, police said. The body of the victim was Sunday March 31 found hanging on the verandah roof, police said. The deceased was identified as Bernard Langat and a Junior Secondary School (JSS) teacher in one of the schools in Trans Mara, Narok County. The deceased had visited his girlfriend, who is a student at Bomet central TTI staying in a rental premises a distance from the college. This is when the…

Central Organisation of Trade Unions (Cotu) boss Francis Atwoli has criticized Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) Director General Fazul Mahamed for his comments on the push for the rights and welfare of the private security guards. During the launch of mass registration of private security officers and issuance of Guard Force Number at Uhuru Park in Nairobi on Saturday, Fazul accused Cotu of neglecting the guards’ plight despite being one of the highest contributors to the large trade union. “We will demand elections and elect one of the guards as the Cotu secretary general, replacing Atwoli,” Fazul warned. “Bwana Atwoli,…

The son of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has pledged to fight corruption in the military after taking over as its top commander.  The move widely expected to accelerate his rise to eventually succeed his father. Museveni, 79, who has led Uganda for 38 years, named 49-year-old son Muhoozi Kainerugaba as the East African country’s new Chief of Defence Forces last week. In a formal handover ceremony on Thursday, Muhoozi “vowed to improve the welfare of soldiers by fighting the evil of corruption and mismanagement of resources”, according to a statement released by the military. Uganda’s military plays a significant role…