Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The US government says it supports ongoing international efforts to deploy a Multinational Security Support mission for Haiti. This comes after a court in Nairobi stopped Kenya from deploying police to the Caribbean nation. The US State Department said in a statement on Monday their commitment to the Haitian people remains unwavering. “We reaffirm our support of ongoing international efforts to deploy a Multinational Security Support mission for Haiti, as requested by Haiti and authorized by UN Security Council Resolution 2699, and renew our calls for the international community to urgently provide support for this mission,” said the statement. It…

Police are investigating a murder and suicide incident that happened at a home in Nakuru County. The incident happened in Kiugoine area where a man killed his wife before dying by suicide. The bodies of the two were found separately within the compound long after the Saturday January 27 evening incident, police said. According to police, the body of the man identified as Peter Karuki Mahiu aged 56 years was found hanging on an avocado tree within the Heroes area. Police said they found his body dangling on a tree with a sisal rope around his neck and a bottle…

Police are looking for a man who stabbed his girlfriend to death during a fight in Biafra slums, Nairobi. The body of Serah Ndunge Musyoki, 20 was found in her house long after the incident had happened on Sunday, January 28 night, police said. She was rushed to Mother and Child Hospital along Yusuf Haji Avenue where she succumbed while undergoing treatment, police said. The attacker who is known to the family as her boyfriend is at large and efforts to trace him are ongoing, police said. The motive of the killing is yet to be known. Police said the…

At least 43 students at Ofafa Jericho High School in Nairobi were rushed to hospital following a fire incident at their institution. The fire broke out at the institution on Sunday January 28 evening burning a section of a dormitory. Police said one wing of a four-storey dormitory building was burnt affecting six cubes each cube with 20 beds totaling to 120 beds. The students were rushed to Metropolitan Hospital due to suffocation and later discharged in fair condition. The fire was contained by fire engines that rushed there. No fatalities were reported and parents and guardians of the students…

11 people have died after a bus belonging to the Super Metro Sacco rammed into a lorry along the Kisumu-Nairobi Road. The grisly accident happened at Ahero in the wee hours of Monday. While confirming the incident, Nyanza Regional Traffic Enforcement Officer Allan Mwangi noted that dozens of other passengers were receiving treatment at Ahero Sub-county Hospital and others at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital (JOOTRH). The deceased include two women, eight men and a minor. A total of 53 passengers are nursing injuries. https://twitter.com/KahawaTungu/status/1751839388911251759 The bus, which was heading towards Nairobi, is said to have…

Police are holding a 23-year-old woman over claims she stabbed and killed her three-year-old son in Kuria, Migori County. The incident happened on Kebaroti area on Sunday morning, police said. The woman killed the son using a kitchen knife. She apparently stabbed the boy in the stomach twice while asleep killing him on the spot. The body of the boy was found lying on the floor of the bedroom. The motive of the murder is yet to be known, police said as they moved the body to the mortuary. The woman was taken to custody pending interrogation to get more…

The Kansas City are going to the Super Bowl, and Taylor Swift was on hand in Baltimore on Sunday to help boyfriend Travis Kelce celebrate the team’s second consecutive trip to the Super Bowl. After the game, which aired on CBS, Swift was seen on the field embracing and kissing Kelce, who helped his team best the Baltimore Ravens in the AFC Championship playoff game. During the game, Swift watched from a suite at M&T Bank Stadium alongside her friend and wife of actor Miles Teller, Keleigh Teller, and model Cara Delevingne. The friends were shown multiple times. Sunday’s playoff…

Three US troops were Sunday killed and 25 injured in a drone attack on a US base Jordan, the US military said. US Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement the casualties were caused by a drone attack at a base in northeast Jordan, near the Syria border. The killing of three Americans at Tower 22 in Jordan near the border with Syria is a significant escalation of an already-precarious situation in the Middle East. Officials said the drone was fired by Iran-backed militants and appeared to come from Syria. US President Joe Biden said that the attack was carried out by…

An advocate of the High Court is admitted in hospital in serious condition after he was ambushed and shot by gunmen along the Isiolo-Modogashe Road.  Police said Anthony Gathitu Kabathi, a lawyer with the Kabathi and Company Advocates law firm in Nairobi was driving back to the city from a client meeting in Garissa when he was attacked near Laga Logo, about five kilometers from a police camp. The incident happened on Sunday morning. General Service Unit officers responding to a distress call from the public reported that the lawyer sustained severe gunshot wounds to his chest, left hand, thumb,…

The Director General of National intelligence Service Noordin Haji wants regional countries to be ready for any pandemic.  This he said will be made possible when the countries’ strategy encompass pandemic preparedness through investment in robust surveillance systems, the development of vaccines and therapeutics, and regional knowledge sharing. He said embracing climate-smart solutions is also essential, involving the transition to renewable energy sources, the implementation of sustainable land management practices, and the construction of infrastructure resilient to extreme weather events. Further, building cyber resilience through enhanced cyber security protocols, training skilled professionals, and fostering international cooperation must also be part…

A bull belonging to Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale Sunday killed its caretaker cum trainer in a tragic incident.  The prized bull nicknamed, Inasio, turned aggressive and killed its longtime caretaker and trainer, Kizito Moi, 46, police said. Khalwale too confirmed the incident as he mourned the death of a man he knew for many years. The incident occurred in the bull’s den, with Moi’s body discovered on Sunday, January 28, 2024, displaying severe injuries on the neck, stomach, back, head, and buttocks. Moi, who had been working for Khalwale for 24 years, was dedicated to the training and well-being of…

King Charles has had his treatment for an enlarged prostate, after being admitted to hospital on Friday morning. Queen Camilla said the King is “doing well”. He is expected to spend at least one night at the hospital. The procedure was carried out at the London Clinic private hospital, where Catherine, the Princess of Wales had surgery last week. The King visited his daughter-in-law in the hospital on Friday morning, ahead of his own treatment. Queen Camilla left the hospital in Marylebone in central London on Friday evening, having arrived with the King this morning. Before leaving the hospital, she…

One person was killed after two masked gunmen attacked a church in the Sarıyer district of Istanbul, Turkey’s Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya posted in a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter. The incident occurred in the district’s Büyükdere neighborhood around 11:40am local time (3:40aET) while the Santa Maria Church was holding a Sunday service, Yerlikaya said. A “large-scale investigation” has been launched and authorities are trying to find the two attackers, he added. “We strongly condemn this vile attack,” the minister said. The motive of the attack is unknown. Turkey’s Justice Minister Yilmaz Tunc condemned the attack and said…

Two protesters on Sunday hurled soup at the bullet-proof glass protecting Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” in Paris, demanding the right to “healthy and sustainable food”, an AFP journalist saw. The action, which comes as French farmers protest across the country, is the latest in a string of similar attacks against artworks to demand more action to protect the planet. Two women on Sunday morning flung streams of red and orange soup onto the glass protecting the smiling lady to gasps from the crowd in the French capital’s Louvre museum. “What is more important? Art or the right to healthy…

Wajir Governor Ahmed Abdullahi Saturday raised an alarm over suspected recruitment efforts targeting youths from Northern Kenya. According to Abdullahi, these recruitment efforts are allegedly disguised as job opportunities in Syria, Israel and Russia, while in reality, the youths are being lured into joining militant groups such as al-Shabaab and ISIS. “We are asking our youths not to be cheated or hoodwinked with goodies that don’t exist; we are pleading with them not to be radicalized into joining militant groups be it Al Shabaab, ISIS or joining all manner of terrorist groups.” “It is unfortunate that the youth from this…