Sat, 13 September 2025

• 4:25 pm Kenya has launched a campaign to remain on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) Council for the 2026–2027 term; the campaign is being led by the Cabinet Secretary for Mining, Blue Economy and Maritime Affairs, Hassan Joho.
• 3:51 pm Beatrice Chebet Wins 10,000M Race With a Time of 30:37:61 to Give Kenya its First Gold Medal at the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo.
• 3:01 pm President Ruto has ordered Treasury CS Mbadi and his Education counterpart Ogamba to align the capitation disbursement formula with the education calendar year amid concerns about disruption in capital flow to schools.
• 2:51 pm Primary school heads, through KEPSHA chair Fuad Ali, have called for increase in funding for free primary education, saying that the current allocation is inadequate for meeting rising costs; they want the capitation raised to Ksh2,300 per pupil from Ksh1,420.
• 12:42 pm At least 2,100 violence and harassment cases against sexual and gender minorities were reported in Kenya between October 2023 and September 2024, according to Lives on the Line report by a coalition of rights groups.