Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced Friday that the Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit will be operational by May 1, 2026. Murkomen made the remarks after meeting the technical committee overseeing the unit’s formation and rollout. “In line with President William Ruto’s directive and the cooperation agreement between the National Government and Nairobi City County, we are committed to establishing the Nairobi Metropolitan Police Unit by May 1,” he said. The unit is designed to strengthen security in the high-population capital, making the city safer for residents, visitors, and investors. The committee briefed the CS on the proposed structure, command framework,…

A tragic incident in Lamu County left one man dead and another seriously injured after a wall collapsed near the seafront in Lamu town. According to police in Lamu Central Sub-county, the incident occurred on April 9, 2026 near the Huduma Centre Lamu, in the Shiah Mosque seafront area. Authorities said the two victims, including Wilson Garama Malibe, 63, were relaxing on a porch adjacent to a wall where construction sand had been heaped. Preliminary investigations indicate that the sand exerted pressure on the wall, causing it to collapse and trap the two men underneath. Members of the public rushed…

A Kenya Power and Lightning meter reader died after he was brutally attacked while on duty in Isiolo. Police and Kenya Power officials said the incident happened on April 9 in the morning when the employee identified as Shadrack Makembu, 37 went to read a meter in Chechelesi area. A tenant is said to have confronted him and stabbed him in the chest, neck and left hand in a confrontation. The assailant left a sword at the scene and escaped soon after the incident as the victim was rushed to the hospital. It is not clear what prompted the deadly…

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has charged Tanzanian musician Sefu Shabani Ramadhan, popularly known as Matonya, with one count of rape. The 43-year-old appeared before Chief Magistrate Robinson Ondiek at the Shanzu Law Court, where he denied the charge brought under Section 3(1) as read with Section 3(3) of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006. The court heard that the alleged offence took place on April 7, 2026, at an apartment in Nyali Sub-County, Mombasa County. According to the prosecution, the accused is alleged to have unlawfully committed the act against an adult woman. Principal…

Police arrested three suspects in connection with the theft of Sh700,000 from a house in Makongeni, Thika West Subcounty, Kiambu County. The incident occurred on April 7, 2026 when a complainant told police she found the cash missing from a wardrobe where she had kept. She had reportedly kept the cash in her wardrobe a day earlier, intending to use it to purchase land. She told police she left for work, leaving behind her two children under the care of a house help, identified as Jacinta Ndunge Kiswili. Upon returning home in the evening, the woman found the house help…

A junior police officer was found dead in his house in Lokamarinyang police post, Kibish, Turkana County. Constable Harrison Rhobi was supposed to be at work on April 9 when he was found unresponsive in his house. He lived alone. His colleagues said he had overslept, which forced them to go and check on him. It was then that they found his body on bed unresponsive. The body was moved to a local mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Such incidents have been reported in some places and linked to stress and trauma related to the police work. Authorities…

President William Samoei Ruto, on Thursday, pledged to transform Nairobi into a brighter and safer city within six months. He pledged while outlining an ambitious infrastructure plan backed by billions of shillings in funding. Ruto spoke during a special address to the Nairobi County Assembly. He said the government had already established a structured implementation framework to drive the capital’s transformation and outlined the core of his plan which will see a major street lighting programme aimed at improving safety across the city. Ruto said 50,000 lighting points will be installed, including the revival of 40,000 existing lights and the…

An aide to Dadaab Member of Parliament Farah Maalim lost Sh950,000 moments after he had left a bank in Nairobi. The incident happened after suspected thieves had trailed him from Industrial Area to near Parliament and broke into his car on the evening of April 9. He told police he had been to a bank in the Industrial Area and withdrew the cash for use elsewhere. He then boarded his Toyoya Axio salon car and drove to Haile Selassie Avenue and parked it outside a restaurant. He said he was hungry and wanted to have lunch. The Personal Assistant to…

Kayole Starlets have strengthened their squad ahead of the second leg of the Kenya Women Premier League campaign, recruiting three promising players from the Safaricom Chapa Dimba All-Stars team. The club has confirmed the signing of goalkeeper Sonia Wambui, striker Calta Nasambu, and midfielder Naomi Nanjala, all of whom previously featured for Barcelona Ladies SC of Laikipia in the National Super League (NSL). The trio also gained international exposure after being selected for the Chapa Dimba All-Stars squad that travelled to Huesca, Spain, in September last year for an elite training bootcamp, a program aimed at sharpening young Kenyan talent…

Detectives are investigating an incident where a six-year-old minor was found dead after a suspected murder in the Rapsu area, Isiolo County. The girl had been reported missing on April 5 before her decomposed body was discovered three days later, police said. She was a PP1 pupil at Rapsu Primary School, police added. The motive of the murder was not immediately known. The girl is said to have been on her way to a madrassa on the day she went missing, police said adding the body was naked when it was discovered and moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy…

President Donald Trump’s overhaul of US refugee policies has created a major shift in the number and nationalities of people admitted to the country, US government data shows. Since October 2025, 4,499 refugees were resettled in the US, according to the Refugee Processing Center. All, except three from Afghanistan, were South African. In the last full fiscal year of the Biden administration, which started in October 2023, 125,000 people were accepted from 85 countries. Last year, Trump halted all refugee admissions, including for applicants from warzones, but allowed Afrikaners, a white minority group he said was persecuted, to seek resettlement.…

First Lady Melania Trump has denied connections to Jeffrey Epstein, telling reporters at the White House that any claims linking the two “need to end today”. In a surprise announcement on Thursday, the first lady called for congressional hearings for survivors of Epstein’s sex trafficking. She also denied online rumours that Epstein introduced her to Donald Trump, calling them “mean-spirited attempts to defame my reputation”. It is unclear what prompted the announcement. There was no prior indication from her office that she would make a statement on Epstein, and the White House did not share the topic earlier when her…

Afrika Bambaataa, one of the founding figures of hip-hop culture, has died at the age of 67, the Hip Hop Alliance has confirmed. In a statement, the organisation said Bambaataa helped shape a “global movement rooted in peace, unity, love, and having fun”, paying tribute to his role in the emergence of hip-hop as both a musical genre and a cultural force. Born Lance Taylor in the Bronx, Bambaataa grew up during the era of the black liberation movement. In 1973, he co-founded the Universal Zulu Nation, an international hip‑hop awareness group. In his later years, Bambaataa’s reputation was overshadowed…

White House staff were warned last month not to use insider information to place bets on predictions markets. The email, which was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, was sent to staff on 24 March, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a five-day pause on his threat to attack Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure. It referred to press reports that raised concerns over government officials using non-public information to place bets on platforms like Kalshi or Polymarket. White House spokesman Davis Ingle told the BBC that “any implication that Administration officials are engaged in such activity…

US President Donald Trump has accused Iran of doing a “very poor job” in its handling of oil passing through the pivotal Strait of Hormuz, arguing it was “not the agreement we have”. The comments reflect the fragile nature of the ceasefire agreement, with reports showing conflicts on what was included in the accord. It came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government was to begin direct talks with Lebanon, focusing on the disarmament of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group, and establishing peaceful relations. A US State Department official confirmed it would host a meeting next week in…