News Tracker - Thursday, 22 May 2025 - 7:39 am

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The Public Service Commission is holding a meeting in Nairobi with the directors of human resources from state agencies to discuss HR issues affecting agencies amid a hiring freeze in 42 parastatals.

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Kenya has turned to the World Health Organisation (WHO) for fresh funding to scale the rollout of the contentious UHC programme amid protests from some of the medics under the project. 

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Senator Samson Cherargei has dared Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro and other members of the UDA supporting former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to resign from the party.

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Kenya risks losing its US military support due to growing ties with China, following a threat by US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Senator Jim Risch to revoke the US's major non-NATO ally status granted last year.

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Former CJ David Maraga asks the government to intervene in the alleged detention of Kenyan journalist and activist Boniface Mwangi in Tanzania. 

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NCBA Group appoints James Gossip as its Managing Director.

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Bomet County Chief Officer for Finance, ICT, and Economic Planning, Erick Chepkwony, collapses and dies in Nairobi.

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The Kenyan government has claimed that Tanzanian authorities have not offered any information regarding the whereabouts of activist Boniface Mwangi, who has been missing since Monday.

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PSC has directed all government agencies to submit their annual recruitment plans even as it bids to streamline hiring of staff in the public sector.

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Former NTV journalist and news anchor Smriti Vidyarthi has landed a new role at The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in Africa as Executive Communications Officer, months after exiting NMG.

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The IGAD weather unit warns of heavier-than-usual rainfall between June and September in parts of Kenya and East Africa, with governments advised to maintain emergency response measures.

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Missing activist Boniface Mwangi has been found alive in Ukunda after being detained in Tanzania for more than three days, the family has confirmed.

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The gold refining company being built by the government in Kakamega is nearly finished, according to Deputy President Kithure Kindiki.

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Journalist and activist Boniface Mwangi cannot walk properly and is frail after allegedly being tortured by Tanzanian Intelligence officers, his lawyer has told Kenyans.co.ke.

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President William Ruto has appointed former Turkana Speaker Christopher Doye Nakuleu as his new Senior Political Advisor.

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Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has announced that starting this month, Kenyan youths eager to dive into business ventures will receive Ksh50,000 each to help kickstart their initiatives.

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Residents of Trans Nzoia and West Pokot counties block traffic in Kapenguria, protesting KETRACO for unpaid land compensation in a Ksh200 million project.