News Tracker - Thursday, 31 July 2025 - 7:05 am

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The government has banned all imports of tobacco products over health concerns, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale.

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The Ministry of Health has rescinded internship offers for 306 pre-interns, stating they have not yet graduated, after an investigation into the Nursing Internship Placement for the 2025/2026 cohort.

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A senator has raised concerns over security lapses at JKIA following revelations that under-vehicle surveillance systems at the airport are not working.

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Members of Parliament are now proposing to increase the gambling age to 21 years and cap the minimum amount of placing bets at Ksh50 on all betting sites in a plot to shield youths from irresponsible gambling.

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CBK has proposed a new law to compel businesses to accept cash as a form of payment for goods and services with a fine of upto Ksh100,000 for traders who don't comply.

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The Ministry of Education is in the process of integrating all private schools in the country into the national framework for selection and placement of learners into senior secondary schools, PS Julius Bitok has announced.

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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has been granted temporary relief after the High Court declined to issue any interim orders in a case that questions his fitness to hold public office; the case will be heard on October 27.

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DCI officers have arrested a Cameroonian man accused of orchestrating a Ksh79.9M fake gold scam that lured a Canadian investor to Nairobi with promises of 250kg of gold.

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Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the President of Uganda, is expected to give a lecture at the National Defence College (NDC) in Karen, Nairobi County, while accompanied by Defence CS Soipan Tuya.
 

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Former Kiambu Governor Ferdinand Waititu has been freed on a Ksh53.5 million bond after five months in jail; the High Court ordered his release following his appeal against his conviction in the Ksh588 million graft case.

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The Public Investment Committee on Education has handed Egerton University Vice Chancellor Isaac Ogumbo seven days to pay a Ksh500,000 fine or face dire consequences; the fine is for failure to appear before the committee.

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The price of sexed semen, a technology that selectively raises the likelihood of producing female calves (heifers), will be reduced from Ksh2,900 to Ksh1,000 as a result of an agreement the government has reached with the United Kingdom.

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The government has announced a reduction in fees for all public university programmes under the student-centred funding model, for both new and continuing students, starting with the September intake.

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Nyando MP Jared Okello has been put forward to be the best candidate to replace Edwin Sifuna as the ODM party Secretary General by Alego Usonga MP Sam Atandi.

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KRA has unveiled two new systems, the Independent Review of Objections (IRO) and the Technical Review Unit (TRU), to handle customs disputes more fairly and transparently, with implementation set for August 2025. 

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Kenya Railways has revised the Suswa Leisure train schedule from August 1, with a new departure set for 8:50am from Nairobi and a return from Suswa at 4:05pm to improve service for passengers in Rongai, Ngong, and Mai Mahiu.

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Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has warned that ex-KDF, NIS, and police officers engaging in irregular conduct will be placed under surveillance, citing national security risks posed by their advanced training and recent public mobilisation.