News Tracker - Monday, 19 May 2025 - 7:43 am

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Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga and activists Hanifa Adan and Hussein Khalid have been detained at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania since 3am.

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Police besiege homes linked to Rigathi Gachagua with heavily armed police officers drawn from multiple units, reportedly in pursuit of the former second-in-command.

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Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing’Oei has urged Tanzania to immediately release former CJ Willy Mutunga and his delegation, Hanifa and Khalid, who are reportedly detained at Julius Nyerere International Airport.

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EACC and police raid Trans Nzoia's Governor George Natembeya's home in Kitale.

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22 students are recovering from minor injuries sustained during a fire incident that broke out at Amabuko Secondary School in Kisii County on Sunday night.

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Five people have been confirmed dead and scores of others injured in a fire incident that occurred early Monday morning in the Mathare B slums of Nairobi.

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Primate Elijah Ayodele, the Nigerian prophet who predicted President William Ruto's 2022 win, now warns that Ruto is likely to lose in the 2027 general elections.

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COTU Secretary General Francis Atwoli has called for the abolition of the National Employment Authority over what he terms 'modern-day slavery'.

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Mumias East MP Peter Salasya has been presented at the Milimani Law Courts following his arrest on Friday; he is yet to face the judge.

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EACC is investigating the fraudulent acquisition of Ksh1.4 billion linked to Trans Nzoia County, following allegations of procurement irregularities, abuse of office, and bribery involving Governor George Natembeya.

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Gospel singer Alex Apoko, known as Ringtone, has been released on a Ksh3 million bond or a Ksh1 million bail alternative in the case of allegedly defrauding a businesswoman of a parcel of land valued at Ksh50 million in Karen.

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MP Peter Salasya has been charged with hate speech at the Milimani Law Courts; he denies the charges and has been released on a Ksh400,000 bond or Ksh200,000 cash bail.

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Hundreds of students from Moi Girls' High School walk out of class to Kapsowar town to demand the transfer of the school principal.

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KUSCCO has announced plans to auction 50 properties spread across the country in three phases next month.

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Kenyans have marched to the Tanzanian Embassy in Nairobi to demand answers after former CJ Willy Mutunga and Martha Karua's deportation.

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The Kenyan shilling has been reported as stable against the dollar on Monday, trading at Ksh129.00 and Ksh129.40 per dollar, unchanged from Friday's close.
 

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Experts from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. have projected that the CBK could further slash the base lending rates from the current 10.00 per cent basis to 8.5 per cent. 

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Tourism CS Rebecca Miano hints at creating a new entrance point for the Nairobi National Park along the Southern Bypass in a bid to decongest the main entrance point of the park.

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 Rigathi Gachagua has alleged the government was plotting to kill him using chemical weapons to degrade his mind over the next three months during Sunday's siege of his houses.

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Transport on the Eldoret-Kitale highway and activities in Kitale Town have been halted as residents protest the arrest of Governor George Natembeya.

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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been remanded until June following the adjournment of the treason and sedition case, local media report.

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Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu has said she will not allow 'foreigners to invade and destroy' her country, hours after the detention and subsequent deportation of several high-profile Kenyans.