News Tracker - Sunday, 7 September 2025 - 8:12 am

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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has announced a crackdown on boda boda gangs in Vihiga County, accused of conducting robberies and disrupting traffic and funerals.

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Senator Crystal Asige has denounced an incident where Sirisia MP John Waluke was caught on camera making fun of a short-statured man in front of Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen, saying, "...people of their standing would not participate in the public humiliation of disabled people."

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Police detained a man suspected of belonging to a street gang that harasses and steals from the public during a joint operation in Nairobi CBD on Saturday night.

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Boda boda riders in Thika’s Makongeni estate have set a private vehicle ablaze following a reported fatal road accident near the local police station on Sunday morning.

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DCI detectives have arrested a man in Lang’ata over a Ksh4.5 million fake gold scam after allegedly conning a Pakistani national with 500 grams of counterfeit gold.

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President Ruto will fly to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this afternoon to attend the second Africa Climate Summit, the State House says.

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Miguna Miguna has accused Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro of hypocrisy after the legislator criticised President Ruto’s regime for excessive borrowing, despite being one of the president’s key allies.

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Rigathi Gachagua attends a church service at PCEA Miharati Parish, Kipipiri Constituency, Nyandarua County.

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The Media Council of Kenya has defended LSK President Faith Odhiambo, faulting media houses for attacking her over her appointment to the Presidential Panel of Experts on Compensation of Protest Victims.
 

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All boarding schools in Gatundu South, Kiambu County, have been ordered to close indefinitely after a spate of torching left several dormitories and facilities in ruins. 

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Former Rongo MP and Minister for Industrialisation, Dalmas Otieno Anyango, is dead.

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The Tax Appeals Tribunal has ruled that the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) could deem all deposits to a bank account as taxable income if there is insufficient proof to the contrary.

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A police officer has been arrested after fatally shooting two boda boda operators in a bizarre case of road rage.

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A 28-year-old Kenyan man has been indicted in the United States for allegedly laundering over Ksh5 billion of Covid-19 relief funds meant to feed vulnerable children.

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Disagreements in the DCP party have flared again after party leader Rigathi Gachagua defended the appointment of Dr Mukhisa Kituyi against criticism from his deputy, Cleophas Malala.

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The NPSC has confirmed that the recruitment of 10,000 police constables will be carried out through an online system in line with the National Police Service Commission Recruitment and Appointment Regulations Act, 2025.

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A Pakistani national was rescued by police in Nakuru County after an angry mob attacked him over claims of swindling locals through fraudulent schemes.

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President Ruto has mourned the death of veteran politician and former Cabinet Minister Dalmas Otieno Anyango, hailing him as a sharp and progressive leader whose legacy will endure.

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Only 3,000 schools have received their student capitation, with over 15,000 others waiting for the Ministry of Education to complete its audit, Basic Education PS Julius Bitok has said.

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Tickets for the Kenya vs Seychelles World Cup qualifier, which takes place at Kasarani Stadium on Tuesday at 4pm, have been reduced from Ksh1,000 to Ksh500 by the Football Kenya Federation.

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National Police Service Commission (NPSC) has announced that all new cadets will report to police colleges on 17 November, as the government plans to recruit 10,000 police constables in the 2025/26 financial year.

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Renson Ingonga, Director of Public Prosecutions, elected Supernumerary Member of the International Association of Prosecutors' (IAP) Executive Committee during the organisation's annual general meeting in Singapore on Tuesday, September 9.

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Ministry of Environment has flagged as fake a gazette notice claiming that the government is in the process of fencing the 30,000-hectare Kaptagat forest in the Rift Valley.

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Central Bank of Kenya has received ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 certification for its information technology service management systems - this confirms that its internal IT operations meet the globally recognised standards for managing and delivering secure and reliable services.

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At least one person died, while several others are nursing serious injuries after a bus they were travelling in got involved in an accident along Jogoo Road in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon.

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Protests paralysed the Marsabit–Isiolo highway after boda boda riders took to the streets to demand justice for a colleague who was found murdered.

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Hustler Fund loan defaulters risk being blocked from borrowing from banks, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) has announced.

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Gachagua’s DCP bows out of three upcoming by-elections including Mbeere North parliamentary race, instead choosing to support aspirants from allied opposition parties.

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DCI embroiled in a spyware scandal following allegations that it had installed spyware on the devices of activist Bryan Adagala.

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Treasury CS John Mbadi expects to raise Ksh149 billion from privatisation of State companies to fund the next budget, according to revelations made in the Annual Borrowing Plan for the 2025-2026 Financial Year.