News Tracker - Sunday, 14 September 2025 - 7:42 am

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31-year-old Kenyan Peres Jepchirchir delivered a dramatic, lung-busting final 100-metre sprint to outpace Ethiopia's Tigst Assefa and win gold in the women's marathon at the World Championships in Tokyo.

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The Kenya Forest Service has dismissed a petition circulating online, which seeks, among other things, to revoke the mandatory use of the eCitizen platform for gate collection and to allow the Community Forest Association to regain control of the forest.

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KDF soldiers under MONUSCO have intensified patrol operations in the eastern Ituri Province of the DRC following a brutal attack on mourners by suspected militia groups.

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National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed claims ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna's opposition to the broad-based government stems from the "wrong company" in a public rebuke just days before the three-day 20th party celebrations in Mombasa.

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Kenya's presidential jet, Harambee One, is undergoing a year-long maintenance in the Netherlands, which Defence CS Soipan Tuya claims is the last maintenance for the 1996-commissioned aircraft.

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NTSA allows the collection of smart driving licence biometrics at 15 selected Huduma Centres across the country to speed up rollout.

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President Ruto attends a church service at the State House Chapel, becoming the first president to do so.

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Benard Njagi, the Chaplain at State House Chapel, reveals that two months before the 2024 anti-government protests, clergy members had visions about the protests and prayed at the chapel, prayers that stopped the protests from turning into a national security threat.

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President Ruto has donated Ksh1 million to the family of Susan Nabwire, the woman who was killed by her husband in Pipeline, Nairobi, on August 13.

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George Ruto's Ksh14 million matatu, Mood, has been involved in a minor accident in Eldoret; no casualties reported.

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Three suspects who were arrested over the killing of lawyer Kyalo Mbobu have been released due to the lack of evidence.

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Rigathi Gachagua has vowed to revoke the Housing Levy and refund deductions to all those who have paid for the levy introduced if he is elected president in 2027.

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The Communications Authority has announced plans to shut down 42 TV stations in the next seven days; the TV stations include Metropol TV, Mount Kenya TV, and Kingdom Ambassadors TV.

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Two people lost their lives, while several others sustained injuries after a multi-vehicle accident along the Mwea-Embu Highway.

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President Ruto appoints Francis Ndungu Kibera to chair the Board of Trustees of the National Fund for the Disabled of Kenya, effective immediately, to replace Dr Kristina Kenyatta-Pratt, former President Uhuru Kenyatta's sister. 

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Ferdinand Omanyala had an unceremonious end to his  2025 World Athletics Championships campaign in Tokyo after finishing fifth in the semi-final, effectively ending his quest to medal at the championships.

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The Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, has banned the possession of firearms in 13 areas in Marsabit County.

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Students were left counting heavy losses after a fierce fire broke out at St Michael Primary School in Kerugoya, Kirinyaga County, destroying a dormitory. 

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The Democracy for the Citizens Party (DCP) has dismissed claims that it has pulled out of the Malava parliamentary by-election. 

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UDA to pocket over Ksh789 million in the latest revision of the Political Parties Fund (PPF) allocations, while ODM gets Ksh421 million.

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EPRA marginally reduces fuel prices, with Super Petrol retailing at Ksh184.52, Diesel at Ksh171.47 and Kerosene at Ksh154.78 in Nairobi, effective midnight on Monday, September 15.