Sat, 16 August 2025

• 6:26 pm Two people have died and three others have been injured in a horrific multi-vehicle accident on the Nairobi–Mombasa highway near Malili, Machakos County.
• 5:44 pm Kenya’s Faith Kipyegon has won the 3000m women's race at the Silesia Diamond League in Poland clocking an impressive 8:07.04 close to breaking the long-standing Women's 3000m world record of 8:06.11.
• 5:13 pm The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has awarded loans to 136,634 first-time university students for the 2025/2026 academic year.
• 4:58 pm President Ruto to meet with the organisers of the Grammy Awards, with the aim of bringing world-class music studios to Kenya in his first trip to the United States since Donald Trump began his second term 
• 4:20 pm The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has lodged a formal protest against Kenya's appointment of Judy Kiaria Nkumiri as Consul-General to Goma, citing a violation of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.