News Tracker

Mon, 15 December 2025

  • 3:20 pm The government has failed to remit Ksh1.2 billion in civil servants’ pension contributions, the auditor general warns, risking reduced retirement returns and deepening concerns over the country’s pension system.
  • 2:57 pm The Auditor-General, Ann Gathungu, has criticised Parliament for failing to address dozens of audit reports, leaving billions in public funds unprotected.
  • 2:24 pm Mai Mahiu dry port is set to create over 100,000 jobs, with local youths expected to benefit most as major investments boost the region’s economy, Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui says.
  • 1:51 pm Al-Shabaab releases a video of Ukrainian UN-contracted helicopter pilot Oleynik Aleksandr, held since January 2024 after an emergency landing in a militant-controlled area of central Somalia.
  • 1:20 pm ODM Deputy Party Leader Simba Arati says the party will form the government in 2027 and insists President Ruto should seek re-election on an ODM ticket.
  • 12:42 pm Traders count losses after 14 camels were killed in a road accident along the busy Bisil-Namanga Highway.
  • 12:12 pm President Ruto awards Truphena Muthoni the Head of State Commendation (HSC) Medal and names her ambassador of his 15 billion tree planting campaign, days after she set a new tree-hugging record of 72 hours in Nyeri.
  • 11:54 am NTSA will mount a nationwide crackdown as the Judiciary sets up mobile courts along major corridors to deal with traffic offences in the new changes to combat road accidents in December, CJ Koome has announced.
  • 11:30 am Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has dismissed claims of having a fallout with members of the family of the late former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, especially Mama Ida Odinga.
  • 10:53 am The United States condemned a drone attack on a UN base in Kadugli, Sudan, that killed six Bangladeshi peacekeepers and wounded several others, calling it a grave violation of international law.
  • 10:19 am 28 people injured, 12 critically, after an Easy Coach bus headed from Nairobi to Kisumu rammed a trailer at Salgaa on the Nairobi–Nakuru highway, Kenya Red Cross says.
  • 9:47 am Kenya has acquired Israel’s SPYDER air defense system in a Ksh3.4 billion government-backed deal, boosting its ability to counter aircraft, drones and missile threats.
  • 9:18 am DCI officers in Kirinyaga East arrested two men over the murder of 72-year-old Margaret Wandauma, whose half-naked, injured body was found in a thicket on December 14.
  • 8:55 am KNEC has warned schools against issuing fake KJSEA performance analyses, stressing that the CBC system reports individual subject performance levels, not aggregate scores or school rankings.
  • 8:23 am The State Department for Public Health has been recognised as the 2025 winner of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Awards.
  • 7:57 am KNEC says all KCSE examiners will receive coordination fees before leaving marking centers, after English paper markers downed tools over delayed payments.
  • 7:10 am 10 family members die in an accident along the Kisii–Kisumu Highway while returning from a wedding on Sunday night after their van collided with two lorries.

Sun, 14 December 2025

  • 6:14 pm EPRA keeps fuel prices for the December-January cycle unchanged: Petrol to retail at Ksh184.52, Diesel at Ksh171.47, and Kerosene at Ksh154.78 in Nairobi.
  • 5:54 pm Health CS Aden Duale defends the Ksh200 billion Kenya–U.S. health deal and says he is confident the courts will uphold the government’s position despite ongoing legal challenges.
  • 5:20 pm Head of Public Service Felix Koskei urges Kenyans to confront corruption directly, backing new conflict-of-interest laws, justice sector reforms, and digital services to curb graft.
  • 4:55 pm DCI detectives arrest fugitive Ken Kimathi Gichunuku, alias Sultan, in Busia for the October 2024 murder of MCA Lucy Njeri’s daughter, Seth Nyakio, in Thika.
  • 4:13 pm Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah says Kiambu will deliver more votes than any other region for President Ruto in the 2027 General Election, citing ongoing infrastructure projects.
  • 3:44 pm Three Kenyans are walking 480 kilometers from Nairobi to Mombasa to raise funds for a sustainable clean water system at Sasura Girls School in Marsabit County.
  • 3:15 pm DCI and CUE stormed a Mombasa church graduation, shutting it down and arresting six officials over unaccredited degree and master’s programmes.
  • 2:58 pm President Ruto has called for unity among Kiambu leaders following a public clash between Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and Thika Town MP Alice Ng'ang'a over the county's 2027 gubernatorial race.
  • 2:22 pm The dualling of the Muthaiga-Kiambu-Ndumberi road will kickstart in February 2026, President Ruto has announced.
  • 1:52 pm President Ruto gifts women of the AIPCA Gatundu North Diocese, Karure, with Ksh5 million to purchase a bus.
  • 1:18 pm The Ministry of Labour has warned KUPPET against conducting nationwide branch elections while a High Court case over the union’s amended constitution remains unresolved.
  • 12:56 pm President Ruto attends a church service at AIPCA Gatundu North Diocese, Karure, Kiambu County.
  • 12:27 pm Matatu insider and fact-checks reveal the viral image showing President Ruto’s son’s Ksh14 million ‘Mood’ matatu overturned in a crash is AI-generated, and the vehicle remains in service.