Sun, 06 July 2025

• 4:11 pm President Ruto has directed all Level 1 to Level 4 hospitals across the country to offer free healthcare to Kenyans who have already registered with the Social Health Authority (SHA).
• 3:50 pm Hundreds of youth leaving the Summer Tides Festival in Diani were blocked by police at the Dongo Kundu Bypass, reportedly to stop them from attending the Saba Saba Day protests; many missed their 2pm SGR train back to Nairobi.
• 3:34 pm Tanzania will charge Ksh5,700 for mandatory travel insurance under new rules announced by Tanzania’s Ministry of Finance; the directive, effective January 2026, excludes East African and SADC citizens but may affect Kenyans with dual citizenship.
• 2:48 pm Armed goons have stormed the Kenya Human Rights Commission offices, disrupting a planned press briefing by Kenyan mothers ahead of Saba Saba Day; the attackers reportedly stole two journalists' laptops before fleeing the scene.
• 2:13 pm KHRC says its staffer, Ugandan national Martin Mavenjina, was deported from the JKIA on Saturday night despite holding a valid work visa.