News Tracker

Wed, 24 December 2025

  • 5:39 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki resurfaced at a Christmas gifting event at his Irunduni home after days of absence and health speculation, assuring supporters he is well.
  • 4:56 pm Motorists on the 175km Rironi–Mau Summit Highway will pay about Ksh1,400 in tolls, with PS Raymond Omollo promising alternative routes and faster Nairobi–Nakuru travel by 2027.
  • 4:23 pm Marigoini residents in Nairobi’s South B have protested planned evictions for an affordable housing project, rejecting a Ksh30,000 offer and accusing officials of opaque relocation plans.
  • 3:51 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi says entrenched cartels at the Port of Mombasa frustrated a planned Singapore partnership, forcing investors to abandon a multi-million shilling upgrade project.
  • 3:19 pm Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo says ongoing customs clearance reforms are cutting border delays, lowering trader costs and aimed at easing consumer prices and bolstering Kenya’s regional trade role.
  • 2:54 pm Kenya Wildlife Service officers killed two elephants in Kajiado West after the animals were blamed for multiple deadly attacks on residents along a major wildlife corridor.
  • 2:26 pm Six Kenyan athletes with disabilities sue after being dropped from the 2025 Deaflympics team, alleging rights violations and opaque selection by sports authorities.
  • 1:57 pm Two people dead, others sustain injuries after a stampede broke out during a Christmas gift distribution event hosted by Busia Governor Paul Otuoma at his Matayos home in Busia.
  • 1:22 pm 25 people die in 16 crashes on December 23, as 42 drivers are arrested and 1,702 safety violations are flagged across the country, NTSA says.
  • 12:46 pm The Judicial Service Commission has appealed a High Court ruling that halted all judge removal petitions, arguing the decision hinders its constitutional mandate over judicial discipline.
  • 12:20 pm KDF’s Brigadier Joseph Mokwena becomes the first Kenyan flag officer to command MINUSCA’s Sector West in the Central African Republic.
  • 11:50 am The Ministry of Education receives over 100,000 Grade 10 review requests after CBC senior school placements, exposing gaps between automated allocations and families’ financial and distance realities.
  • 11:09 am Eight people die, and five are injured after a speeding matatu rams a stationary fertiliser trailer along the Eldoret–Webuye highway in Lugari.
  • 10:53 am DCI detectives in Mombasa launch a manhunt for a suspected serial car-import fraudster accused of defrauding Kenyans, including a Catholic church, of millions in undelivered vehicles.
  • 10:11 am The government has condemned the viral video of women assaulting a Nairobi taxi driver over a fare dispute and urges the public to help identify suspects via toll-free line 1195.
  • 9:44 am Police and a Meru family issued conflicting accounts after a man seized by suspected DCI officers was later found dead at Nyambene Level 4 Hospital mortuary on Tuesday.
  • 9:20 am Four members of former Chief Justice David Maraga’s campaign team were injured Tuesday night when their car collided with a lorry on the Nyamira–Nairobi route; no deaths reported.
  • 8:58 am Police opened a probe after a 51-year-old ICT firm CEO died Tuesday, falling from the 14th floor of a Kilimani apartment in a suspected suicide.
  • 8:15 am UDA party set January 10, 2026, nominations for the Isiolo South MP seat and three MCA wards ahead of February by-elections.

Tue, 23 December 2025

  • 4:51 pm The government starts demolitions in Mukuru Kwa Njenga despite a court order halting evictions, leaving families homeless as police oversee the operation and residents protest in panic.
  • 4:19 pm Mt Kenya leaders allied to Rigathi Gachagua urge President Ruto to sack CS Geoffrey Ruku, accusing him of hate speech and stoking division in the region.
  • 3:52 pm The government gives Tana River residents 60 days to surrender illegal firearms or face forceful disarmament amid deadly inter-clan clashes that have killed 10 people.
  • 3:30 pm Wanjiru Mbugua-Karani elected unopposed as Tennis Kenya President, vowing reforms in governance, player-centred policies and new partnerships amid shrinking global tennis funding.
  • 2:58 pm TIFA Poll finds half of Kenyans expect ODM to exit the broad-based government and rejoin the opposition by 2027, pointing to uncertainty over its pact with President Ruto.
  • 2:33 pm A Kenyan man was sentenced in the U.S. to two consecutive life terms for an Al-Shabaab-backed plot to crash a hijacked airliner into Atlanta’s tallest building.
  • 1:56 pm The family of former Kenyan MP Enoch Kibunguchy has demanded an investigation, alleging his death may have resulted from severe food poisoning complications.
  • 1:35 pm Sudan’s prime minister unveiled a UN-backed peace plan seeking a ceasefire, RSF disarmament and aid access, as Washington links humanitarian funding to a SAF-RSF agreement.
  • 12:49 pm Kenya Met has forecast moderate to heavy rains and thunderstorms over the next five days in major regions, including Nairobi, Kisumu, Nakuru and Mombasa.
  • 12:24 pm Leaders, including UDA’s Hassan Omar and Nyali MP Mohammed Ali, have paid tribute to comedian Abdallah Moi, famed for mimicking ex-President Daniel arap Moi, following his death.
  • 11:55 am Three men were stoned and burnt to death by a mob in Naivasha over alleged robberies, as police launch a murder probe and condemn rising mob lynchings nationwide.