News Tracker - Sunday, 17 August 2025 - 8:24 am

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Kenya’s javelin star Julius Yego won his first Diamond League meet in nine years at Silesia on Saturday, marking a major comeback since his 2016 Eugene victory after years of struggle.

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Boda boda riders set a Land Rover ablaze on the Thika Superhighway after an accident Saturday night, sparking huge traffic and drawing huge crowds near the National Youth Service.

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Former presidential adviser Moses Kuria has accused Health CS Aden Duale and Rift Valley leaders of fuelling negative ethnicity, rejecting claims that Mt Kenya people consider themselves superior to other communities.

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DCI has arrested the mastermind of an illegal electricity network, known as “Senator”, accused of secretly tapping the KPLC grid to power boreholes and Miraa farms in Igembe, costing the power company over Ksh100 million.

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Health CS Aden Duale has demanded compensation for victims of terror and past atrocities in North Eastern, including Wagalla and Malka Mari, saying equity requires the region’s dead also be recognised.

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The Boda Boda Safety Association of Kenya has demanded accountability after riders torched a Land Rover on Thika Superhighway, condemning the attack as reckless and urging operators to shun violence and lawlessness.

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Ethiopia is seeking guidance from Kenya to reform its tax system, with proposals to tax mobile money, airtime, and financial services, and to adopt Kenya’s VAT withholding model for big firms.

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Two people have been confirmed dead and one injured after a lorry was involved in a tragic accident along the Bomet-Kaplong Highway.

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DR Congo has rejected Kenya’s appointment of a consul general to Goma, accusing Nairobi of violating international law by bypassing Kinshasa and warning the move risks legitimising M23 rebels controlling the city.

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Nairobi motorists face heavy delays as police divert traffic at the Thika Road–Kiambu Road junction for CHAN ticket checks ahead of Harambee Stars’ clash with Zambia at Kasarani Stadium.

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Narok Governor Patrick Ole Ntuntu has reshuffled three county directorates, moving Culture, Cooperative Development, and Trade to new departments in a bid to boost efficiency and service delivery.

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Mohamud Yusuf Haji, the uncle of the National Intelligence Service Director General Noordin Haji, is dead.

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Kenyans abroad sent home Ksh656.9 billion in the year to July 2025, an 11.1 per cent rise, CBK data shows, cementing remittances as a key foreign exchange source.
 

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A section of ODM MPs have criticised party leader Raila Odinga over his push to move NG-CDF funds to counties, warning the proposal would undermine education and security projects central to constituencies.

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KNUT has urged the Treasury to release third-term capitation funds before schools reopen, warning delays risk derailing free education and exposing a generation to crime, drugs, and hopelessness.

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Ryan Ogam scores for Harambee Stars to take the lead against Zambia at the Kasarani Stadium; Morocco is also leading 2-1 against DRC at Nyayo Stadium.