Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has recalled security officers who were on duty during the killer brew incident in Kirinyaga, Area OCS received a warning for allowing brewer to manufacture illicit liquor. “The Government has recalled senior law enforcement and National Government Administration officers who by conduct or misconduct may have contributed to the recent loss of lives occasioned by the consumption of an illicit toxic brew in Kirinyaga County, Central Region,” said the CS. “Relevant agencies are directed to immediately initiate inquiries upon which appropriate administrative action will ensue on those found culpable.” Read: Death Toll from Kirinyaga Brew Rises to…

Journalist Jacque Maribe is a free woman. This was after Justice Grace Nzioka on Friday found her not guilty of the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani. Maribe was acquitted due to lack of evidence. She is the second accused in a case that has been going on for over five years. “It is my considered view that the charge brought against the second accused person was not the proper charge,” she said. “Was there any offense committed when the second accused person gave a statement to the investigating officer at Lang’ata police station which turned out to be not true?…

A court has found Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu guilty of murder. Justice Graze Nzioka on Friday ruled that Jowie with others not before the court murdered Monica Kimani in September 2018 at her Lamuria Gardens apartment. “All this evidence leaves a strong conclusion that Irungu murdered Monica Kimani,” she ruled. “This the prosecution has proved beyond a reasonable doubt.” Justice Nzioka said the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt that indeed Jowie killed the late businesswoman. “The person who killed the deceased did not intend to give her even one minute to survive. It is my considered opinion and finding that…

A court has determined that the first accused person in the murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani knew her before her death. Joseph ‘Jowie’ Irungu is the first accused person and his ex-fiancée, Jacque Maribe, the second accused. The duo is said to have killed Monica in September 2018 at her Lamuria Gardens apartment in Kilimani.in Jowie told Justice Grace Nziok that he was unfamiliar with the deceased. “It is the finding of this court, that the evidence by the first accused person that he did not know the deceased prior to her death is untenable, insincere and it is an…

Police are hunting for a robbery with violence suspect who escaped as he was being escorted to Industrial Area remand in Nairobi. Ezekiel Kiarie Njoko who had been charged with robbery with violence at the Thika Law Courts was being transported alongside seven other suspects when he jumped off a moving police vehicle in Landhies area on Thursday at about 7 pm. Police said he removed his handcuffs before jumping off prompting a futile search. He mysteriously untangled himself from the handcuffs and jumped out of the motor vehicle and ran away, police said. Four police officers were escorting the…

A woman who police say set up three Kenyans with drugs to Thailand in 2021 leading to their arrest was arrested in Nairobi’s Fedha estate with 700 grams of cocaine valued at Sh2.8 million. Mary Opollo, 52 and her associate Charles Kimani, 23 were arrested in a police operation, which had been in waiting for two weeks. They were arrested on Thursday moments after Kimani had arrived with the drugs from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, police said. The drug is popular within Nairobi’s upmarket areas nightlife. According to police, the woman who is a seasoned trafficker had enrolled Kimani as an…

A landmark report from Special Counsel Robert Hur has raised serious questions about President Joe Biden’s memory, allegations the White House has been quick to rebuff. Declining to prosecute Mr Biden for retaining troves of classified documents, Mr Hur – a Republican – said the 81-year-old would likely present himself at trial as “a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory”. Elsewhere, the report challenged Mr Biden for retaining reams of classified information, and for storing it improperly and insecurely. The White House has already attacked the report, saying the descriptions of the president’s memory were not “accurate or…

Five Marines flying from Nevada to California died in a helicopter crash, US military officials confirmed. A search-and-rescue operation was launched for the CH-53E Super Stallion after it was “reported overdue” on Wednesday. The helicopter was on a training flight from a Nevada Air Force base to an air station near San Diego. Officials said its last reported location was received on Tuesday evening at about 23:30 local time. The helicopter was later found on Wednesday morning in the snow-covered California mountains – about 45 miles (74km) from its destination. “It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that…

President Vladimir Putin has said he believes a deal can be reached to free Evan Gershkovich, a US reporter detained last year in Russia. Speaking with US host Tucker Carlson, Mr Putin said talks were ongoing with the US about the journalist, who is being held on espionage charges. In the interview, Putin held forth on Ukraine, US presidents and the CIA. It’s the first time the Russian leader has sat down with a Western journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Mr Putin said he believed a deal could be struck to release Mr Gershkovich, 32, “if our partners…

R&B singer Usher has promised to roller-skate during his Super Bowl half-time show, in Las Vegas, on Sunday. He would recreate a skating sequence that had become a viral highlight of his recent Vegas residency, he said. And the show would be a “crescendo” marking a “new beginning” in his 30-year career. Previous Super Bowl half-time show performers include Katy Perry, Prince and Beyoncé. But Usher will be the first independent artist to take the stage, having left his previous record label, RCA, to self-release his album, Coming Home, this weekend. Interviewed by Apple Music’s Nadeska Alexis, he ducked several…

Financial agreements worth Sh350 billion were been signed during President William Ruto’s visit to Japan between February 5 and 8.  These agreements will support projects and programmes in sectors that are aimed at turning around the economic fortunes of the country. The largest projects to benefit are Dongo Kundu Infrastructure Ecosystem and the Mombasa Gateway Bridge at the Coast at Sh260 billion, State House said. Ruto and Prime Minister Fumio Kushida also agreed that Kenya will issue a Sh40 billion Samurai bond in Japan to finance energy and infrastructure projects. A Samurai bond is a yen-denominated bond issued in Tokyo…

The Government has ordered for a nationwide crackdown on counterfeit seeds ahead of the planting season in March. Agriculture and Livestock Development Cabinet Secretary Mithika Linturi has announced that the crackdown will target agrovet centers who are selling fake seedlings to unsuspecting farmers. Linturi has reiterated that farmers across the country should only purchase certified seeds from government agency Kenya Seed Company outlets across the country. Speaking in Mbooni, Makueni County while commissioning the Utangwa Irrigation Scheme, Linturi directed the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) to intensify the crackdown and ensure only genuine seeds are sold to farmers. “I’m…

The anti graft agency won a recovery suit for Sh7 million against Dr Daniel Nguku and Janet Mulwa who were among the beneficiaries of the public funds embezzled in the fraudulent procurement of 48.30 hectares cemetery land by the defunct Nairobi City Council in Athi River, Machakos County.  This was at an exaggerated cost of Sh283.2 million, according to the Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission. From the Sh283.2 million, Sh110 million went to the purchase of the cemetery land which was not fit for the intended purpose while Sh173 million was shared among Government officials through 26 law firms and…

Russia’s election commission rejected anti-war challenger Boris Nadezhdin as a candidate in next month’s presidential vote. Mr Nadezhdin has been relatively critical of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war in Ukraine when few dissenting voices have been tolerated in Russia. He had tried to challenge claims by the election commission that more than 15% of the signatures he submitted with his candidate application were flawed. But the commission rejected his bid. Refusing to give up, Mr Nadezhdin said on social media that he would challenge the decision in Russia’s Supreme Court. “I collected more than 200,000 signatures across Russia. We conducted the…

Multi agency teams seized over 700 liters of illegal ethanol in an operation in Ruaka, Kiambu County.  This comes in the wake of an incident in which an illicit brew killed 13 people in villages in Kirinyaga County on Tuesday prompting protests from locals who burnt a bar believed to be behind the same. Many others are blind in hospitals following the incident. The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) through a multi-agency operation involving officers drawn from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) and the National Police Service (NPS) Wednesday night netted 750 liters of…