News Tracker - Thursday, 17 April 2025 - 7:43 am

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President Ruto has gazetted and appointed Public Service nominee Geoffrey Ruku and Gender nominee Hanna Wendot Cheptumo to the Cabinet, awaiting their swearing-in.

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Kenya is hoping to conclude a new financing deal with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by November, according to Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia Mudavadi.

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President Ruto is set to swear in CSs Geoffrey Ruku and Hanna Wendot Cheptumo, along with 14 new PSs at State House, Nairobi, from 9am.

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The government has apologised to Butere Girls High School for the chaos and mayhem meted out on them during the National Drama Festivals in Nakuru last week.

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Kenya has officially bought the Kenya High Commission building in London, which costs between Ksh2 and Ksh7 billion after years of renting.

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Maize, sugar, cooking fat, tomatoes, and cooking oil (salad) are some of the products whose prices will go up over the next month, according to the latest Central Bank of Kenya survey.

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Thousands heading to the mainland parts of Mombasa experienced major traffic snarl-ups after the Likoni Ferry services experienced vessel breakdowns this morning.

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China's Xi Jinping has invited President Ruto for a four-day state visit next week, starting April 22.

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 Senator Edwin Sifuna has filed a petition in the Senate to halt the planned evictions of Korogocho residents by the Nairobi County government.

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JKIA resumes full operations after diverting planes to Mombasa and Tanzania due to poor weather, KCAA confirms.

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Celebrated journalist Ben Ochieng’ Ogodo is dead.

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The government will no longer charge import levies to enterprises operating in Export Processing Zones (EPZ) and special economic zones (SEZ) importing nuts and oil crops from East Africa, AFA has announced.

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The agriculture sector is expected to receive a higher employment rate in the second quarter of this year, according to the CBK’s CEOs survey.

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Police Internal Affairs Unit Commissioner Isaac Omare has pledged to investigate the harassment of journalists in Nakuru.

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Heavy security has been deployed in Loosuk, Samburu County, as investigations begin following the attack on the Director-General of Public Debt Management at the Treasury, Dr Haron Sirima's home.

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NTSA seeks to introduce technologies to detect and record speeding offences using cameras after completing the testing of fixed speed cameras on select roads in Nairobi, including Thika Super Highway, Mombasa Road, and Southern Bypass.

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Meru Governor Isaac Mutuma has asked President Ruto to deploy the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to help contain the volatile security situation affecting the northern grazelands of the county.

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The government insists it owns the eCitizen platform, revealing that it has been operating under a 10-year pilot phase with a private party that is tasked with managing the portal.