News Tracker - Sunday, 25 May 2025 - 8:35 am

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Police have arrested five people involved in the destruction of vehicles belonging to the EACC and the DCI on Monday, May 19, during the arrest of Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya.

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Several people are missing after three boats capsized in Lamu and Kilifi on Saturday evening, days after the Kenya Met warned of strong winds and waves along the coast.

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An Indian court has granted bail to a Kenyan national who is alleged to have attacked eight people with a knife three years ago. 

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Former KICC board chair Irungu Nyakera has urged churches to apologise for encouraging Kenyans to vote in the President William Ruto regime, days after the deaths of two priests.

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Guatemala has begun plans to establish an embassy in Nairobi, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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Refugees in Kenya have appealed to President Donald Trump to lift the suspension of the country’s refugee resettlement program, which has remained frozen since January.

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President William Ruto is attending a service at the African Inland Church (AIC) in Kibera, Nairobi County.

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A fierce critic of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni’s administration, Stella Nyanzi, was blocked from travelling to Germany from Nairobi's JKIA, the activist has said. 

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Juja MP George Koimburi, a supporter of Rigathi Gachagua, has reportedly been missing since Friday and is believed to be in the custody of the DCI, according to his attorney, Steven Mbugua.

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The Kenya Wildlife Service has begun the translocation of 21 eastern black rhinos from Ol Pejeta Conservancy to Segera Conservancy as part of conservation efforts.

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Solar professionals have raised concerns over the government's decision to introduce VAT on solar products in the Finance Bill 2025, saying it will raise the prices of the commodity.

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Mombasa County Governor Abdulswamad Sheriff has urged the national government not to neglect Mombasa County in the affordable access programme.

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Ababu Namwamba’s longtime bodyguard, Corporal Jonah Kemboi Rotich, who was his bodyguard for eighteen years, dies after multiple health challenges.

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Governor Sakaja has urged President Ruto to direct EPRA to engage unlawful power connectors in the city’s informal settlements to find ways to lower electricity prices and end illegal connections.

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The Kenya Meteorological Department has warned that strong winds are expected in various parts of the country from Sunday to Tuesday, particularly in the coastal region.

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Nandi Senator Samson Cherarge backed the National Treasury not allocating funds for national examinations, saying this is nothing new.

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Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has declared that all medical expenses and additional costs for the victims of the tragic fire in Kibra Sub-County, which resulted in eight fatalities, will be covered.

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The lifeless body of a Grade 5 student from Gwa Chobe village in Kinangop, Nyandarua County, was discovered this morning, abandoned in a dam.

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Police in Eastleigh are investigating the death of an eight-year-old boy who fell from the 16th floor of a nearby building this morning.

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Juja MP George Koimburi has been abducted by unknown individuals outside Full Gospel Church in Mugutha, Kiambu County, Senator Karungo wa Thang'wa has confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke.

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The Digital Content Creators Association has condemned Rigathi Gachagua's comments calling for the boycotting of Mt Kenya musicians who visited DP Kindiki, terming them as 'regressive and intolerant'.

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The government has ordered the reopening of 73 schools in the Kerio Valley immediately; this is despite threats from KNUT to withdraw teachers from the region.

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Chief Registrar of the Judiciary Winfridah Mokaya has called for a corruption probe into Senior Counsel Ahmednasir Abdullahi after the lawyer revealed bribing a Supreme Court judge to influence a case in the Court of Appeal.

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President Ruto has announced that the government will set aside Ksh500 million in the upcoming financial year to address illegal power connections in Nairobi's informal settlements.