News Tracker - Sunday, 4 May 2025 - 7:26 am

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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen reports 21 deaths from banditry, including a police officer, from January to March 2025; he cites poor infrastructure and land issues as key factors behind the attacks.

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Kiambu County Governor Kimani Wamatangi has fired seven members of the Ward Education Bursary Committees, whom he replaced almost immediately.

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Steve Jacob Maunda, popularly known as Shatta Bway, has left Cape Media Limited, which owns TV 47 and Radio 47 stations.

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The bodies of three Kenyans killed in a tower fire in Sharjah, UAE, will be repatriated home this week for burial after the intervention of former Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko.

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The Kenya Veterinary Board (KVB) has announced that it will conduct a compliance assessment in 10 counties this month.

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Sports CS Salim Mvurya has extended the term of a taskforce on the review of the policy, legal and institutional framework for Sports in Kenya for six months, with effect from February 15.

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Super Metro Sacco has announced that it will begin servicing its new route from Community, KNH, Ngong Road to Kabiria from Kencom Bus Stop at 6am daily, starting tomorrow, Monday, May 5.

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Interior PS Raymond Omollo has warned politicians in Homa Bay County against perpetrating political violence, reiterating that the government will arrest and arraign the suspects behind the killing of Kasipul Member of Parliament Ong’ondo Were.

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Several football players narrowly escaped with their lives after the van they were travelling in was involved in a road accident along the busy Kitale-Lodwar highway this morning.

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DCI has arrested a key suspect in the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Ong'ondo Were.

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Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua hosts PLP Party Leader Martha Karua at his Wamunyoro residence.

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Bungoma District Hospital has been upgraded to a Level 6 Teaching and Referral Hospital.

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Ruto has vowed to ensure that those involved in the assassination of Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were will be brought to book.

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Several football fans have been injured hours before the highly anticipated KPL match between Shabana FC and Gor Mahia after a stampede erupted from the stands at the Gusii Stadium. 

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KeNHA has announced that it intends to acquire more land for the dualling of the Mombasa-Mariakani Road.

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Siaya Senator Oburu Odinga has openly criticised Governor James Orengo, challenging the governor to leave the Orange Democratic Movement if he is unhappy with the party's decision to join Ruto's camp.

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KMPDU Secretary General Davji Atellah has issued a seven-day strike notice to Nakuru, Kajiado, and Laikipia Counties over unfulfilled CBAs.

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The Kenya National Union of Coaches (KNUC) and the Kenya Dental Surgery Assistants and Hygienists Union  (KEDSAHU) have officially tabled their application to onboard COTU. 

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Police have linked the murder of Kasipul MP Charles Were to members of the notorious Mjahidin gang, operating in Nairobi’s Eastleigh estate.

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Motorists using the busy Nakuru-Eldoret highway are stuck in slow traffic after a multi-car collision involving a matatu, a trailer, and a lorry at Equator in the Mumberes area of the highway.

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Farouk Kibet has threatened to stop former President Uhuru Kenyatta's retirement benefits following the latter's recent political stance against President Ruto's government.

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More than 100 Kenyan workers have left the country to begin new jobs in Qatar, Iraq, Russia, Dubai, and Serbia.

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President Ruto narrowly escaped a shoe aimed at his head, blocking it with his arm while addressing a large crowd in Migori County.