Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Hillary Clinton told a congressional panel she “had no idea” about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes, as she called for lawmakers to question President Donald Trump under oath about his past association with the late sex offender. “I want to see the truth come out,” the ex-US secretary of state said after testifying behind closed doors for hours to a congressional committee investigating Epstein. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, will testify on Friday. The couple resisted the panel’s subpoena, dismissing it as politically motivated, before agreeing to testify as potential contempt-of-Congress proceedings loomed against them. The Clintons and Trump deny wrongdoing…

President William Ruto Thursday, directed the State Department for Housing and Urban Development to construct 28,000 institutional housing units for prison officers, with Phase One already underway in selected facilities. In a major morale boost, President Ruto also highlighted the ongoing implementation of salary increments for Kenya Prisons Service officers, following the recommendations of the Maraga Taskforce. He said entry-level pay for a prison constable has risen by 36 per cent, while the maximum salary scale has increased by 24 per cent after Phase I and II of the review. Phase III of the salary adjustment will take effect on…

Kenya’s deportation of Zimbabwean constitutional lawyer Brian Bright Kagoro has triggered a sharp confrontation between the country’s security establishment and regional human rights advocates, exposing widening fault lines between foreign-funded activism and national security policy. Kagoro, 51, was detained on arrival at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Sunday night and declared persona non grata before being placed on the next available outbound flight.
He had travelled aboard Kenya Airways from South Africa, reportedly to attend a family engagement and speak at a forum on critical minerals and artificial intelligence. Security officials say the visit masked what they describe as a coordinated…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested four members of the Gatundu North Constituency NG-CDF Committee over allegations of extorting Sh300,000 from a contractor in exchange for approving a pending payment of Sh9.1 million. Those arrested are Annah Mugure Njoroge, Susan Wanjiru Muchiri, Stephen Waititu Mungai and James Kibe Ngige. According to the Commission, it received a complaint that the officials had demanded a bribe to facilitate payment for completed works at Karure Primary School in Gatundu North. Preliminary investigations indicate that the contractor had undertaken three projects at the school: construction of a modern kitchen, levelling and landscaping works,…

A man was fatally stabbed in a domestic fight in Tassia, Nairobi. Police said Kennedy Juma had been engaged in a fight with his wife in their house before it turned tragic. He was stabbed in the chest and later rushed to a local hospital where he died on February 25 night. The woman was attacked by a mob following the incident before police rushed to her rescue to the hospital. She was treated and discharged before being detained for murder. The body of the man was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. Such cases have been…

A matatu crew was chased and arrested after a passenger fell to his death from their vehicle along Nairobi- Namanga highway in Athi River. The Super Metro matatu drove off after Joseph Mureithi fell and died on the spot. It was intercepted in the Mlolongo area by police and boda boda riders who had joined the chase. Witnesses and the family of Mureithi claimed he was thrown out of the bus on Tuesday February 25 night moments after he had boarded. He was a petrol station attendant in the area. The family alleged that moments after he was ejected, the…

Detectives are investigating an incident where the decomposed body of a man was found in a thicket after a suspected murder in Qate area, Moyale, Marsabit County. The body lay in a thicket where it was probably dumped almost a week ago, police and locals said. The body was discovered on February 25 by locals who alerted police. The police said they were yet to identify the man and establish the motive. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and other procedures. Police said on Thursday no arrest had been made so far. Elsewhere in Tarassa, Tana…

Police are investigating an incident where a police officer attached to a team that guards the official president’s residence collapsed and died at the Mombasa State House. The police constable was found unconscious where he had been assigned at the premise and rushed to hospital. Doctors at the Jocham Referral Hospital declared him dead on arrival on February 25, 2026 morning. It is not clear what caused the death. His colleagues revealed he had complained of abdominal pain before he collapsed. He sustained an injury in the chin on falling, officials who attended the scene said. The body was moved…

A woman was found dead in a house following an altercation in Njathaini, Nairobi County. The body of Vallery Atieno Okumu, 28 was found lying in a pool of blood with stab wounds in the chest, face, head, stomach, eye, breast and leg. She had earlier gone to a house belonging to a couple where an altercation broke out. The husband in the house told police the woman attacked him and his wife prompting them to respond for self defence. Police said the husband is a Tanzanian. It was during the altercation that the said woman was stabbed multiple times.…

Detectives based at Moyale Police Station arrested a 33-year-old man believed to be a key player in a human trafficking syndicate operating across borders. The suspect, Festus Arasa Omwamba, had reportedly been on the police radar for his alleged involvement in trafficking vulnerable individuals under the pretense of securing them legitimate employment opportunities in European countries. He had also been mentioned as the key trafficker of Kenyans to Russia where some of them were lured to join the war against Ukraine. He is believed to have been planning to leave the country through the porous Kenya-Ethiopia border when he was…

Pope Leo XIV will begin a 10-day visit to four African countries on 13 April, marking his first pastoral trip to the continent, the Vatican has announced. He will travel to Algeria, Cameroon, Angola, and Equatorial Guinea. In Cameroon, the Pope will visit the capital Yaoundé, the economic hub Douala, and the Anglophone city of Bamenda in the restive Northwest region, where an armed conflict has been raging for nearly 10 years. This is the first time that a pope will visit Algeria, whose population is mostly Muslim. In December, he expressed his desire to visit the continent, citing Algeria,…

Indonesia has deported a US man who spent 11 years in jail for the high-profile “suitcase murder” of his girlfriend’s mother on the resort island of Bali. In 2014, Tommy Schaefer was on holiday in Bali with his then-girlfriend Heather Mack and her mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack. The couple conspired to kill Wiese-Mack, reportedly to gain access to a $1.5m (£1.17m) trust fund. Her body was later discovered stuffed inside a suitcase. Schaefer was released from a Bali jail on Tuesday morning after receiving a number of remissions for good behaviour. But the 33-year-old will still face federal charges in…

Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to convict two politicians of ordering the murder of the prominent Rio de Janeiro councillor and activist, Marielle Franco. Brothers Domingos Inácio Brazão and João Francisco Inácio Brazão were sentenced to more than 76 years each for masterminding the drive-by shooting that killed Franco alongside her driver Anderson Gomes in 2018. Franco, a gay black woman, was an emerging figure in Brazil’s socialist party, with her death at the age of 38 sparking nationwide protests. Four justices concluded unanimously that the Brazão brothers targeted Franco because she was considered a threat to their interests. Franco…

Four people who entered Cuban waters on a US-registered speedboat have been shot dead by border guards, Cuba’s government said. In a statement, Cuba’s interior ministry said that the speedboat’s passengers opened fire on a coast guard vessel that approached them. Six additional passengers were wounded in the incident, which took place near an island on Cuba’s northern coast. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the nationalities of those on board is unclear, and that the US will “make determinations based on the facts. Right now we’re still gathering facts.” He said the boat was not carrying US government…

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has summoned 22 Members of the County Assembly (MCAs) and staff attached to the Bungoma County Assembly over an alleged fraudulent expenditure of Sh6,569,000 linked to a purported benchmarking trip to Uganda and the lighting of a Christmas tree at the Governor’s Office in 2019. In summons issued by detectives at the EACC Western Regional Office in Bungoma, the officials have been directed to appear before investigators on diverse dates between February 26, 2026 and March 9, 2026 to record statements and assist with ongoing investigations. At the centre of the probe is a…