Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The death toll from a powerful earthquake in Morocco has soared to more than 2,000, with a similar number of injured. The interior ministry says more than 1,400 have serious injuries, and the heaviest casualties are in provinces just south of Marrakesh. King Mohammed VI declared three days of national mourning and ordered shelter, food and other help for survivors. Many people are spending a second night out in the open. The magnitude 6.8 quake hit Marrakesh and many towns on Friday night. In remote mountain areas, entire villages are reported to have been flattened. The epicentre was in the…

Terror suspect Daniel Khalife was Saturday arrested in west London after a four-day manhunt, police have said. Scotland Yard said the 21-year-old former soldier was detained just before 11:00 BST in the Chiswick area – about four miles from Wandsworth prison, from where he escaped on Wednesday. Overnight, there were confirmed sightings of him in the area. The Met had been reviewing CCTV footage and using a helicopter to search areas in west and south-west London. The force said Mr Khalife is currently in police custody. He is accused of trying to spy for an enemy state, understood to be…

Renowned sports commentator Sean Cardovillis is dead. Cardovillis’ body was found Saturday September 9 morning outside his house along Rhapta Road, Westlands where he lived alone. His body was found at his staircase by a cleaner who had gone to clean at the area leading to his house on the fourth floor of an apartment, police and witnesses said. Cardovillis is said to have earlier on gone out for a bicycle ride before returning home at about 7 pm Friday. Many hours later, his lifeless body was found at the staircase. It is not clear if he was leaving for…

At least 49 civilians and 15 soldiers were killed when Islamist militants attacked a military camp and a vessel in northeastern Mali on Thursday, the interim government said. Many more were wounded, it added in a statement read on national television, noting that the death toll was provisional. Insurgents attacked a boat carrying civilians across the flooded plains that separate the towns of Gao and Mopti during the rainy season. Also Read: Sudan’s Army Shelling Claims At Least 32 Lives In Omdurman The vessel was traveling from Gao when it was hit, officials said. Assailants also attacked a military camp…

The founder and President Emeritus of South Africa’s Inkatha Freedom Party, Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, died Saturday aged 95. As the country remembers the founder and long-standing leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP) Prince Mangosuthu Buthelezi, his role in South Africa’s journey towards democracy remains shrouded in controversy. The 95-year-old passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning. He founded the Inkatha Freedom Party at the behest of long-serving African National Congress (ANC) President Oliver Tambo, but it soon became a thorn in the side of the then liberation movement. After years of deadly fighting between the ANC and…

Bungoma Police have nabbed three people for allegedly offering fake Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) calling letters to unsuspecting Kenyans. A police report seen by this writer shows that a bishop from a church in Bungoma raised concerns after two of his congregants who unsuccessful sought induction into the army at Cheptais on September 5 were called by a strange mobile number. The person on the other end of the line is said to have promised the two a chance to join KDF. They were later invited them to Kimilili town where they were issued with fake KDF calling letters instructing…

A report released on Friday revealed that a special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 presidential election results recommended indictments against a much larger group than Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis ultimately charged, including one current and two former U.S. senators. The nine-page report showed jurors recommended charges against 39 number of people, compared to the 18 who were charged along with former President Donald Trump. The names of those not indicted included Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham of Georgia, former U.S. Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue of Georgia and former Trump national security adviser Michael…

Energy and Petroleum Cabinet Secretary (CS) Davis Chirchir Friday sent home five board members of the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA). This is seen as part of measures to streamline operations at the agency. Those sent packing include George Mwakule, Moses Murengu, Daniel Ndonye, Mercy Wambugu, and Caroline Githii. Anthony Gachau, Diba Daudi, Abraham Kipruto, and Jenipher Long’or will be the new directors of the EPRA Board. “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 12(1) of the constitution Energy Act, the Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum appoints, Anthony Gachau, Diba Daudi, Abraham Kipruto and Jenipher Long’or to…

The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal Friday stopped changes that had been announced at the Garissa County Assembly. The County Assembly Speaker had Wednesday announced the changes that touched on the Majority leadership. In the changes that were announced to the Assembly Speaker Abdi Idle, first-term Galbet ward MCA Abubakar Khalif was replaced by Mohamed Abdi Farah, who is serving his third consecutive term. But the PPDT chairman Desma Nungo overturned the announcement following a petition by Khalif and Abdi Ibrahim Daar. The application by the two dated September 7 2023 was certified urgent for consideration ex-parte in the first instance…

The government Friday ordered all Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Public Benefits Organizations (PBOs) operating in Kenya to align their operations with President William Ruto’s bottom-up economic transformation agenda. Internal Security Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo said the directive follows revelations of misalignment of international donor aid with Kenya Kwanza administration’s development agenda. “This model, sadly, leans more towards meeting the interests of donor countries than supporting Kenya’s national development agenda and priority needs,” Dr Omollo said in a statement released on Friday. He said following their review of the operations of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Public Benefits Organizations (PBOs) registered in…

The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) Friday revealed narcotics on sale in Coast are exhibiting symptoms of drowsiness and confusion and displaying ‘zombie-like’ stances. NACADA acting CEO Prof John Muteti, said that 20 samples of the unknown substance, in various forms, were collected across three coastal counties and subjected to forensics analysis. The tests revealed that the narcotic substances were not Fentanyl but rather heroin combined with a number of prescription drugs and animal tranquilizers. “The zombie-like symptoms among drug users can be attributed to either one or a combination of the following factors;…

The Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) has handed Kisii Governor Simba Arati a prestigious position following changes to the leadership. The party’s National Executive Council (NEC) on Friday replaced six officials. “The following are the changes made to the membership of the party’s NEC. This follows resignations/defections by the former holders of the positions,” ODM said. The Raila Odinga-led party named Arati the National deputy chairperson, replacing former Kisii county Woman representative Janet Ong’era who left for the ruling party, UDA. Read: ODM Kicks Out Jalang’o, Four Other ‘Rebel’ MPs from Party Catherine Omanyo is the new deputy secretary general, replacing former…

The Supreme Court Friday dismissed a petition challenging the lifting of the High Court’s conservatory orders which had earlier suspended implementation of Finance Act 2023. Senator Okiya Omtatah of Busia and three others had appealed against an Appellate Court ruling that lifted injunctions preventing the implementation of the contentious Finance Act 2023. The four petitioners, Eliud Karanja Matindi, Benson Odiwuor Otieno, Omtatah and Brian Angima Oigoro, who are unhappy with the ruling, appealed at the Supreme Court. Seven judges at the Supreme Court issued the ruling on Friday. “The applicants’ Notice of Motion dated 5th August, 2023 be and is…

At least eight people died and several others were injured on Thursday night after a matatu collided with a truck at Mlima Kiu area in Makueni on the Nairobi- Mombasa Highway. Makueni Police Commander Barbanas Ng’eno said the accident happened at about 11 pm. He said eight passengers died on the spot following the head-on collision. “We lost eight people in the tragedy. We are investigating the accident,” he said. The matatu was headed for Nairobi from Loitoktok while the truck was en route to Mombasa, police said. This increases to 20, the number of people killed on the highway…

At least four people were separately killed and eaten up by wild animals near two national parks in the country. Police and Kenya Wildlife Service officials said the incidents happened in Mulot, Narok County and Mutuati in Igembe in Meru County. The incidents are under probe after the body parts of the four victims were recovered at the sites. The first incident happened in Serekani sub-location in Narok, which is near the Maasai Mara National Park. Herdsmen who were at the site grazing their cattle spotted the remains of a human being in the park. Police officers together with KWS…