Fri, 29 August 2025

• 4:41 pm EACC summons Bomet Governor Hillary Barchok, former Bungoma Governor Wycliffe Wangamati, and several business associates to its Nairobi headquarters for questioning over corruption allegations.
• 4:19 pm Hesbon Imbwaka, chief gardener at the German Embassy in Kenya, received multiple chickens as a retirement gift, having allegedly turned down high-end cars; German Ambassador Groth had previously suggested Imbwaka would receive over 50 cars.
• 3:51 pm EPRA in plans to introduce proper legislation to guide investments in the upstream oil sector by December this year in a move to prepare Kenya for the commercialisation of its crude oil deposits.
• 3:32 pm Protests broke out at Karura Forest just hours after the Kenya Forest Service (KFS) announced that a centralised eCitizen payment system would be mandatory for all visitors.
• 2:55 pm The High Court on Friday, August 29, declined to suspend the panel of experts appointed by President William Ruto to oversee compensation for victims of protests.