News Tracker

Fri, 16 January 2026

7:05 pm Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba has extended the Grade 10 admission deadline to Wednesday, January 21, saying the move is aimed at achieving a 100 per cent transition of learners to Senior School.
5:02 pm EPRA has approved plans for a university to generate 40 megawatts of solar power for the national grid,a move set to make it the first university in Kenya to supply electricity at such scale.
4:33 pm Kenyans have been advised to temporarily halt travel through the Busia and Malaba border points as Uganda awaits the outcome of its general election.
3:58 pm Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has condemned the alleged assault at Nandi Hills Police Station and ordered an immediate investigation, directing the Internal Affairs Unit to conclude its probe within three days.
3:24 pm A court has ordered the exhumation of a General Service Unit (GSU) officer secretly buried at a church compound, after police raised alarm over the covert burial of the officer without the knowledge of his family.
2:58 pm Kenya’s star athlete is set to receive government support after her emotional public appeal for sponsorship drew national attention, prompting Sports Cabinet Secretary Salim Mvurya to step in and pledge urgent intervention to keep her professional career on track.
2:24 pm The Judiciary has announced applications for top judicial offices, including Chief Kadhi and Registrar, as it continues nationwide interviews to fill key court positions amid ongoing staffing gaps in the judiciary.
1:49 pm Religious and community leaders in Lamu County have urged the national government to lift the 12-year-old dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in 2013, citing its prolonged social and economic impact on residents.
1:05 pm People living with HIV on are holding a peaceful procession to protest disruptions to essential HIV services following a High Court decision to suspend the Kenya-US health partnership agreement.
12:35 pm The Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has intercepted contraband goods worth more than Ksh280 million at the Port of Mombasa, foiling an attempt to illegally import the goods concealed in a 40-foot container.
12:03 pm County officials have been arrested over alleged procurement irregularities worth Ksh 348 million, following directives from the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
11:34 am One person has been killed and 32 others injured following a road accident involving two buses at the Tunnel area along the Londiani–Muhoroni Junction road in Kericho County.
10:59 am The government has warned tourists and tour operators against using open-sided Land Cruisers on public highways, cautioning that the practice is illegal.
10:29 am CCTV of police assaulting youth in Nandi Hills sparks outrage as Senator Samson Cherargei urges IG Kanja, IPOA and the Senate security committee to suspend, investigate and prosecute implicated officers.
9:56 am Police in Nairobi have launched a manhunt for a Dandora man accused of fatally beating his teenage daughter after she visited her biological mother during the December holidays.
9:30 am At least two people were killed, and three others were left injured after armed individuals reportedly attacked a lorry that was ferrying livestock from Samburu to Isiolo County on Thursday evening, according to Governor Abdi Guyo.
8:43 am The Ministry of Health warns Kenyans to get mandatory medical checkups before joining prolonged tree-hugging challenges, citing rising cases of collapse and hospitalisation.
8:21 am Blogger and ex-Bunge la Mwananchi president was arrested on Thursday for allegedly attempting to extort the KWS Director General using threatening lawsuits and adverse publicity claims.
7:54 am KeNHA has announced major traffic disruptions as road expansion and beautification works begin on the 27km JKIA-James Gichuru-Westlands highway corridor.
7:10 am Family in Kawangware seeks justice after Amos Isoka dies from complications allegedly linked to a botched tooth extraction at an unlicensed clinic.

Thu, 15 January 2026

6:58 pm KeNHA has announced temporary closure of Uhuru Highway and Haile Selassie Roundabout in Nairobi, affecting lanes toward Upper Hill, the CBD, Mombasa, and Nakuru.
5:36 pm The Embu High Court has ordered the IEBC to secure all materials used in the Mbeere North by-election in a guarded room with padlocks held by six parties, ensuring no access without all parties present ahead of the petition hearing.
2:09 pm The High Court has frozen bank accounts linked to Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi, his family, and 10 other individuals in connection with a Ksh813 million civil recovery case filed by the EACC, pending the hearing of the suit.
12:05 pm A Kenyan Media House has been blocked from airing proceedings in Uganda during the elections on Thursday, January 15.
10:38 am Rigathi Gachagua’s Democracy for the Citizens Party DCP has denied claims that Juja MP George Koimburi defected from its ranks, saying the lawmaker was never a member.
10:06 am Former ICT Cabinet Secretary Eliud Owalo has denied claims that he was fired by President William Ruto for secretly working with Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua.
9:25 am Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro has criticised the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), saying the party failed to keep major economic and education promises it made to Kenyans during the 2022 election campaign.
8:49 am The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) has okayed President William Ruto to initiate formal talks with ODM party aimed at sealing a coalition pact ahead of the 2027 general elections.
8:07 am A succession dispute has erupted within the family of the late High Court judge David Majanja, over the release of funds from the late's estate.
7:55 am US has suspended the processing of immigrant visas for citizens of Uganda and 74 other countries, marking a fresh escalation in President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda.