News Tracker - Monday, 7 April 2025 - 7:00 am

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President Ruto has approved the gazettement of Igembe University, which will welcome students for the September intake.

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The Kenya Prisons Service has announced a nationwide mass recruitment exercise for constables slated for Wednesday, April 30, and for professional cadet officers, technicians, and artisans to be made online.

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The five Kenyan chiefs who were abducted by suspected Al-Shabaab militia in February while going for a security meeting to plan for President Ruto's tour have been released. 

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Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji has called for an expeditious probe into the corruption allegations made by former Public Service CS Justin Muturi against President Ruto.

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Okiya Omtatah has alleged that a discrepancy in the Budget Policy Statement might explain how the taxpayers financed the ODM Party Leader Raila Odinga's AUC chairmanship to the tune of Ksh18 billion.

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Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has rejected the claims from former CS Justin Muturi alleging that President Ruto is irredeemably corrupt, saying the claims are untrue. 

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The NHIF pending claims committee given 90 days to complete the claims review process and submit its findings during the official launch by Health CS Aden Duale.

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PCS Musalia Mudavadi has warned that it will take decades to recover from the impact of policy shifts introduced by US President Trump, warning that countries must work together to reduce the impact.

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A war of words has erupted between Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti and her predecessor and Labour Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua as Wavinya grapples to stop an impeachment plot. 

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UK Defence Secretary John Healey has met the family of Agnes Wanjiru, who was allegedly killed by a British soldier and her body dumped in a hotel septic tank in Nanyuki in 2012.

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The JKIA whistleblower and activist Nelson Amenya has said he will not step foot in Kenya until there is a regime change over fears for his life.

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A former police officer accused of murdering a bartender in cold blood in 2021 has been sentenced to 45 years in prison by the High Court in Lodwar.

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Githunguri MP Gathoni Wamuchomba has claimed her life is in danger while revealing her security detail has been withdrawn; she said this moments after honouring a summons by the DCI.

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Mombasa County government has instructed all landlords and property managers to paint their buildings within 90 days.

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Former Kajiado County Woman Representative Janet Marania Teyiaa is dead.

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A male university student has been remanded in custody for 21 days by Kibera Law Court as authorities continue their investigation into the murder of a fellow Multimedia University (MMU) student.

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The High Court has given the green light for the auctioning of properties belonging to the Senior Presidential Economic Council advisor, Moses Kuria.

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Treasury CS John Mbadi has warned all Principal Secretaries and accounting officers to ensure their departments comply with the implementation of the new Electronic Government Procurement (eGP) system or face consequences.

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China will inject Ksh706.9 billion into Kenya’s stalled SGR extension to Malaba, with Treasury CS John Mbadi confirming plans to introduce tolls as part of the deal.

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A Nakuru resident, Evans Kimori, has started collecting signatures to dissolve the Nakuru County government, which he has deemed incompetent, after inaction following the prolonged absence of Governor Kihika.

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Health CS Duale has appointed Agnes Ongandi to be a board member of the KUTRRH for three years from April 4 of this year.

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The Attorney General, Dorcas Oduor, has appointed and forwarded 30 advocates to the KRA to help the taxman deliver its constitutional mandates.  

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Doctors in Kakamega County have announced a 14-day strike notice, indicating they will stop working starting April 18 if the county government does not resolve a series of long-standing issues that they claim have been ignored for months.

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The government is mulling plans to introduce a law aimed at encouraging Kenyans to save money; Labour CS Alfred Mutua says the legislation is to curb the perennially low savings rate.