Thu, 08 May 2025

• 8:37 pm American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost is the new Pope. He has taken the name Pope Leo XIV.
• 7:22 pm The Catholic Church has elected a New Pope after white smoke was seen billowing from the Sistine Chapel at around 6.10 PM local time.
• 6:55 pm President William Ruto has nominated Erastus Edung Ethekon from Turkana County as the chairperson of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
• 6:22 pm Non-Kenyan residents travelling to Kenya for less than 12 months may soon be required to register their travel health insurance under the Social Health Authority (SHA).
• 5:55 pm Learning in schools could soon be paralysed after teachers threatened to down tools if the government pushes through with a proposed plan to cut hardship allowances.