Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Azimio La Umoja One Kenya Coalition has suspended the anti-government protests that were scheduled to take place across the country on Wednesday. The protests were to denounce the high cost of living and new Finance Act 2023. In a statement issued Monday evening, the coalition said instead of taking to the streets, they will hold “solidarity parades and vigil for victims of police brutality in various locations in all parts of the country.” The coalition called on its supporters to come out and light candles and lay flowers for the victims of police brutality during previous demos. Azimio said so…

Digital strategist Pauline Njoroge has been released. The Jubilee party official and her two co-accused persons; Jane Mwangi Nduta and Emanze Jilani, are said to have been released without bail or bond. The trio was arrested on Saturday in Watamu over drug possession. On Monday, however, Pauline was charged with false publication under the Computer and cybercrime Act 2015. Read: Police Change Tack, Charge Pauline Njoroge with Publishing False Information This was in regard to a tweet she posted regarding a police operation in Nyalenda, Kisumu County. She was also accused of cyber harassment. The charge read: “On 21st day of…

Former Mungiki leader John Maina Njenga was on Monday charged before a Makadara court with being in possession of crude weapons that were believed to be used against the public order. Njenga was charged alongside his brother Peter Njoroge and guard Felix Ratu that they had 14 machetes, 24 Maasai swords, 46 rungus, and three jembe sticks in circumstances which raised a reasonable presumption that the weapons were intended to be used in prejudicial to public order. They allegedly committed the offense on July 20 in Kiserian within Kajiado County. The three were charged with a second count that on…

Safaricom Foundation is partnering with ordinary Kenyans to bring a positive impact to their communities, through the Ndoto Zetu program. The program which is in its fifth phase is set to receive submissions from Kenyans starting July 12 through to August 11. Ndoto Zetu aims to support individual Kenyans to bring to life the dreams and aspirations they have for their communities. The Foundation has set aside Sh100 million towards the initiative. Read: Safaricom Foundation Sets Aside Ksh100 Million For Ndoto Zetu Initiative Willing participants can send a written submission through the Ndoto Zetu portal www.safaricomfoundation.org/ndotozetu/application-form/ or visit any Safaricom Retail Shop…

Police changed their plan and charged Jubilee deputy secretary general Pauline Njoroge in a Malindi court. She was charged with false publication under the Computer and cybercrime Act 2015. This was in regard to a tweet she posted regarding a police operation in Nyalenda, Kisumu County. The charge sheet read: “On 22nd of July, 2023 at 1209PM at an unknown place within the Republic of Kenya knowingly posted on your verified Twitter account “@paulinenjoroge” to wit “The massacre happening in Nyanza is heartbreaking. The images are so painful to see, Men’s organs are being mutilated, and other forms of atrocities,…

Giant telecommunications company Safaricom has announced a partnership with TerraPay (Mobex Kenya) empowering more than 32 million M-PESA customers to send and receive money to more than 200 million people across Bangladesh and Pakistan. TerraPay CEO Ambar Sur said the collaboration will spur the development of mobile financial service operators. This will enable them to directly scale globally and provide customers with the choice to send payments in a secure, transparent, and swift manner. Read: Former MTN Uganda CEO Appointed New Safaricom Ethiopia Boss “Our partnership with Safaricom will further boost our capabilities in providing an inclusive global financial ecosystem with…

Police in Watamu, Kilifi County are still holding Jubilee deputy secretary general Pauline Njoroge and two others and are yet to charge them in court. Police plan to charge her with offenses under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act, the National Commission and Integration Commission Act, the Penal Code, and the Computer Misuse and Cybercrimes Act. They produced the three in court on Monday. They want the three to be detained for 30 days to enable them to complete their investigations. The police in an affidavit say Pauline has been posting and tweeting inflammatory and inciteful messages against state agencies…

Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta has sensationally said the government plans to plant guns and drugs on his son. He made the remarks at his Nairobi home on Monday when he met a group of news editors. This came days after police were sent to Uhuru’s son Jomo’s house in Karen to seek to take away his guns. Jomo and his brother Muhoho are licensed gun holders. “This gun issue is surrounded by lots of propaganda to divert attention from what has been happening,” he said. “I believe they wanted to plant drugs and guns in my son’s compound.” Read: CS Kindiki…

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on Monday dared the opposition to hold anti-government demonstrations, indicating that they will deal with them ruthlessly. There are planned demonstrations over the high cost of living and the recently introduced Finance Act 2023 on Wednesday. “We are ready for them, on Wednesday we will deploy from 1 am,” he said. Kindiki indicated that the protesters have been engaging in crime in the name of peaceful demonstrations and assured Kenyans that there will be no demonstrations of such kind in Kenya again. Speaking on Monday at Kiserian and Kapindasum in the banditry-prone Baringo South when…

Mathare MP Anthony Olouch and two Nairobi MCAs were Monday charged with conspiracy to commit subversive activities against the law by inciting members of the public to demonstrate. Olouch, Makongeni MCA Peter Imwatok a,nd Kitusuru MCA Alvin Orlando appeared before Milimani Chief Magistrate Lucas Onyina and denied that with others not before court, they mobilized and incited members of the public to commit subversive activities by demonstrating. They allegedly committed the offense on July 12 in Nairobi County. Lawyers led by LSK President Eric Theuri, Peter Kaluma among others urged the court to release the accused persons on bail stating…

At least 20 soldiers were killed after a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest at Mogadishu’s Jaalle Siyaad Military Academy, early Monday, sources. The number of casualties may increase, officials said. The bomber targeted military personnel from the October 14 Brigade as they lined up after breakfast, killing at least 20 soldiers and injuring others. It is not clear how the bomber managed to gain entrance into one of the most secure military bases in the capital. Read: 60 Percent Of Mandera County Controlled By Al Shabaab – Governor Khalif The October 14 Brigade was created in commemoration of the victims…

A Mombasa court has released Kilifi South MP, Ken Chonga Kiti, Kilifi Speaker, Teddy Mwambire Ngumbao and their two co-accused, Patrick Chiro Charo and Victor Katana Mwaganga on a Sh100,000 bond with one surety and an alternative cash bail of Sh50,000 each. Principal Prosecution Counsel Alex Gituma opposed releasing the four accused persons on bond, claiming that the politicians and their aides would interfere with the investigation and tamper with witnesses. The four are charged with an offence of participating in unlawful assembly contrary to section 78(1) as read with section 79 of the penal code, chapter 63 of laws…

Former Mungiki leader Maina Njenga was Monday finally arraigned after spending five nights in police custody. He was driven to Makadara law courts under tight security ahead of his arraignment over claims of planning anti-government protests against the high cost of living. He had been arrested on July 20 by police from lower Matasia in Ngong and taken to an undisclosed location, his lawyer Ndegwa Njiru said. There has been no communication with him from his lawyers and family prompting protests that it was a form of torture. Read: Ex-Mungiki Leader Maina Njenga Arrested The lawyers moved to court under herbius…

By ABC News A shooting that erupted in a Houston park over the weekend that left a pregnant woman and four other people injured marked the 400th mass shooting in the United States in 2023, according to a national website that tracks firearm deaths and injuries. The Houston incident was among six mass shootings that occurred on Saturday and early Sunday in cities across the nation, according to the Gun Violence Archive, which defines a mass shooting as a single event with four or more victims either injured or killed. With a little over six months still to go in…

Police are investigating an incident in which a reveler died after an altercation at a bar in Buruburu area, Nairobi. The assailants fled the scene of incident and efforts to get them are ongoing, police said. The body of the man identified as only Frank was found on the roadside in Donholm long after the incident. Witnesses told police he had been involved in an altercation at a bar that saw him being assaulted by another reveler before he left. His body was found on the roadside on July 22 with swelling at the back of the head caused by…