Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Those whose passports have been produced by the Immigration Department will no longer receive the documents through the Kenya Postal Corporation. The Immigration Department is said to have terminated the deal to dispatch the documents through the Postal Corporation following complaints of delays in delivering them. Talks are ongoing to resume the deal. And to deliver the uncollected documents, the Immigration Department Wednesday announced a Rapid Response Initiative (RRI) to deliver the passports. There are at least 87,574 uncollected passports. Read: How To Acquire A Passport In Kenya In their new collection measures, the department said the passports will be collected…

Gunmen raided a village in West Pokot and killed a bodaboda rider. Police said the gang raided Sarmach sub-location in the evening hours on September 19 and shot and killed one Longechel Chudang, 18. Police officers responded to the scene and found the bandits had escaped to the nearby bush. The motive of the attack is unknown, police said. The body was moved to the mortuary pending autopsy and further processes. Read: Casual Laborer Fatally Shot by Gunmen in Mandera Attack The area is among those affected by banditry attacks and is under operation. The multi agency teams are conducting operations…

President William Ruto has appointed Renson Ingonga as the next Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). Ingonga will succeed Noordin Haji who is now the director general of the National Intelligence Service (NIS). His appointment was announced in a Gazette notice dated September 20. “In exercise of the powers conferred by Article 157 (2) of the Constitution and in accordance with the procedure set out under section 8 (8) of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions Act, 2013, I, William Samoei Ruto, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Kenya Defence Forces, appoint Renson Mulele Ingonga as the Director of Public…

Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale chaired a ‘Friends’ of the East African Standby Force (FoEASF) meeting to discuss progress made by the agency in the region. The meeting, which saw the attendance of delegates from the EASF member states and international partners together with some international organizations, was geared towards bringing together the diplomatic leadership. Officials said it was also meant to discuss the progress and milestones achieved by the institution since its operationalization in 2014. “They also discussed the challenges encountered and the solutions required for the continual improvement of the African Union (AU) organ,” said officials. Duale, who…

Slain Nairobi Hospital finance director Eric Maigo will be buried at his Kisii rural home on September 29. The family and friends of the deceased are meeting to organize the ceremony. Meanwhile, Nairobi Hospital has organized a requiem mass for Maigo. The mass will be held on Friday September 22, 2023 at the hospital Amphitheatre Convention Centre 2nd Floor from 1:00pm to 2:00pm. Chief Executive Officer James Nyamongo said in an internal memo a link will be circulated in due course for those that will not be able to attend physically to follow the service virtually. “All HODs are requested…

Tens of security personnel have been mobilized and deployed at various places as the country marks ten years since terrorists stormed Westgate Shopping Mall in Westlands and killed at least 70 people. Police said they had enhanced operations to disrupt any form of insecurity related to similar attack. There will be multi agency teams in various places in the country. As part of planned events to mark the day, Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo and said Director General Private Security Regulatory Authority Fazul Mohamed will visit various malls in the city and launch special badges for the guards. They will…

At least ten suspects were Wednesday arrested over chaos that were experienced at Meru governor Kawira Mwangaza’s event in Makiri area. This came as her deputy Isaac Mutuma was grilled at the County Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) office. Mutuma appeared at the DCI office on Wednesday after he was summoned following the chaos during Mwangaza’s ‘Okolea Program’ function at Makiri, Igembe South Constituency. Mutuma arrived at the office while accompanied by the sleuths and some of his supporters. He was later seen being whisked away into the office as his supporters waited outside. Mutuma and her boss Mwangaza have…

Kenya is seeking to strengthen cooperation with China, particularly in terms of intelligence sharing, joint security operations, and security management in a strategic move to bolster its security capabilities in the wake of escalating global threats. Principal Secretary of Internal Security Raymond Omollo said the move will play a critical role in boosting Kenya’s capacity to tackle the emerging security threats. He said the rapidly evolving global security landscape necessitates a unified approach to preserving peace. Omollo singled out, terrorism, cyberattacks, transnational crime, regional conflicts and climate change as the major challenges posing a threat to global peace. “Given current…

Renowned American preacher Benny Hinn says First Lady Rachel Ruto has invited him to Kenya for a countrywide crusade. Pastor Hinn revealed during his sermon that the first lady flew all the way to Orlando, Florida, together with her team, to ask him to attend a crusade in Nairobi. The televangelist told his congregants that the Kenyan government would foot all his bills. “Something amazing happened. The First Lady of Kenya flew from Nairobi with her team, just for one reason; to ask me to come back to Nairobi for a nationwide government-sponsored crusade,” Hinn said. https://twitter.com/gabrieloguda/status/1704409776036495495 Hinn said that…

Nairobi County contract laborers hired to clean up the Lang’ata cemetery on Wednesday protested over delayed salaries. The workers staged protests at the cemetery’s entrance, claiming that despite dutifully performing their duties, they had not gotten their pay for a period of five months. The protests took a turn after the aggrieved workers set ablaze tires near Lang’ata Police Station. It is then that cops lobbed teargas to disperse the crowd. Lang’ata sub-county police commander Monica Kimani said that she advised the staff to address their grievances with the Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja rather than stirring up trouble. https://twitter.com/KahawaTungu/status/1704440480405090581…

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in elections due to be held next year. “Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” Kagame, who has ruled over the country with an iron fist for decades, told Jeune Afrique, a French-language news magazine, in an interview published online on Tuesday. “I am pleased with the confidence that Rwandans have placed in me. I will always serve them, as long as I can,” the 65-year-old was quoted as saying. The Rwandan government in March decided to synchronise the dates for its…

At least one person was killed and several houses torched in an attack by al-Shabaab militants in Widhu area, Lamu County. Police said the raid happened on Tuesday night when an unknown number of gunmen struck. Witnesses said the gang torched houses in the raid before escaping. No arrest has been made. Multi-agency teams are pursuing the attackers, officials said. A number of people were displaced by the attack, police said adding efforts to resettle them were being made. This is the latest incident to happen in the area amid heightened operations to address the terror-related menace. Read: At Least 2…

Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria has issued an apology over comments that pump prices will keep on soaring until February next year. Last week, Kuria said fuel prices in the country will continue to rise by at least Sh10 for the next five months. This was after the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) reviewed fuel prices upwards. As of Thursday, Super Petrol prices went up by Sh16.96, Diesel by Sh21.32, while Kerosene increased by a record Sh33.13 per litre. The authority explained that the increased prices were due to the weighted average cost of imported refined petroleum products. Read: Gachagua Warns Leaders…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a man whose body was found in a sitting position in a kiosk in Sunton area, Nairobi. The man seems to have been strangled elsewhere and his body taken to the makeshift where it was found on Tuesday, police said. He was identified as Maina Wairimu, 19. Police were alerted by bodaboda riders at Garage area that a body had been found in a kiosk. The riders said they had gone to the makeshift as they sought a place to relieve themselves when they stumbled on the body which had stayed there for an…

President William Ruto Tuesday mourned the death of eight military personnel following a helicopter crash in Lamu. Ruto sent his condolences to the families and friends on the “heartbreaking loss of our heroes in the Lamu helicopter crash”. “We honour their bravery in defending and protecting Kenya’s sovereignty. Our prayers are with the Kenya Defence Forces and all those that have been affected by the tragedy,” he said in a message. This follows Monday night’s incident in which the personnel who were en route from Somalia to Kenya crashed in a forest in Lamu. Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale too…