Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Another former lawyer for Donald Trump, Jenna Ellis, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to helping the former U.S. president’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state of Georgia and agreed to testify against Trump if called upon. Ellis is the third member of Trump’s legal team to reach a plea deal since Thursday, following Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro, and the fourth of the 19 people charged in the sweeping racketeering indictment brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to agree to testify. Ellis, her voice cracking at times, told an Atlanta court that she “failed to…

The Political Parties Dispute Tribunal has stopped the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party from making leadership changes at the Nairobi county assembly. PPDT chairperson Desma Nungo on Tuesday issued orders barring the President William Ruto-led outfit from making any changes until the matter is heard and determined. “Pending the inter-partes hearing and determination of this Application, this Honourable Tribunal hereby issues an interim order restraining the 2nd Respondent from enforcing and/or affecting the decision of the 1st Respondent to remove the Complainants/Applicants as the Minority Leader and the Minority Chief Whip of the 1st Respondent,” Nungo said. On Monday, UDA…

Saudi Arabia will use Kenya as a platform to broaden its forays into Africa. Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed Bin Salman said Kenya is a pillar of stability and growth in Africa. “We have to pay closer attention to it; it is a country with a future,” he said. As a model country, the Crown Prince noted that Saudi Arabia was committed to pushing for more investments in Kenya. He noted that particular focus will be paid on the renewable energy sector. He spoke on Tuesday at the King Abdul Aziz International Conference Centre in Riyadh where he held…

There was panic at Kapindasum village in Baringo South sub-county after bandits attacked security officers on Tuesday morning. The gunmen targeted General Service Unit (GSU) personnel on a routine patrol prompting a fierce gun battle for more than two hours. Officials said the bandits surrounded Kapindasum Primary School and the neighbouring GSU camp as the fighting raged. There was no death reported by the time of going to press but officials fear there will be casualties. Officials aware of the incident said a reinforcement had been sent to the area to help push the attackers out of the place. The…

A Nairobi court Monday barred a developer from constructing 512 housing units in Lavington along Mbaazi Avenue in Nairobi County’s Thompson area. The orders against Merticom Home Nairobi were issued by Justice Oscar Angote, also prohibited them from constructing 16 apartment blocks on a one-acre plot of land. “Prayer B is granted until November 2, 2023, when the case will be heard between the parties,” Justice Angote said in a ruling. Residents of the Millennium Gardens estate have filed a lawsuit against Metricom for allegedly failing to comply with zoning regulations and environmental concerns. They claim that the proposed project…

The High Court Tuesday extended orders stopping the deployment of Kenya police to Haiti until the petition is heard and determined. The court gave November 9 as the day the hearing of the case starts. Tuesday October 24 was the mention date to also check on compliance on the orders granted earlier on in a case filed by Thirdway Alliance boss Ekuru Aukot The move means the plans to deploy an interim team of about 200 officers from the special squads to Haiti by November will not happen. The cops have been training at various bases including Nandi Hills, Gilgil,…

Ride-hailing app Bolt has taken action against a driver accused of portraying indecent behaviour in front of a female rider. In a video doing rounds on social media and shared by former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko, the driver is seen exposing his manhood even as the rider protested. “In this video of an incident that transpired today in the morning, which was sent to me by two victims. The cab services driver allegedly goes nude and commits an indecent act while ferrying a female passenger seated in front and her friend in the back,” wrote Sonko. The driver identified as…

At least 10 suspects were Monday arrested in a police operation in Meru following a surge in breakings of bars in the counties of Meru, Tharaka Nithi, Embu, Laikipia and Kirinyaga by a suspected well-coordinated ring. Police said they recovered assorted goods from the suspects in the exercise by DCI’s Crime Research detectives augmented by the local law enforcement officers in Meru. In one of the raids and search conducted at Stinger Lounge Bar recovery of assorted alcoholic drinks, keg pumps, keg cylinders among other items was made. In a linked operation, three vehicles belonging to three suspects were intercepted…

Ten Ethiopian nationals were arrested from a house in Taita Taveta while headed for Tanzania. They told police they were being smuggled to Tanzania through the Taita Taveta border. Police said the men were locked in a house along Mwarangeenyi- Mumari Sechu Road. Locals had called police to inform them of the presence of the aliens. They only ventured out for call of nature. The smuggler behind the incident is yet to be found, police said. Police said this is the latest such incident to happen in the recent days. At the Isebania border in Migori, three Egyptians were arrested…

Three Aimi Ma Lukenya Society officials were on Monday arraigned over the contested East African Portland cement land in Mavoko, Machakos County. The prosecution sought the detention of Julius Mutua (chairman), Pascal Kiseli (treasurer), and secretary Alex Kyalo Mutemi. This it argued was in order to complete investigations against the trio. The court heard that the three are under probe for conspiracy to defraud and obtain money by false pretences. Read: Mavoko MP Makau Among 30 Summoned by DCI Over Portland Cement Land Saga “The investigations are at the preliminary stage and would like more time,” the court heard. The Managing…

A family is in shock after their kin set himself on fire in a suicide mission in Kasarani area, Nairobi. Police say they are investigating the motive behind the incident in which a 29 year old died by suicide after setting himself on fire in Kasarani area, Nairobi. The badly burnt body of Denise Gakuru was found in his house long after he had set himself on fire. Police said they are yet to establish the motive of the October 23 incident. Read: Six Killed In Somalia Suicide Bombing The family told police the victim first soaked a piece of rag…

Bobi, who was this year ordained the oldest dog in the world by Guinness World Records, has died at the ripe old age of 31, Portuguese media reported Monday. “We have better memories of a long life where he was happy and, above all, where he made a lot of people happy, especially his family,” Bobi’s owner Leonel Costa told local media from the little village in central Portugal where he lives. A purebreed Rafeiro, a Portuguese livestock guard dog whose normal life expectancy is between 12 and 14, Bobi was not supposed to make it beyond puppyhood. He was…

UK leader Rishi Sunak announced Monday that Britain was sending an additional £20 million ($24 million) of aid to help civilians in Gaza affected by the war between Israel and Hamas. The announcement brings the amount pledged to Palestinian territories by Britain since Hamas’s attack on Israel earlier this month to £30 million, after £10 million was made available last week. Hamas militants stormed into Israel from the Gaza Strip on October 7, and killed at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians who were shot, mutilated or burnt to death on the first day of the raid, according to Israeli officials.…

Israel confirms that two elderly women, Nurit Cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz, have been released by Hamas but their husbands are still being held. Ms Lifshitz’s daughter says she remains focused on securing the release of her father and the other hostages who remain in Gaza. It brings the total number of hostages released by Hamas to four. Two American-Israelis, mother and daughter Judith and Natalie Raanan, were released on Friday. Earlier, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the blast at Gaza’s Al Ahli hospital last week was likely caused by a missile fired from within Gaza. Read: 2 American Hostages Released…

The Environment and Land Court Monday gave unregistered occupants of a parcel of land belonging to late tycoon Gerishon Kirima seventy days to vacate or face evictions on January 1. This was given in consolidated suits touching on claims of adverse possession by at least 300 people. The oldest suit was lodged in 2011. Justice Samson Okong’o, sitting at the Kisumu Law Courts, ruled that the 300 had no valid claim on the parcels they occupied in Njiru within Nairobi’s Embakasi region, dismissing assertions of adverse possession as unmerited. This may lead to a crisis of evictions if the parties…