Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

A 26-year-old man died after he was attacked using a poisoned arrow in an altercation in Chebabai village, Narok County. Police said the incident happened on Saturday night during a meeting to celebrate traditional circumcision ceremony. A disagreement broke out between the deceased Alex Sanare and the assailant over food. The assailant rushed to his nearby home and came back armed with a bow and arrow. He then shot Sanare in the neck before escaping the scene, police said. Sanare was picked up and rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead while undergoing treatment. Police were alerted of…

A man is on the run after he allegedly killed his four-year-old boy in a village in Homabay County. Detectives said they are looking for the suspect who is linked to the brutal murder of a minor in Maguti village, Kendubay, Homabay County. The man aged 24 is suspected of having killed the boy in their house on Saturday November 16 night before wrapping his body in a blanket and escaped the scene, police said. The mother of the child told police she had arrived home late on Saturday and noticed bloodstains in her house. The couple with their three…

A couple was arrested after a kidnap claim was reported to police in a love triangle saga in Nairobi. This is a new twist in the saga that had earlier been reported as a kidnap claim sending police to a search mission. It has since been established the saga involved a couple and a boyfriend to the woman. The boyfriend lives in Nairobi while the woman and her husband or the father to her two children live in Narok. According to police, the sage started when on November 9, 2024, a report of kidnapping was made at Kitsuru Police Station…

It didn’t take long for Elon Musk to be accused of meddling in Italy’s domestic affairs. The tech billionaire’s declaration that “these judges need to go,” splashed across all of Italy’s front pages, came amidst increasing tension between Italy’s ruling coalition and the judiciary after a panel of Rome magistrates questioned the legality of a government initiative to detain asylum-seekers in Albania. Musk prompted a highly unusual statement from Italian President Sergio Mattarella, who told him not to interfere in Italian affairs. “Italy is a great democratic country and… knows how to take care of itself,” said Mattarella. “Anyone, particularly…

Chinese leader Xi Jinping has pledged to work with incoming President Donald Trump in his final meeting with current US leader Joe Biden. The two met on Saturday on the sidelines of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) summit in Peru where they acknowledged “ups and downs” in relations over Biden’s four years in office. But both highlighted progress in lowering tensions on issues such as trade and Taiwan. Analysts say US-China relations could become more volatile when Trump returns to office in two months, driven by factors including a promise to raise tariffs on Chinese imports. The president-elect has…

Georgians protested on Saturday as the poll commission rubber-stamped the ruling party’s victory in a controversial parliamentary vote marked by claims of Russian meddling and Western calls to investigate fraud allegations. The Caucasus nation’s pro-Western opposition has denounced the October 26 vote as “fraudulent”, while the European Union and the United States have called for a probe into alleged electoral “irregularities”. The Georgian Dream party won 53.93 per cent of the votes against 37.79 per cent garnered by a union of four opposition alliances, the National Election Commission said. Critics have blamed the increasingly conservative party for derailing Georgia from…

The guitar described by Noel Gallagher as “the best in the world”, which he played on the third Oasis album “Be Here Now”, sold at auction on Saturday for £226,800 (Ksh.37.27 million). The custom Silver Sparkle Gibson Les Paul Florentine guitar that starred on the 1997 album was one of Gallagher’s primary guitars during the height of Oasis’s fame. It was made for him at Gibson’s custom shop and appeared in performances on The David Letterman Show and Saturday Night Live. “It’s not one of the best guitars. It’s the best guitar,” Gallagher said of the instrument in a 1997…

Close to 1,000 police officers from the larger Eastern Region are the latest to be transferred from their stations in efforts to enhance strength and balancing at the National Police Service. This is a according to a memo sent to the county police commanders in Machakos, Marsabit,Makueni, Meru, Kitui, Isiolo,Tharaka Nithi and Kilifi Counties. The memo dated November 14, instructs the police heads to release 974 officers from their current stations and allow them to report to their new stations by November 27. “Ensure that their personal files are forwarded to their new commands without delay,” Charles Naibei, the Commander…

President William Ruto appointed former Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero as Kenya National Trading Cooperation chairperson despite him having pending criminal charges.  He revoked the appointment of Hussein Tene. KNCTC has been embroiled in corruption allegations over procurement of food and other stuff that left the former CEO Pamela Mutua in court. Kidero has pending cases in court. Ruto also appointed Mark Lomunokol as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Sports Kenya, Nuh Nasir Abdi as the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Kenya Animal Genetic Resources Centre as he revoked the appointment of Victor Kioko Munyaka…

The much-anticipated Communist Party of Kenya second national Congress, slated to go down tomorrow, Saturday, November 16, is promising to be a political game-changer as the conveners seek to revolutionize Kenyan politics and deliver a people-based agenda. While addressing the party members, who now have been identified as the Majority, after a faction led by former leaders went to bed with the government, Booker Omole, the current party Vice-Chairman, has spelt out the purpose of the Congress, the ideals the party believes in, the call for a unified approach and the need for loyalty and integrity in one’s dealings with the…

A driver died on the spot after his vehicle collided with a trailer near the Kwamajini area along the Matuu-Thika road and burst into flames. Police said the incident happened near Sofia Market. According to police, the driver tried to jump out of the car but was unable to escape. He was trapped after the impact of the crash and burnt to death after the Friday morning incident. Firefighters from Matuu responded immediately, extinguishing the flames. The driver was alone at the time of the accident. The body of the deceased was moved to Mbaku Funeral Home pending autopsy while…

Detectives at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations have exposed the details of a man believed to be the prime suspect in the murder of a woman in Thika. The DCI urged the public to volunteer details that would aid in the arrest of the suspect identified as Ken Kimathi Gichunuku alias Sultan. Kimathi is believed to be behind the killing of Seth Nyakio Njeri, whose body was found at her friend’s house at Biafra Estate within Thika township on October 10, 2024. The body of Njeri, 23 was discovered in her friend’s house on October 14, 2024 at Blessing Building…

A boy, aged 11 was shot and seriously wounded by a gun holder who was chasing suspected thugs in Nairobi’s Kawangware area. The victim was a bystander at the time of the incident. He was hit in the cheek and attended to in hospital in stable condition. The businessman identified as James Kamau, 55 who is a licensed gun holder told police he was Thursday November 14 night at his general merchants shop in the area when a group of three men confronted him. He said the men were armed with metal bars and wanted to steal meter boxes that…

An electrician was electrocuted while fixing cables at a private residence in Nairobi’s Muthaiga area. Police said Wilson Wambui had been contracted for wiring purposes at the house when he went missing. He had gone to the ceiling where he traced the problem and was busy fixing the same when he was electrocuted. This is after he touched a naked wire, police said. the man who contracted him said he waited for him to come out and give out the report on the progress he had made in vain. He was not answering to his calls, which prompted the foreman…

Donald Trump has picked vaccine sceptic and former independent presidential candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr as his health secretary, as the president-elect continues to build his new administration. Kennedy, commonly known by his initials RFK Jr, has a history of spreading health information that scientists say is false. If his nomination is ratified by the Senate, he will lead a huge agency overseeing everything from food safety to medical research and welfare programmes. The announcement came amid a fresh flurry of nominations on Thursday evening, with Trump also declaring his intention to nominate North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum as his…