Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

Officials from the Independent Policing Oversight Authority are investigating an incident where a defilement suspect was found dead after suspected suicide at the Nyeri police cells. Police said the victim identified as Lawrence Wangai, 47 died in the cell’s bathroom on February 15, 2026 afternoon. There were 14 suspects at the time of the incident. According to the police, the victim had requested to be escorted to the washroom to take a bath and later turned on the water tap which he left running continuously. Out of curiosity, the duty officer called out to the victim to return to the…

A man poisoned his eight-year-old son in a tragic incident in Mwariki, Nakuru County. A second child aged two-and-half-years was admitted in hospital in a serious condition after consuming the poison in their house on February 15, 2026, police said. According to the police, the man behind the incident used juice and unknown poison in the mission. The motive of the incident was not immediately known. The couple had traveled to a different home in the area and left their two children with their house help. They went to solve their marital quarrels. The husband came home at dawn on…

A herder was shot and killed in a clash between two communities over grazing fields in Baragoi, Samburu County. Police said the incident happened Sunday in Elbarta village and left one Rafasi Lesepe Nariki, 21 dead. The group behind the attack escaped the scene as police responded. The body was moved to the mortuary pending an autopsy and investigations. Such attacks have been on the rise as groups fight over grazing fields in separate areas. In the Marti area, Samburu County, police and local reservists recovered 50 stolen goats from suspected gunmen. The gang had struck a village and robbed…

At least three night guards were killed at their separate places of work by suspected thugs in Kisumu and Siaya Counties. Police said no arrest had been made over the Sunday incidents and efforts to get the assailants were ongoing. In one of the incidents, a guard had his head, hands and legs severed and were missing amid investigations, police said. In the first incident, a night guard was hacked to death in an attempted robbery at a mattress factory in Kondele area, Kisumu County. His colleague was admitted in hospital with serious injuries after the attack on February 15,…

Key opposition figures insisted on their plans to visit the office of the Inspector General of police over an incident in which armed police attacked a church event in Nyeri County. Even though some officials in the United Opposition were opposed to the visit scheduled for Monday February 16, 2026, others said it was necessary. The group will be led by Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka and former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua. This will be the second time that the group visits the office at Jogoo House for talks with the IG Douglas Kanja and his team. On Sunday, th National…

The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has said it has released all of the files required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but lawmakers have argued the release is insufficient. The letter sent to members of the US Congress on Saturday from Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche said all documents in the possession of the DoJ had been released and provided a list of names contained in the files. Kentucky Republican Representative Thomas Massie, who co-wrote the law, called for the DoJ to also release internal memos outlining past decisions on whether to charge Epstein and his associates. Millions of…

Investigators have found DNA on a glove that appears to match one a suspect was wearing in doorbell camera footage taken the night Nancy Guthrie disappeared. The FBI said on Sunday that investigators recovered the glove from a field near the side of the road about two miles from Guthrie’s home in Tucson, Arizona. The agency said it has received preliminary DNA test results on the glove and is still waiting for “quality control and official confirmation” before entering an “unknown male profile” into its database. Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of US TV news anchor Savannah Guthrie, has been missing…

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a deadly toxin found in poison dart frogs in South America, the UK and some of its European allies have said. Traces of epibatidine were found in samples from Navalny’s body and highly likely resulted in his death in a Siberian penal colony two years ago, the UK Foreign Office said. The allies said only the Russian state had the “means, motive and opportunity” to deploy this lethal toxin. The Kremlin dismissed the finding as “an information campaign”, according to Tass news agency. What is the toxin? Epibatidine is a natural neurotoxin isolated…

The National Police Service (NPS) issued a public update on the progress of investigations into recent security incidents, including events reported at Witima Church in Nyeri last month and other public gatherings across the country. In a statement released Sunday, the Service said investigations were initiated promptly upon receiving reports of alleged criminal activity and are being conducted strictly in accordance with the law. According to the NPS, officers have recorded statements from relevant parties, reviewed available video footage, and analysed intelligence reports to establish the circumstances surrounding the incidents and identify any individuals responsible. Police spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga noted…

The Embassy of Kenya in Moscow raised concern over an increasing number of Kenyan nationals travelling to the Russian Federation after receiving job offers through unvetted agents and informal online platforms. In a public advisory, the embassy said it has received numerous distress reports from affected individuals and their relatives, either directly or through the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs. Many reported being promised lucrative employment opportunities, high salaries, and residency arrangements that, upon arrival, either did not exist or differed significantly from what had been communicated. Some of the victims further indicated that their passports were withheld, their…

Kenya Airways (KQ) confirmed that one of its regional flights was forced to return to Nairobi on Sunday morning after encountering poor weather conditions while attempting to land in Rwanda. According to the airline, Flight KQ 470, which had departed Nairobi for Kigali, experienced low visibility and deteriorating weather during its normal approach into Kigali International Airport at approximately 9:10 a.m. East African Time. After two unsuccessful landing attempts, the flight crew made the decision to perform an air turnback and return to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport as a precautionary safety measure. The aircraft landed safely in Nairobi at 10:39…

Detectives are investigating the murder of a plumber whose body was found hanged on a gate in Machakos Town. The body of Francis Munywoki, 38 was on Saturday found on the gate of his employer long after his murder. Police said the man was killed elsewhere before the body was delivered to the scene and hanged on the hooks of the main gate. The motive of the murder was not established as the police moved the body to the mortuary pending an autopsy. In Nyatieko, Kisii County, a naked body of a boy aged four was found on a site…

A 67-year-old woman died after she fell from the balcony of a residential house in Kiambu Town. It is not clear how and why Alicadah Nginda fell off from the seventh floor of the house, police said of the February 13, 2026 incident. Her body was found in a drainage behind the building and moved to the mortuary. Police said they were investigating both suicide and murder in the incident. Meanwhile, police in Matete, Kakamega County were Saturday investigating an incident where a teacher was found dead after a suspected murder. The deceased, identified as Stephen Keraro Obieto, 50 was…

Detectives are investigating the murder of two people including a woman whose bodies were found separately in Kisii County. The first incident happened in Motonto, Suneka area where the body of one Agnes Mokua, 73 was found in her house. She had multiple injuries when the body was discovered on February 13, police said. The woman was pronounced dead while being attended to at a local hospital. Police said they suspect she was fatally attacked in her house or elsewhere and brought to the house as the body had injuries in the head, legs and hands, which were consistent with…

A 44-year-old woman was shot and killed in a robbery incident in Luanda, Vihiga County. Police said Beverline Afwande operated an Mpesa shop in the area and was waylaid and shot fatally as she rode on a motorcycle to her house on Friday February 13, 2026. The assailants grabbed a bag she had and contained unknown amount of money and fled the scene. This is the latest such violent robbery and murder in the area amid calls for action to address the menace. Police said the victim was headed home on a motorcycle when she was waylaid by three men…