Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Three people were Sunday killed in a road accident on the Eldoret-Nakuru highway. This is after a matatu they were travelling in was involved in an accident in the Burnt Forest area of Uasin Gishu county, police said. Seven other passengers were seriously injured in the head-on collision. According to police and witnesses, the matatu, which was travelling from Nairobi to Eldoret, was overtaking several cars when it collided with an oncoming matatu. Ainabkoi sub-county police commander Stephen Kimunya said the injured were treated at Burnt Forest hospital before being transferred to Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret. The…

The Moi Technical Referral Hospital (MTRH) successfully conducted a rare surgery of re-implanting a traumatically amputated hand. The hospital said the patient identified as BK, 35, had his left arm amputated at the wrist following an alleged domestic assault on Tuesday. He was then referred from Sigowet Sub-county Hospital, Kericho, and arrived at MTRH Emergency Department at 4 am and the detached limb was stored in a cool box. Within 15 minutes he was taken to the theatre where two teams of 13-members alternatingly worked on re-attaching the limb and the process was successfully completed at 3pm. “Patient reversed successfully,…

Police in Nandi County have recovered 63 bundles of polythene bags. The plastic bags were discovered in a motor vehicle (Registration No. KDA 828K) following a road accident on Sunday. Two of the three occupants of the black Toyota Vanguard succumbed to their injuries. Their accomplice, Rebecca Kerubo, is in custody pending arraignment on Monday. Officers also found three sets of number plates of other vehicles. Police say investigations into the incident have commenced. The vehicle has since been detained at the station. Use of plastic bags was banned six years ago by retired President Uhuru Kenyatta. Kenyans producing, selling…

Roots Party Leader Prof George Wajackoyah has denied claims that the former regime sponsored his manifesto launch in a bid to irk then deputy president William Ruto. Political analyst Mutahi Ngunyi earlier suggested that Azimio sponsored his Wajackoyah’s presidential bid to reduce “Ruto’s hype”. According to Ngunyi who was working with retired President Uhuru Kenyatta, some of the strategies used to cripple Ruto’s bid included Wajackoya’s manifesto launch the same day and time as that of the Kenya Kwanza Alliance. Read: Wajackoyah Arrives for Presidential Debate Despite Pulling Out Earlier “I got a little bit of it from the friends of…

Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and journalist George Chidi, who were previously subpoenaed in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and others to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, have been called to appear Tuesday before the grand jury in the case. Willis is likely to begin presenting her case to the grand jury next week so the panel can weigh potential charges, sources previously told ABC News. Duncan, a Republican, has been a vocal critic of Trump and efforts to overturn the 2020 results. Now a CNN contributor, Duncan…

Four people died and one remains missing after an apparent house explosion in Western Pennsylvania Saturday morning that destroyed several homes, officials said. Three people were also injured in the incident and transported to local hospitals, according to officials. One patient remains in critical condition while the other two were treated and released, emergency officials said in an update Saturday evening. Due to severe weather happening in Pennsylvania, recovery operations have been stopped for the day, officials said they are planning on resuming on Sunday morning. Police received a 911 call reporting a house explosion and house fire at approximately…

The Islamic State (IS) group has claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least 33 Syrian soldiers and wounded several others in eastern Syria on Friday. The jihadists surrounded a military bus in eastern Deir al-Zour province before opening fire, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. More than 10 other soldiers were injured and dozens are still missing. The attack has been described as the deadliest this year by IS militants. Through the extremist group’s own news outlet, Amaq, IS said its fighters had carried out an ambush “on two military buses”, targeting them “with heavy weapons…

By BBC The running-mate of a murdered Ecuadorian politician is to contest the presidential election in his place. Fernando Villavicencio was shot three times in the head after a campaign rally in Quito. Police say all suspects are Colombian. His Construye party said it would put Andrea Gonzalez forward as its presidential candidate. The party added that it was in the process of choosing a vice-presidential candidate for the August 20 election. Ms Gonzalez, 36, whose career has mainly focused on environmental issues, is due to take part in Sunday’s presidential debate in the capital. Read: Ecuador Politician Murder Suspects are…

Police in South Africa said on Saturday they have launched a “massive manhunt” for at least four gunmen who shot six people dead over a missing identity card. In the latest mass shooting to rock the crime-ridden country, the suspects stormed into a house in a township near the eastern city of Durban on Friday night and killed four people — two inside the main building, one in a backroom and another near an outside toilet, police said. Two more people were shot dead inside a shack a few metres away and a third was injured. Preliminary investigations revealed the…

Kenya and Ethiopia have agreed to develop the Lamu Port South Sudan Ethiopia Transport (LAPSSET) Corridor Programme. The project, once completed, will connect the country to Ethiopia and South Sudan. Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen on Friday said the project’s long-term goal involves creating a land bridge between the East and West Coast of Africa. “I apprised the Ethiopian delegation of President William Ruto’s commitment, as the current champion of the LAPSSET project under the AU Presidential Infrastructure Championship Initiative, to prioritise the development of the Corridor, full port equipment, the operationalization of the first three berths of the Lamu Port…

A Bomet-based pastor was arrested with a 17-year-old Form Four student in Kisii while boarding a matatu headed for Kisumu. The two were missing and were wanted for questioning, police said. The student at Ngererit Secondary School in Bomet, had been reported missing by her parents at the Mogogosiek Police Station in Bomet. Read: School Girl Lights Internet With Live Link For TV47 From Kibra She is believed to have left with the pastor from the school last week. This prompted a search. Police pounced on the duo following a tip-off from drivers operating at the Kisii bus terminal that they…

The 17-year-old suspect accused of fatally stabbing a gay man in New York has pleaded not guilty to charges of second-degree murder as a hate crime. O’Shae Sibley and his friends had been voguing at a petrol pump in Brooklyn on 29 July when an argument broke out with a group of teenagers. Prosecutors claim the teens hurled homophobic and racist slurs before the suspect stabbed Mr Sibley in the chest. Charged as an adult, the attacker faces 20 years to life in prison. At his initial court appearance on Friday, he was identified as Dmitriy Popov, a final-year student…

A California Superior Court judge has been charged with killing his wife in front of their adult son at their home. Court filings reveal the judge had over 47 weapons and 26,000 rounds of ammunition in his home. Ferguson allegedly shot his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, through the chest in the living room of their Anaheim home in front of their adult son using a .40-caliber pistol he pulled from his ankle holster amid an argument, according to court records. Jeffrey Ferguson, 72, has been charged with one felony count of murder, one felony enhancement of personal use of a firearm,…

Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) Acting Managing Director Esther Ngari has admitted that the regulatory body does not conduct tests to ascertain the quality of goods sold locally. Speaking before the National Assembly’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Thursday, Ngari said KEBS only conducts inspections on local manufacturing plants to determine whether they comply with set standard regulations before granting them the Diamond Mark of Quality. PAC Chair, nominated MP John Mbadi, had summoned Ngari to answer why the government spent Ksh.125.1 million to procure more than 100,000 Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders, many of which were later found to…

The government Friday commenced the process of registering private security guards in the country. This is aimed at enhancing accountability and address deep-rooted human resource issues that have dogged the industry for years. Through the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA), the state is seeking to establish a centralized database of the entire workforce in the sector for harmonized enforcement of compliance with the country’s labour laws and professional ethics and standards. Principal Secretary for Internal Security Dr Raymond Omollo said the intention is to institute a clear regulatory and supervisory regime that will facilitate monitoring of the operations of private…