Tue, 26 August 2025

• 7:21 pm At least five Al-Shabaab militants were killed, others injured during an intelligence-led operation by KDF officers in Boni Forest in Lamu County.
• 7:03 pm A fire was reported in Tassia Estate in Embakasi on the evening of Tuesday, August 26; the fire appeared to have stemmed from one of the informal housing units in the estate before spreading to other houses.
• 6:15 pm A faction of Nairobi MCAs has initiated plans to impeach Governor Johnson Sakaja citing alleged incompetence.
• 6:02 pm Parents in several estates in Nairobi on alert following the death of a 15-year-old boy in Umoja Innercore, Msasa Area, who was attacked by a group of teenagers.
• 5:20 pm SHA CEO Mercy Mwangangi gazettes the suspension of 45 hospitals under the Social Health Insurance Act, 2023 amid fraudulent claims scandal; the facilities will not receive any SHA payments during the suspension period.