News Tracker - Sunday, 16 November 2025 - 7:51 am

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President Ruto has disclosed that his final official meeting with the late Raila Odinga focused on plans to transform Kenya from a third-world to a first-world nation.

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Nairobi County has declared public stripping illegal after a viral CBD incident involving pole dancers, warning offenders face severe legal consequences under the Penal Code and Sexual Offences Act.

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The DRC government and M23 rebels have signed a peace framework in Qatar on Saturday, aiming to end decades of conflict in the country's mineral-rich eastern region.

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President Ruto has dismissed calls to rejoin ODM, reaffirming loyalty to UDA while pledging support for ODM during the Founders Dinner in Mombasa on Saturday.

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A Kenyan family in Kilifi County seeks help to repatriate the body of their kin after her sudden death from cardiac arrest while working in Saudi Arabia.

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Rifts deepen in the United Opposition as DCP Deputy Party Leader Cleophas Malala accused Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya of being an NIS mole ahead of the crucial Kisa East Ward by-election.

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Parliament aims to raise devolution funds to Ksh450 billion, following President Ruto and the late Raila Odinga's recent political agreement, Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has said.

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Kenya has been caught in a war of accusations over the transportation of 156 Palestinians from Gaza to South Africa in what President Ramaphosa says was without consent; however, Israel says SA agreed to the deal.

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Rigathi Gachagua, Kalonzo Musyoka and Eugene Wamalwa arrive in Embu to drum up support for the Democratic Party's candidate for Mbeere North, Newton Kariuki.

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Kenyan assaulted by Chinese boss forgives him, saying he wishes to keep his job despite public outrage over the viral Eldoret warehouse incident.

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DCP politician Edgar Busiega mourns his father’s death, announced just days after withdrawing from the Malava parliamentary by-election, calling the loss overwhelming.

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COTU calls for the deportation of the Chinese boss captured assaulting a Kenyan worker, urging crackdowns on abuses and tighter monitoring of foreign-managed firms.

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President Ruto promises to hire 20 more teachers for Marsabit County ahead of the nationwide recruitment of 20,000 teachers this January.

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Nairobi County begins crackdown against illegally erected billboards, targeting over 100 across the capital; on Saturday, the county removed 20 billboards in Langata Road, Mombasa Road and Nyayo Stadium Roundabout.

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Kenyans employed in Saudi Arabia are expected to receive a minimum wage of Ksh34,455 per month starting February 2026 under new laws.

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President Ruto has pledged to donate Ksh100 million to the Africa Inland Church (AIC) for projects in Ileret, Marsabit County.

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The Standard Group has been ordered to pay Ksh11 million to Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma after the legislator won a defamation case.

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Police are probing Kenya Roads Board Chair Aisha Jumwa for allegedly assaulting Affirmative Action Director Ruth Bendera in Kaloleni, Kilifi County, following a formal complaint.

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Two suspects were arrested in Nyahururu after police seized five elephant tusks worth Ksh3.6 million, police have said.

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NPS relocates police recruitment for Centre No. 408 in Kamkunji Sub-County from Kamukunji Sports Grounds to the Morisson Primary School.

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A prominent businessman was shot dead Saturday night in a robbery at Kabati trading centre, Kitui County, as gunmen escaped with cash, police said.

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Conservationists launched a rescue in Naivasha after fences trapped dozens of Masai giraffes, relocating four to safer habitats and warning that more remain at risk.

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Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei has declared that Deputy President Kithure Kindiki will remain William Ruto’s running mate in the 2027 presidential election.

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NTSA recorded 21,042 road crash victims and 4,195 deaths between January and November 2025, a 2.6 per cent rise over the same period last year.