Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Narc Kenya party leader Martha Karua has disagreed with her Azimio la Umoja co-principal Kalonzo Musyoka’s recognition of William Ruto as the legitimate head of state. Reacting to Kalonzo’s remarks, Karua said it was not true that the opposition now recognizes Ruto as President. Speaking on Saturday during the burial ceremony of Wiper nominated MCA Constance Mkamburi Mwandawiro in Voi, Taita Taveta county, Kalonzo said they recognise Ruto because of the ongoing bipartisan talks. “We are going to call everybody to order. And nobody is going to stop these discussions. On that part I must congratulate the President because he…

Police in Blendon Township, Ohio, released body camera video on Friday showing an officer fatally shooting a woman who allegedly accelerated her car towards the officer after she was accused of stealing from a grocery store. Ta’Kiya Young, 21, of Columbus was seven months pregnant when she died in the Aug. 24 shooting, her family said. Blendon Township police officers were in a Kroger’s parking lot assisting a driver who was locked out of her car when a store employee told one of the officers that someone who had allegedly stolen bottles of alcohol was fleeing, Police Chief John Belton…

Former New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, who also served in Congress, as ambassador to the U.N. and as energy secretary in the Clinton administration, has died, according to the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the organization he founded to promote international peace and dialogue. He was 75. Richardson died at his summer home in Chatham, Massachusetts, the organization said. “Governor Richardson passed away peacefully in his sleep last night. He lived his entire life in the service of others – including both his time in government and his subsequent career helping to free people held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad,”…

Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar Saturday cancelled his three-day visit to Kenya starting from Monday next. Officials said the prime minister, who received an invitation to attend the three-day Africa Climate Change summit to be held on September 4 to 6 in Nairobi, decided to cancel his first-ever foreign visit after going through the pros and cons and situation in the country. The sources said the event was Africa-specific and the prime minister had accepted the invitation to share experience with foreign dignitaries to be present at the summit, local media reported. Moreover, since 1980, no high-level delegation from Pakistan…

Kenya Defence Forces’ Rangers Strike Force Unit is among security formations deployed to augment the General Service Unit-led security cordon around Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) ahead of the Africa Climate Summit. It is not clear what prompted the deployment of KDF in such internal operations. Such officers are deployed when there is a crisis or serious threat. The event kicks off from 4-6 September, 2023 and president William Ruto will open the global conference at KICC which brings together over 30,000 leaders and investors from Africa and beyond. The elite team joined the specialized police unit, GSU, that deployed…

Ecuadorian authorities announced Friday the release of 50 guards and seven police officers who were taken hostage for more than a day, in what the government described as a response by criminal groups to its efforts to regain control of several large correctional facilities in the South American country. The country’s corrections system, the National Service for Attention to Persons Deprived of Liberty, said in a statement that the 57 law enforcement officers —who were held in six different prisons — are safe, but it didn’t offer details about how they were released. Early Friday, criminal groups in Ecuador used…

Jimmy Buffett the singer-songwriter best-known for breezy, tropical-themed hits like “Margaritaville” and “Cheeseburger in Paradise,” has died at 76. “Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1st surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs,” read the announcement on his website and social media. “He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many.” Born in Pascagoula, Mississippi on Christmas Day in 1946, James William Buffett didn’t pick up a guitar until his freshman year of college, where he earned a degree in history. He recorded his…

A woman and her two daughters were arrested after a narcotics court canceled their bail terms. The Jomo Kenyatta International Airport narcotics court nullified the bail for Rose Monyani Musanda and her daughters Ann Akeyo Musanda and Mercy Uyweli Musanda over a drugs case they have. They were arrested on the same day – August 28 – when the court canceled the bail terms. They were arrested at their home in Kinoo, Kiambu County and are currently being held at Lang’ata women’s prison pending their judgment on September 7, 2023. The prosecution expects a land mark ruling against the three…

Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH) has received regulatory approval from the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC), allowing the facility to act as an accredited teaching hospital for Kenyatta University School of Medicine. The regulatory accreditation will be valid for a renewable three-year period, allowing the School of Medicine students from Kenyatta University access the level 6 KUTRRH facility. With the accreditation, students from KU will join others from other institutions like JKUAT, University of Nairobi, USIU-A, AMREF University, Egerton University, Moi University, Mount Kenya University, National Defense University, Nairobi Women’s College, and Mama Ngina University…

Detectives are tracking a motorcycle that was robbed from a bodaboda rider in an attack in Loresho area, Nairobi. Police say they are pursuing good leads into the killers of Peter Newton, 36, whose motorcycle was stolen in an attack on Wednesday night. No arrest has been made so far, Nairobi police boss Adamson Bungei said. He added they have seen a slight increase of robberies targeting motorcycles and urged riders to always comply for their safety depending on the situation on the ground. “Nothing is worth your life. It is better to cooperate depending on how the attack is,”…

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn reduced the prison sentence of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from eight years to one, in a remarkable turn of events that caps an extraordinary decades-long political saga. Thaksin, the head of a famed political dynasty who had dramatically returned to Thailand from a 15-year self-imposed exile last week, submitted a request for a royal pardon, the country’s outgoing justice minister confirmed Thursday. A statement published by Thailand’s Royal Gazette Friday said the King had acknowledged Thaksin’s plea and, “with His Majesty’s graciousness, he has reduced the sentence of the male inmate Thaksin Shinawatra to one…

Listed food processing firm Unga Group is completing a Sh300 million solar power generation project at its five Nairobi (2), Nakuru (2) and Eldoret manufacturing sites as part of its sustainability endeavours. Speaking ahead of the Africa Climate Summit 2023 that kicks off in Nairobi next week, Managing Director Joseph Choge said the firm has adopted solar power solutions as a part of an agenda to advance green growth. Choge said the company continues to embed climate action and sustainability as a crucial part of its business strategy and is, among other things, investing heavily in green projects, including the…

Kenya welcomed a ground-breaking partnership with Spiro, Africa’s leading electric motorbike manufacturer and clean energy provider. This monumental agreement witnessed by President William Ruto in Mombasa Friday will see Spiro deploying over one million electric bodas throughout Kenya, highlighting the nation’s unwavering commitment to renewable energy and sustainable transportation. In a strategic move to boost the local economy, Spiro has pledged to set up a manufacturing base in Kenya. This venture, in conjunction with the establishment of charging stations and the recruitment of service staff, is anticipated to create thousands of employment opportunities. Since its inception just over a year…

A 7-year-old boy who fell from a merry-go-round swing during a school trip, has died. Caleb Odanga, a grade one pupil at the Greens Angels Academy, died three weeks after the accident. The boy was on a life support machine at the  Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital (KUTRRH). Caleb is said to have suffered traumatic brain injury following the fall at Destiny Gardens in Ruiru. Read: Tragedy as Man Jumps to his Death in Kahawa West Medics said the minor had no realistic chance of cure and no medical interventions would reverse the situation. Doctors advised the bereaved family…

President William Ruto Friday signed the Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Terrorism Financing Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2023 into law. Among others, the new law will help address deficiencies limiting the fight against money laundering and terrorism in the country. The law allows for the surrendering of a fugitive criminal who consents to be extradited to a requesting State. It means if a fugitive is wanted by any country and is hiding in Kenya, he or she will he surrendered. It also grants the Financial Reporting Centre operational independence by excluding it from the definition of State Corporation. Furthermore, Capital Markets…