Author: KahawaTungu Reporter

The High Court Wednesday gave the Inspector General of police Douglas Kanja the last chance to appear in court and explain what happened to the abducted youths or be jailed for contempt. Kanja and DCI Mohamed Amin were ordered to personally appear in court on Wednesday January 8 but they skipped the session. Their lawyer Paul Nyamodi told court that the two security chiefs were ready to attend court but a serious security matter arose requiring their attention. Petitioners represented by senior counsel Kalonzo Musyoka told the court the matter could not proceed if the police boss was not personally…

OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman’s sister, Ann Altman, has filed a lawsuit alleging that he regularly sexually abused her between 1997 and 2006. The lawsuit, which was filed on 6 January in a US District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri, alleges that the abuse started when she was three and Mr Altman was 12. In a joint statement on X, with his mother and two brothers, Mr Altman denied the allegations, saying “all of these claims are utterly untrue.” “Caring for a family member who faces mental health challenges is incredibly difficult,” the statement added. “This situation causes…

The National Assembly was Wednesday recalled for a special sitting on January 16 to consider reports on various appointments made by President William Ruto.  Speaker Moses Wetangula announced the Special Sittings will be held in the National Assembly Chamber, Main Parliament Buildings, Nairobi, commencing at 10.00 am and at 2.30 pm. The meeting will among others discuss and consider the tabling of report and Notice of Special Motion on the Report of the Committee on Appointments on its consideration of nominees for appointment as Cabinet Secretaries and tabling of report and Notice of Special Motion on the Report of the…

Police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found on the roadside in Ogembo, Kisii County. The body was found in a ditch on the Motonto-Ogembo road. It was later identified to be that of Charles Makenge, 40 who is a resident of Kebute village. Police said they are yet to establish the cause of the death. This increased to three, the number of bodies discovered separately on Tuesday January 7. Police described the incidents as sudden deaths but added investigations into the same are ongoing. The first incident was reported in Kiwanja area, Kasarani on Tuesday…

Luxury carmaker Rolls-Royce will expand its Goodwood factory and global headquarters to meet the growing demand for bespoke models. It will invest more than £300 million so it can build more highly-customised versions of its cars for its super-rich clientele. The 120-year old British brand came under full control of German carmaker BMW in 2003 and officially opened the site in West Sussex the same year. Rolls Royce says this expansion secures its future in the UK. Rolls-Royce sold 5,712 cars in 2024, the third highest total in its history. While that number may seem tiny compared with the millions…

US safety regulators have opened an investigation of a Tesla feature that allows drivers to summon parked cars without being in the vehicle after numerous accidents were reported linked to the technology.  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said the Tesla cars operating in the “Actually Smart Summon” mode were reported to be unable to detect posts or parked cars. The feature is in place on nearly 2.6 million cars made by Tesla since 2016, including its Model S sports car, Model 3 sedan, and Model X and Y sports utility vehicles. Tesla did not immediately comment. Boss Elon Musk…

A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on investigations into Donald Trump as an appeals court weighs a challenge to the disclosure of a much-anticipated document just days before the president-elect reclaims office. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon may represent a short-lived victory for Trump, but it’s nonetheless the latest instance of the Trump-appointed jurist taking action in the Republican’s favor. The halt followed an emergency request Monday by defense lawyers to block the release of a report that they said would be one-sided and prejudicial. Trump responded…

A wildfire whipped up by extreme winds swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity residences Tuesday, burning homes in Pacific Palisades and prompting evacuation orders for tens of thousands. In the frantic haste to get to safety, roadways were clogged and scores of people abandoned their vehicles and fled on foot, some toting suitcases. The traffic jam on Palisades Drive prevented emergency vehicles from getting through and a bulldozer was brought in to push the abandoned cars to the side and create a path, according to the LA Fire Department. California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was in Southern…

The Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) Tuesday released the 2024 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment (KPSEA) results.  In a statement on Tuesday, KNEC announced that the results of the exams, a key component of the Competency-Based Curriculum (CBC), are now available on its Competency-Based Assessment (CBA) portal, urging schools to log in to access learner-specific results. “The 2024 Kenya Primary School Education Assessment reports are ready and have been uploaded on the CBA portal, cba.kec.ac.ke,” the KNEC statement reads. “Schools that presented candidates for the assessment are advised to log into the portal and access the learner-specific reports. Congratulations to…

Few European leaders have felt the lash of Elon Musk’s social media outbursts more than Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz.  The tech-billionaire owner of X has called him an “incompetent fool” and urged him to resign. On Thursday Musk will use his platform to host Alice Weidel, the head of Germany’s far-right, anti-immigrant AfD for a lengthy chat. For many German politicians it smacks of political interference, with the AfD running second in the polls ahead of federal elections on 23 February. “You have to stay cool,” says Scholz. “Don’t feed the troll.” Although some of Europe’s leaders, notably Italy’s Giorgia…

A Ugandan nanny who has been on the run following her involvement in a daring robbery plot targeting her employer in Nairobi’s Eastleigh was arrested in Nairobi after two months of being on the run.  Nabalayo Everline Loice, 23 was taken into custody by detectives from DCI Starehe after a robbery incident that unfolded on November 1, 2024. According to reports filed at Pangani Police Station, Nabalayo was in the house with a colleague housemaid when she intentionally opened the door, admitting an unknown assailant armed with a hammer. In a shocking turn of events, the duo reportedly assaulted the…

The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the conflict, which began nearly two years ago and is considered the world’s biggest current humanitarian catastrophe, had escalated beyond a war crimes and ethnic cleansing determination he made in December 2023. Blinken said that based on more recent reporting, he found that the Rapid Support Forces group is committing genocide. “The RSF…

US President Joe Biden has called the exiled candidate for Venezuela’s opposition, Edmundo González, “the true winner” of the country’s presidential election last July after meeting him at the White House.  In a social media post, Biden said Venezuela deserved a “peaceful transfer of power”. González fled to Spain in September after turmoil following Venezuela’s election, in which incumbent President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory – something disputed by González and many sections of the international community. The Maduro government reacted to the meeting with fury, calling it “grotesque” and accusing Biden of backing a violent anti-democratic project, Reuters news agency…

Jean-Marie Le Pen founded France’s far right in the 1970s and mounted a strong challenge for the presidency. But it was only when he handed the reins on to his daughter that his rebranded party caught sight of power. He has died aged 96, his family has said. Le Pen’s supporters saw him as a charismatic champion of the every man, unafraid to speak out on hard topics. And for several decades he was seen as France’s most controversial political figure. His critics denounced him as a far-right bigot and the courts convicted him several times for his radical remarks.…

At least 53 people have been confirmed dead and 62 are injured after a major earthquake struck the mountainous Tibet region on Tuesday morning, Chinese state media reported. The earthquake that hit Tibet’s holy Shigatse city around 09:00 local time (01:00 GMT) had a magnitude of 7.1 and a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles), according to data from the US Geological Survey, which also showed a series of aftershocks in the area. Tremors were also felt in neighbouring Nepal and parts of India. Earthquakes are common in the region, which lies on a major geological fault line. Shigatse is…

Al-Shabaab leader Mohamed Mire also known as Abu Abdirahman, who served as the militant group’s finance head during the Westgate Mall and Dusit-D2 attacks in 2013 and 2019, respectively, was killed in an airstrike on December 24, 2024. The US Africa Command (USAC) on Monday said it launched the airstrike near Quyno Barrow, some 260 kilometres from Mogadishu, killing two al-Shabaab militants, including Mire. “Mire, also known as Abu Abdirahman, was responsible for al-Shabaab’s regional governance in Somalia for the last 15 years. In addition to being one of al-Shabaab’s longest-serving members, Mire served as the interior minister and played…