Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Nairobi is once again cracking down on nightclubs still operating in residential areas. In a memo dated August 17, Nairobi Regional Commissioner Katee Mwanza ordered all Deputy County Commissioners to take legal action against owners of the businesses. The circular raises concern that some clubs continue to operate with the help of corrupt law enforcement officials. The new instructions mandate that Deputy County Commissioners produce a list of the nightclubs and bars that are open in residential areas within their sub-counties by Friday. Read: Nine Clubs Mirema Shooting Victim Samuel Mugota Allegedly Targeted “Submit a confidential list of officers involved in…

Fafi MP Salah Yakub was Thursday evening attacked by unknown assailants at Dagega area while leaving the burial of one of the victims of the Garissa killings. Officials said the attack was out of retaliation following an earlier one in here six people were killed in Kunaso area within Garissa town on Wednesday. Some journalists who were caught up in the crossfire on Thursday were forced to seek refuge at Galmagala Police Station, witnesses said. The MP said his convoy of about seven cars was ambushed in Dagega area on its way to Garissa in an attack that lasted about…

The Registrar of Societies has canceled the registration of Newlife Prayer Centre and Church linked to Pastor Ezekiel Odero who was recently at the center of a money laundering and cult investigation. Pastor Ezekiel’s Kilifi-based church is among five other churches whose registrations have been revoked, in a move to crackdown on religious institutions. Other churches deregistered include Helicopter of Christ Church, Theophilus Church, Kings Outreach Church, and Goodnews International Ministries. Read: Pastor Ezekiel Allowed Access to Frozen Accounts “In exercise of the powers conferred by section 12 (1) of the Societies Act, the Registrar of Societies cancels the registration of…

Only officers from formation units in the National Police Service will be deployed to Haiti to combat gang violence that has wracked the Caribbean nation. More than 1,000 officers will be picked from the Rapid Deployment Unit, Anti Stock Theft Unit, General Service Unit and Border Patrol Unit to form a larger team for deployment. This is likely to happen in two months time. Top police officers departed for Haiti on an assessment mission ahead of the planned deployment of 1,000 Kenya police officers. Kenya will lead an international police force aimed for the mission to begin probably in a…

Before he was nominated as the next Director of Public Prosecution (DPP), little was known about Renson Mulele Ingonga. Many didn’t even know about him before he was shortlisted for interviews for the post. And more surprises came out for many when President William Ruto Thursday Mulele as the next Director of Public Prosecutions. He is a trained lawyer. Before his nomination, Mulele was based at Garissa as the local in charge of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. He had been picked from Mombasa Lands office in early 2018 where he worked as a registrar. After joining…

A Texas woman has been charged with threatening to kill a judge who is overseeing a criminal case against former US President Donald Trump. Abigail Jo Shry, 43, allegedly phoned the court in Washington DC on 5 August and used a racial slur in her message for US District Judge Tanya Chutkan. Ms Shry also allegedly threatened to kill a Democratic member of Congress. She admitted making the call after investigators traced her phone number, according to a court document. In the call, Ms Shry allegedly told the judge, who is overseeing an election conspiracy case against Mr Trump: “You…

A Canadian woman has been jailed for 22 years in the US for sending letters laced with ricin poison, including to Donald Trump when he was president. Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence in January after pleading guilty to biological weapons charges. The deadly envelope addressed to Mr Trump was intercepted in September 2020 before delivery to the White House. Ferrier told the court that she regretted that her plan had failed and that she “couldn’t stop Trump”. In a long-winded address to the court, she also said that she saw herself as an activist not a terrorist. “I…

Sam Asghari, husband to pop icon Britney Spears, has announced that the couple has chosen to end their marital journey after 14 months of marriage. The divorce petition, filed on Wednesday obtained by Kahawa Tungu cited “irreconcilable differences” between Asghari, 29, and Spears, 41. The pair got engaged in September 2021 and tied the knot in an intimate yet star-studded ceremony in June 2022. Their relationship had been under the spotlight due to rumors of struggles, as reported by US tabloids earlier this year. Spears, whose meteoric rise began with the release of …Baby One More Time at the age…

Property giant Evergrande has filed for bankruptcy protection in the US as the real estate crisis in China deepens. It will allow the heavily-indebted company to protect its assets in the US as it works on a multi-billion dollar deal with creditors. The company defaulted on its huge debts in 2021 which sent shockwaves through global financial markets, BBC said. The move comes as problems in China’s property market add to concerns about the world’s second largest economy. China Evergrande Group made the Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection filing in a New York court on Thursday. Chapter 15 protects the US…

Police in eastern Pakistan arrested 129 Muslims after a mob angered by an alleged Quran desecration attacked a dozen churches and nearly two dozen homes of minority Christians, officials said Thursday. Police also arrested the two Christian men suspected of defacing the Quran. The alleged desecration sparked violence in the city of Jaranwala in the Faisalabad district on Wednesday, where Christians quickly moved to safer places as the mob rampaged. There were no casualties in what was one of the country’s most destructive attacks on Christians. The city police chief, Bilal Mehmood, said officers had arrested Raja Amir and his…

President William Ruto has nominated Andrew Mukite Musangi as the next Chairperson of the Central Bank of Kenya. The head of state on Thursday forwarded Musangi’s name to the National Assembly for vetting. “The President seeks the approval of the Parliament on the said nomination,” said National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula. Should MPs approve his nomination, Musangi will replace lawyer Mohammed Nyaoga whose four-year tenure ended in June. Musangi will serve for a period of four years with the possibility of reappointment based on performance. Read: Chris Kirubi’s Son-in-law Poised To Take Control Of The Late Billionaire’s Real Estate Firm The…

President William Ruto Thursday nominated Renson Mulele Ingonga as the next Director of Public Prosecutions. Mulele was based at Garissa as the local in charge of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions. Ruto Thursday forwarded his name to National Assembly for vetting. Ruto picked Ingonga from a list of 15 individuals interviewed for the position by the Public Service Commission. If approved, Ingonga will replace Noordin Haji. Haji left the ODPP after he was picked by Ruto as the new National Intelligence Service director General. Before his nomination, Mulele worked as an Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions. Former…

At least two suspected drug mules were Thursday arrested in an anti narcotics police operation in Harambee, Buruburu and cocaine valued at about Sh2 million found on them. The two were also found with more than Sh4 million in cash, three test tubes and a digital weighing machine, police said. The cash was in US dollars ($12,600), 15 Euros, Tzshs 24,000, 10,000 Angolan Kwanza and Sh509,495. The money was kept in a drawer in the house, police said adding they are looking for more suspects. They had packages of 18 pellets of cocaine weighing 244 grams. All indications were they…

By Dennis Wendo The awareness of HIV status among HIV-infected persons remains low, despite HIV testing rates having nearly reached the national target for HIV testing and counselling (HTC) in Kenya. There is a need for ceaseless growth of HTC programs to reach more teenagers and couples.  Strategies should be actualized to increase repeat testing for persons at risk for HIV infection. HTC is an essential step towards receiving HIV care and treatment among HIV-infected persons and plays a dominant role in HIV prevention for both HIV-infected and uninfected persons. Among people living with HIV, knowledge of HIV status has…

The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has termed as suicidal a move by the staff from the embassy of Egypt to get out of their vehicles at the Nairobi National Park. The agency said the move flouted the park rules. KWS DG Erastus Kanga on Thursday said the incident was unacceptable. “If it was Tsavo, it would have been another story,” Kanga said. He made the remarks during a forum to validate new conservation fees at KWS headquarters. Kanga said the pride of lions at Nairobi National Park is friendly. In a viral video online, officials in a four-wheel drive car…