News Tracker - Sunday, 16 March 2025 - 7:42 am

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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja announces a 3-day temporary closure on City Hall Way between City Hall Way Roundabout and Parliament Roundabout to allow for preparations for the WRC Safari Rally.

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Families of the 14 people who passed away in a road crash at Migaa that involved an 11-seater matatu and a truck converged at Molo mortuary to identify bodies and demanded post-mortem be carried out swiftly.
 

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Wiper Leader Kalonzo Musyoka affirmed that he will not align with the government or pursue a cooperation agreement with President William Ruto's administration like some of his opposition counterparts.

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The Social Health Authority (SHA) has flagged as fake a payment analysis document making rounds on social media purporting amounts of money paid to 2,588 healthcare providers across the country.

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Danish Minister of Education and Research Christina Egelund is traveling to Kenya to explore opportunities to strengthen cooperation within higher education, research, and innovation where she will be expected to sign a cooperation agreement on increased education, research, and innovation activities.

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Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has urged Prime Minister Raila Odinga to demand an apology or sue the Nation Media Group over a front-page headline that purported he had saved President Ruto from an attempted coup by KDF.

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Gatundu North MP Elijah Njoroge Kururia has revealed that President William Ruto and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs have reached out to Vietnamese authorities regarding the looming execution of a Kenyan national, Margaret Macharia Nduta.

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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua attends the consecration of the 3rd Bishop of ACK Nairobi Diocese Ven. Canon Jonathan.

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Over 20 Kenya Kwanza leaders attend an inter-denominational church service at Tebeswet Primary School near Moi Barracks, Kiplombe, Eldoret.

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CFK Africa CEO Jeffrey Okoro reveals in an opinion article for Statnews that more than 1,000 patients at his healthcare clinic outside Nairobi lost access to lifesaving HIV treatments and other diseases that relied on foreign aid.

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Wajir County Government announces plans to distribute food to vulnerable 23,000 households ahead of Ramadan celebrations.

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Foreign Affairs PS Korir Sing'oei says that Margaret Nduta's "case is complex and difficult but we are doing everything within our disposal to secure a reprieve for our national," ahead of her execution in Vietnam.

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MSS Force Commander Godfrey Otunge presides over the investiture ceremony for senior National Police Service (NPS) officers currently serving in the MSS Mission in Haiti. 10 officers were promoted at the event.
 

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Christ Impact Church preacher Peter K, who has been on the run since he was accused of sodomy in 2022, has been arrested in Nairobi and transferred to Nakuru Central Police Station for processing.

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Amnesty Kenya Director Irungu Houghton has written to the Dutch Royal Couple ahead of their Kenyan visit on Tuesday urging them to prioritise human rights matters during their bilateral talks with President William Ruto.

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ACK archbishop Jackson Ole Sapit has banned former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and other political leaders from making public addresses in the church, saying there will be no political addresses in ACK churches going forward.

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Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary Korir Sing'Oei has revealed that he reached out to the government of Vietnam following the public uproar by Kenyans to have Kenyan Margaret Nduta's execution stayed and expatriated to Kenya.

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70 families were displaced and farms were destroyed after heavy rainfalls hit Western and Nyanza regions.

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Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has threatened to take action against the Nation Media Group if they do not apologise by Monday over an editorial cartoon depicting him in the Sunday Nation issue of March 16.

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Former Presidential candidate Martha Karua witnesses the match between Kenya U17 Junior starlets vs Uganda Kenya at Nyayo Stadium.

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Murang'a Governor Irungu Kang'ata equips the new Kigumo Hospital block with inpatient wards for the first time making it operational.