Tue, 05 August 2025

• 1:15 pm Individuals who have defaulted on their Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) student loans can now breathe a sigh of relief, as the board has announced a significant reduction in accrued penalties.
• 12:44 pm Kenya will send a team of trade and investment experts to the United States later this month to discuss the reduction of tariffs and trade barriers, Trade Cabinet Secretary Lee Kinyanjui has announced.
• 12:14 pm The Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) has announced changes in the procurement strategy for the construction of the 749-kilometre highway connecting Isiolo and Mandera counties.
• 11:55 am The Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Council (KMPDC) has clarified that hospitals that have recently suffered closures should wait at least three months before appealing.
• 11:21 am Media personality Joyce Gituro was forced to apologise after facing backlash for defending a senior pastor at the Nairobi Baptist Church.