Wed, 07 January 2026

• 10:46 am Kilifi Governor Gideon Mung'aro has unveiled a full ward-based scholarship programme worth Ksh57 million for bright but needy students joining Grade 10 after the 2025 KJSEA exams, with applications now open at ward offices.
• 10:13 am The Kenya Defence Forces has cleared a contingent of troops for deployment to an undisclosed United Nations-led peacekeeping mission after passing final combat readiness checks at Embakasi Garrison.
• 9:54 am Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has dismissed social media reports that he has dropped out of the Nairobi gubernatorial race, insisting he is “in Nairobi to stay.”
• 9:14 am KUSCCO has proposed tax reforms to the National Treasury, seeking to scrap excise duty on SACCO fees and widen income tax bands to ease costs for low-income Kenyans.
• 8:55 am Owners of a prominent Eastleigh mall have filed an NCIC complaint accusing Rigathi Gachagua of false fraud claims and ethnic hate speech over its alleged funding links to a U.S. case.