Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The High Court quashed a public notice issued by Safaricom in October 2022 that introduced expiry dates on its loyalty program popularly known as Bonga Points.   Justice Chacha Mwita at the same time prohibited Safaricom from giving effect to the notice which purported to introduce expiry dates on Bonga points service of more than three years. Mwita said once Bonga Points are awarded, they become customers’ property and Safaricom ceases to have any right over them. The consumers are entitled to the right and privilege accruing from them. Based on this, the Judge issued a declaration that the public notice…

At least five people were Friday killed in a road accident involving three vehicles at Kangocho area between Karatina and Sagana, Kirinyaga County.  Police said several others were injured in the accident. Police spokesperson Dr Resila Onyango said the accident happened Friday morning and involved a trailer that rammed onto vehicles. “Five people died on the spot while others who were injured were rushed to different hospitals,” she said. She added police are investigating the incident. She added lorry that was heading towards Sagana direction ferrying bags of maize lost control and hit two private vehicles that were heading towards…

A missing police officer was found dead in his house in Industrial Area police residence, Nairobi. Constable Peter Munene of Central police station in Nairobi had not reported to work for a day. According to police, his neighbours too said they had not seen him leave the house on Thursday November 21. This prompted the colleagues to go to his house and knocked on the door with no response, police said. They later broke into the house where his lifeless body was found lying on the bed. The body did not have any physical injuries by the time it was…

A carpenter who had been missing was found dead in Lake Yahud area, Wajir County. Mahat Ali Gedow, 48 was reported missing on November 19. His body was found in the water the following day. Police said they visited the scene and found a lifeless body lying on the shores of the said lake dressed in only red shorts without any visible physical injury. A search was done around the lake by the officers who found his clothes (a trouser and a shirt) and open shoes that were positively identified to belong to the deceased by family members. The body…

A 48-year-old woman died after collapsing in her bathroom in Malaa area, Nairobi. Scolastica Nzoka Mutinda was showering in her bathroom when she slid and fell. Her husband responded and took her to a hospital in the Joska area where she died on arrival on Wednesday November 20. Police said the family later took the body to the local police station in a car before they were helped to ferry it to the mortuary. Such accidents are common in homes amid calls to put measures in place to address them. This can be done through the installation of rough floors…

Just weeks ago, Gautam Adani, one of the world’s richest men, celebrated Donald Trump’s election victory and announced plans to invest $10bn (£7.9bn) in energy and infrastructure projects in the US. Now, the 62-year-old Indian billionaire and a close ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, whose sprawling $169bn empire spans ports and renewable energy, faces US fraud charges that could potentially jeopardise his ambitions at home and abroad. Federal prosecutors have accused him of orchestrating a $250m bribery scheme and concealing it to raise money in the US. They allege Mr Adani and his executives paid bribes to Indian officials…

Regulators in South Africa have recalled a batch of the popular Yaz Plus contraceptive pill, after a packaging mix-up which means the contraception could be potentially ineffective.  Manufacturer Bayer Ltd said women using pills from the affected batch should stop immediately and seek medical advice. A packaging mix-up led to a number of blister packs carrying 24 inactive pills, instead of 24 hormone-containing active pills. The issue affected only a limited number of packets in a specific batch labelled WEW96J, expiring in March 2026 The erroneous batch has been recalled by Bayer, in consultation with South Africa Health Products Regulatory…

Payment app PayPal experienced a brief outage worldwide on Thursday, it confirmed. It said in a post on its service status page it was experiencing “a system issue” that affecting multiple PayPal Products – including account withdrawal and express checkout. The company said the technical issue was swiftly resolved. However, even a brief outage was enough to cause problems for customers, who reported being unable to log in to their accounts or said they were having problems making payments. Platform outage monitor Downdetector had received more than seven thousand reports from users as of 12:12 GMT. According to the company’s…

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated long-time ally and veteran prosecutor Pam Bondi as his new pick for attorney general, hours after Matt Gaetz withdrew his name from consideration.  Bondi has a long track record in law enforcement and previously served as Florida’s attorney general. A loyal Trump ally, she was part of Trump’s legal team during his first Senate impeachment trial and also publicly supported him by showing up at court during his hush money trial in New York. “Pam was a prosecutor for nearly 20 years, where she was very tough on Violent Criminals, and made the streets safe…

The national lecturers’ strike has paralyzed learning across all 35 public universities and two constituent colleges for 23 days since it started. This has literally affected planned end of semester exams for the students and general transition. The students are crying foul and calling on the parties concerned to urgently agree the way forward for them to recover lost time. Despite the government agreeing to release Sh4.3 billion, which was initially accepted by lecturers, the University Academic Staff Union (UASU) Secretary-General Constantine Wasonga quickly changed position. Wasonga says the strike will only end when the government explains how the remaining…

A 43-year-old man was fatally shot by police in Las Vegas after he called 911 for help while fighting off an intruder in his home. The family of Brandon Durham, including his 15-year-old daughter who was hiding in a nearby room, have asked for the officer to be fired. Mr Durham’s teenage daughter said she was “disgusted” with Las Vegas police as they treated him like “the suspect” not “the victim”. A lawyer for Alexander Bookman, the officer who shot Mr Durham, said he committed no crimes. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said Mr Bookman, 26, had been placed…

Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as Hamas’s military commander. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected Israel’s challenges to the court’s jurisdiction and issued warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant. A warrant was also issued for Mohammed Deif, although the Israeli military has said he was killed in an air strike in Gaza in July. The judges found “reasonable grounds” that the three men bore “criminal responsibility” for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity during the war between Israel and Hamas.…

One of the suspects in the murder of Willis Ayieko Onyango, the former Human Resource Manager at Wells Fargo was Thursday November 21 arraigned before the Kisumu High Court. Victor Ouma Okoth alias Sisco alias Govins is facing charges of murder contrary to section 203 as read with section 204 of the Penal Code, Chapter 63 Laws of Kenya. From the Information filed, Ouma, jointly with others not yet before court is alleged to have murdered the deceased between the night of the 18th and the 23rd October 2024 around Nyamboga Stream at the border of Gem and Khwisero Sub…

The US government Tuesday November 19 issued an advisory to its citizens against travelling to Haiti, where gangs have stepped up warfare. This came even as Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission. This is a setback for Kenya that had been hopping to be moved to the U.N. where terms are better. The two allies called a U.N. Security Council meeting as gangs have intensified attacks, shooting at four aircraft which has shut the airport in the capital Port-au-Prince,…

Russia and China on Wednesday opposed a U.S.-led campaign to transform the Kenya-led multinational force in Haiti helping police to tackle escalating gang violence into a U.N. peacekeeping mission. This is a setback for Kenya that had been hopping to be moved to the U.N. where terms are better. The two allies called a U.N. Security Council meeting as gangs have intensified attacks, shooting at four aircraft which has shut the airport in the capital Port-au-Prince, and attacking its upscale neighborhood Petionvilleon Tuesday. The U.N. estimates the gangs control 85 percent of the capital and have spread into surrounding areas.…