Thu, 03 July 2025

• 2:30 pm The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has shut down its services for at least 72 hours shortly after opening the portal for the 2025/2026 academic year loan and scholarship applications.
• 2:03 pm Nairobi residents and motorists to brace for traffic disruptions across various parts of the city this weekend as a number of key roads will be closed for hours for the fourth edition of the Nairobi City marathon.
• 1:31 pm President William Ruto has reportedly donated Ksh1 million to the family of slain mask vendor Boniface Kariuki who was shot during the June 17 protests.
• 1:17 pm Pneumonia, cancer, and cardiac arrest listed as the leading causes of death for Kenyans over the past five years according to a Kenya National Bureau of Statistics report.
• 1:09 pm The High Court has prohibited the police from arresting blogger and activist Ndiangui Kinyagia, at least for the next two weeks. His family failed to speak to the media over his contentious disappearance.