Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Donald Trump went straight from his victory in the Republican Iowa caucuses to a New York courtroom Tuesday for the start of a defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll after an earlier jury found he had sexually assaulted her in the 1990s. In court, the former US president did not make any statements, and he and Carroll avoided looking at each other while jurors were being selected, according to reporters allowed inside the courtroom. But Trump continued attacking Carroll on his Truth Social platform, reposting a clip from an interview she gave to CNN and writing, “Can you…

Fresh details have emerged about how the killer of a woman whose mutilated body was found in a dustbin in Roysambu, Nairobi met. Officials say the two met through social media platform Instagram. The information was obtained from the slain woman’s account, which was cracked by detectives investigating the January 13 murder at an apartment in Roysambu area, Nairobi. The investigators say the two avoided using voice calls and other platforms like WhatsApp in their conversation and resorted to the social media platform. Read: Airbnb Distances Itself from Nairobi Murders, Says Apartments Were Not Booked They then started to converse until…

Google on Tuesday confirmed it is eliminating “a few hundred” positions from its global ad team, amid a push to use artificial intelligence for efficiency and creativity. The job cuts to its “large customer” sales team are intended to result in better support for small and medium-size businesses advertising on Google’s platform, according to the internet giant. Expansion of small business ad teams at Google was expected by the company to result in increased hiring this year. Google made no mention of generative AI, which is disrupting many sectors including advertising. Last week, Google’s cloud computing unit announced new AI…

Sudan has suspended its involvement in mediation efforts with IGAD, a group of East African nations that has sought to broker talks between the army and the paramilitary force it has been fighting for months, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. IGAD had offered to mediate between the heads of the Sudanese army and the Rapid Forces (RSF), including hosting a meeting – to which both men had agreed. The foreign ministry said in a statement that dealings with IGAD were suspended after the regional group added Sudan to the agenda of a meeting scheduled for Jan. 18 in Kampala,…

Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister said on Tuesday the kingdom could recognise Israel if a comprehensive agreement were reached that included statehood for the Palestinians, ambitious talk as the war between Israel and Hamas shows no sign of easing. “We agree that regional peace includes peace for Israel, but that could only happen through peace for the Palestinians through a Palestinian state,” Prince Faisal bin Farhan told a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Asked if Saudi Arabia would then recognise Israel as part of a wider political agreement, he said: “Certainly.” Prince Faisal said securing regional peace through…

American-based company Airbnb Tuesday said two apartments where two women were murdered Nairobi’s Roysambu and South B estates were not booked with them.  Airbnb expressed shock over the events while at the same time emphasizing that the incidents are unrelated to accommodations booked through the platform. It said in a statement the locations where the murders occurred had no bookings registered on the platform for the reported dates, and that persons of interest in both cases did not have registered accounts. “Over the past week, Kenya has witnessed two heinous crimes in the city of Nairobi. We are saddened and…

Detectives were Tuesday interrogating a man believed to be a suspect behind the murder of a woman whose mutilated body was found in a house in Roysambu area, Nairobi.  The suspect was intercepted at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as he tried to fly out to Abuja, Nigeria. But police are not sure he is the wanted man. He was detained pending identification and interrogation, officials said. He was detained at the airport for a while as the investigation team from Kasarani and DCI headquarters was called to pick him for grilling. This is after police asked all personnel at exit…

A court has deferred Mumias East MP Peter Salasya’s plea taking to Wednesday. This was after his lawyers submitted that he was hospitalized. The lawmaker was admitted on Monday with an undisclosed illness. “Honourable Peter Salasya is currently not feeling well please pray for him. It’s not well with him,” a post shared on Facebook read. He is set to face charges of assault and creating disturbance contrary to section 251 of the penal code and creating disturbance in a manner likely to cause a breach of peace contrary to section 95 (1)(b) of the penal code. The legislator was…

Kenya and Tanzania have settled the travel restrictions between the two East African countries. Tanzania Civil Aviation Authority on Tuesday said Kenya had granted 5th freedom traffic rights to Air Tanzania for all cargo services. On its part, Tanzania has rescinded its decision to ban Kenya Airways (KQ) flights on the Dar-Nairobi route. On Monday, Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi said they would reach a resolution in three days. “I have this evening spoken to H.E. @JMakamba (MP), Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania, with regard to the decision of the Tanzania…

The Director of Public Prosecutions Mulele Ingonga Tuesday ordered the prosecution of 95 individuals from Wednesday with murder, manslaughter, radicalization, cruelty, and child torture among other charges in the Shakahola massacre probe. The killings happened in Shakahola area, Kilifi county. The Public Prosecutor had given until January 23 to charge Paul Mackenzie, the leader of the Shakahola forest starvation cult, blamed for the death of over 400 followers of his so-called Good News International Church. Shanzu Principal Magistrate Yousuf Shikanda issued the new ultimatum on Tuesday last week citing the historic length of pre-trial detention on Mackenzie and his associates.…

A court in Nairobi ordered the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) to investigate lawyer Danstan Omari and Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detectives in an alleged Sh2 million extortion scheme. Justice Nixon Sifuna of the Milimani Anti-corruption ordered the anti-graft body to record statements from Richard Tsado Bala and Lot Ziko Tsado, both Nigerians and directors of Vital Quest International. The two Nigerians had complained against the detectives, lawyer Omari and his client Ann Wambui Ndung’u. “I further direct the Director of the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) forthwith to take statements from the Applicants and thoroughly investigate and take…

President William Ruto says he is ready for talks with Chief Justice Martha Koome. Speaking on Tuesday in Nandi, the head of state said the talks will involve the three arms of government. “Mimi nataka nimwambie madam Chief Justice mimi niko tayari kwa hayo mazungumzo,” Dr Ruto. “Mkutano kati ya executive mimi nikiongoza, judiciary ikiongozwa na Chief Justice and legislature led by the Speakers. I am ready for the conversation on how we are going to deal with vested interests, incompetence and corruption.” The President said corruption has derailed Kenya’s development and continues to affect its potential. He, however, stated…

AS Roma have parted ways with head coach Jose Mourinho following a poor run of form; the Giallorossi have won just one of their last six Serie A games, and sit ninth in the league. Mourinho joined Roma in 2021 and spent two-and-a-half years in the role, leading them to the Europa Conference League title in 2022. He also guided them to the Europa League final last season, where they were defeated by Sevilla on penalties. A club statement read: “We would like to thank Jose on behalf of all of us at AS Roma for his passion and efforts…

At least five police officers were Monday injured after their vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device (IED) at Lafey in Mandera. The officers were part of a team in a convoy of three vehicles with 70 officers heading to Mandera from Elwak when the incident occurred Monday January 15 afternoon. The incident happened at the junction of Lafey and Iresuki along the Elwak-Wargadud road, police said. Police said the vehicle was hit by directional IED, followed by gunshots and as a result, the officers sustained slight body injuries. The attackers fled the scene. Police said the five, from GSU…

Almost 40% of jobs around the world could be affected by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), a trend that is likely to deepen inequality, according to the International Monetary Fund. In a Sunday blog post, IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva called for governments to establish social safety nets and offer retraining programs to counter the impact of AI. “In most scenarios, AI will likely worsen overall inequality, a troubling trend that policymakers must proactively address to prevent the technology from further stoking social tensions,” she wrote ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland,…