Fri, 09 January 2026

• 6:05 pm Police fire teargas at Rigathi Gachagua’s motorcade near Sagana en route to Kagio, briefly sparking panic but failing to stop his rally.
• 5:53 pm Lady Justice Njoki Ndungu has been elected unopposed to the Judicial Service Commission to replace the late Justice Mohammed Ibrahim.
• 5:11 pm Amnesty International Kenya boss Irungu Houghton has quit the presidential protest compensation panel, citing constitutional concerns after a High Court declared the body illegal.
• 4:50 pm JSC will start public interviews on Monday to fill 45 judge vacancies in the Court of Appeal, High Court and Environment and Land Court by March 23.
• 4:20 pm The government will continue compensating victims of protests and riots even as it appeals a High Court ruling that stripped a presidential panel of its compensation powers.