Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A High Court Tuesday issued orders stopping the police from arresting or detaining two Members of Parliament allied to Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in ongoing probe into violence experienced in anti government protests.  The two are accused of sponsoring violence in the protests that were generally peaceful. Embakasi North MP James Gakuya and his Embakasi Central counterpart Benjamin Mejja Donk were on July 31 picked from Koinange Street and Parliament Buildings respectively and questioned over the matter. Both MPs are allies of Gachagua. They have denied the claims and termed police action politically motivated. Other Gachagua allies including three aides…

Businessman Yagnesh Devani was Tuesday detained in custody after appearing in court over Sh 7.6 billion Triton Oil scandal.  The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested Devani on Tuesday as the principal suspect in the saga. The suspect, who was apprehended from his offices in Nairobi was produced at Milimani Anti-Corruption Court and later escorted to Kilimani police station where he will spend the night until Wednesday when his expected to plead to graft charges in relation to the scandal. Devani was arraigned following a warrant of arrest issued in 2009. Milimani Magistrate Thomas Nzyuki declined to grant him bond…

Police are investigating an incident in which a 28-year-old woman was stabbed and killed during a scuffle in a bar in Chuka, Meru County. A suspect who was known to her and is believed to be her boyfriend is on the run and police said they are looking for him. The incident happened Monday morning at the Cool Breeze Pub located at Magutuni market, police said. Security at the establishment stumbled on the body of Karimi Wangi hours after she had died. The body lay in a pool of blood after the stab wound in the neck. Police visited the…

Police are looking for a gang of two who stabbed and seriously wounded a woman during a robbery mission in Ruiru area, Kiambu County. The woman was in the company of a man and both were heading to a church event on Sunday when two men riding on a motorcycle confronted them. She said the incident happened in Bamboo estate on Sunday morning. The men demanded their valuables and when they resisted, one of them drew a kitchen knife and stabbed the woman on the right wrist. The suspects then robbed them of a Samsung tablet, a mobile phone and…

A family is counting losses after a fire broke out in their house in Githurai 44 area, Nairobi. The incident happened in Githingithia area within Githurai 44. Police established that the fire started on the second floor in one of the single rooms. According to the police, the tenant claimed that he was cooking using a six-kilo gas cylinder when the gas exploded and fire broke out. With the help of members of the public, they managed to put off the fire. This was after he screamed for help. Property of an unknown amount were destroyed. No casualties were reported,…

The Kenyan police team in Haiti is undergoing a one-month linguistic and intercultural training classes to enhance their operations in the Caribbean nation. The team will get classes for French and Haitian Creole, which are the languages of the Haitian institutions and population. The Multinational Security Support (MSS) mission Force Commander Godfrey Otunge officially launched the linguistic and intercultural capacities development in Port-au-Prince on August 5. He said this will help the personnel carry out their mandate. The language barrier had been identified as a hindrance to their work. “Moving forward, language barrier will be a thing of the past…

US President Joe Biden met his senior national security team on Monday as concerns grew of a possible Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel grew. Mr Biden said he had been briefed on preparations to support Israel should it be attacked, while Secretary of State Antony Blinken said officials were working “around the clock” to prevent an escalation. Tensions have risen over the last week following the assassination of Hamas’ political leader Ismail Haniyeh, for which Iran has blamed Israel and vowed “severe” retaliation. Israel has not claimed responsibility for the assassination. Numerous countries, including the US and UK, have also…

Six individuals known for their sticky fingers on matters government and private land were Monday arraigned before a Milimani Chief Magistrate Court on a miscellaneous application for their continued detention to enable the DCI conclude investigations on their illegal dealings. The suspected land fraudsters were over the weekend arrested by a multi-agency team drawn from various security agencies for forging land documents and thereafter committing land-related offences targeting public and private land in the country. Led by the Officer-in-Charge of Land Fraud Investigations Unit at DCI Headquarters Wilhem Kimutai, detectives who have been investigating a number of reported cases implicating…

Four people including three tourists were killed in a road accident in Katakala area, Narok County.  The group was from Maasai Mara park heading back towards Mulot aboard a Land cruiser when the accident happened on Monday at about 3 pm. Police said the Land cruiser collided head on with an oncoming trailer. The driver of the trailer was injured. National Police spokesperson Dr Resla Onyango confirmed the accident. She said drivers of both vehicles were injured in the accident. She said two of the deceased were of African race and and female Caucasian. They died on the spot while…

Former Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has praised ODM leader Raila Odinga for his decision to join the government of national unity and for encouraging Kenyans to engage in dialogue. In a message posted on X after meeting with Raila at his Capitol Hill office in Nairobi on Monday, Kuria thanked Baba for “bending backwards—yet again—to save the country from self-destruction”. “We were unanimous that going forward, we cannot continue to prescribe Panadol where surgery is required,” he said. Kuria added that the upcoming process of national dialogue “must and will” result in deliberate structural reform for a lasting solution. “We…

Protests in Nigeria over the soaring cost of living ebbed on Monday, with only a few hundred people turning out in major cities following a deadly crackdown by security forces since the demonstrations began last week. Hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets in the capital Abuja, Lagos, and other big cities during the protests against economic hardship and crime, which started on Thursday and were meant to continue until Aug. 10. Amnesty International said at least 13 people have been killed in clashes with police since the start of the protests, which were dubbed “#10DaysOfRage”. Police…

Kenya’s Public Service Commission, the statutory employer of all civil servants in the country, has suffered a digital backlash after it sought views on its mandate on X. The users blasted the commission for failing to hire interns and for what they said were “unfair and discriminatory terms” endured by many civil servants. For example, the users claimed that the staff hired under President William Ruto’s pet project, Universal Health Coverage, had inadequate pay and no career progression. “What happened to equal work for equal pay?” a user asked. The commission was also criticized for delaying or ignoring applications for…

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and left the country on Monday, media reports said, as more people were killed in some of the worst violence since the birth of the South Asian nation more than five decades ago. Sources are saying Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has left official residence for a “safer place” as protesters march through the capital, Dhaka. Hasina, who has led Bangladesh since 2009, is onboard a helicopter heading to the Indian city of Agartala, according to BBC Bengali. Army chief General Waker-Uz-Zaman is set to address the nation, but his speech has already been…

President William Ruto has signed into law the Supplementary Appropriation (No.2) Bill, 2024. State House and the office of the Deputy President are the most impacted by the approval of the Bill. Passed last week, the Bill aims to revise budget allocations for the three branches of government to address a Sh344 billion revenue shortfall following the rejection of the Finance Bill, 2024. Both offices will see a reduction of Sh6 billion, with the Treasury facing a substantial cut of Sh7 billion. According to the Bill, various development projects in medical services will be suspended after losing Sh6.9 billion, while…

The planned conferment of city status to Eldoret Town was Monday postponed by one week, officials said. The event was planned for August 8 but was pushed to August 15 over among others the planned nationwide anti-government protests. The planners denied the event was postponed due to the planned protests. “I don’t want to sound so sure but we were told the communication was from the Office of the President that asked it be pushed forward,” said an official. Uasin Gishu governor Jonathan Bii said the ceremony that was to take place on Thursday August 8 was moved after consultation…