News Tracker

Sat, 29 November 2025

  • 5:55 pm The High Court has declared the 10 per cent crude palm oil import duty, adopted via EAC mechanisms, unconstitutional due to a lack of parliamentary oversight and public participation.
  • 5:17 pm CNN’s Larry Madowo denies authorship of a fake Facebook post claiming threats from Tanzanian officials after his report on alleged police killings, calling it misinformation.
  • 4:50 pm The government has ordered an official inquiry into KUSCCO Housing Co-operative over governance and financial concerns, giving investigators 15 days to begin the probe.
  • 4:11 pm SHA adds a prescription section to its portal, letting members track medication details and manage prescriptions online, Health CS Aden Duale announces.
  • 3:42 pm Over 700 companies face closure after the registrar issued a three-month dissolution notice, threatening thousands of jobs.
  • 3:21 pm The High Court on Friday cleared ex-governor Mwangi Wa Iria to lead the Procurement Regulatory Authority, dismissing integrity challenges over his board appointment.
  • 2:58 pm President Ruto attended the lavish wedding of Noordin Haji’s son in Garissa County, joining dignitaries for a joyous Islamic Nikkah ceremony.
  • 2:20 pm Seven people, including police reservists, were killed and more than 600 livestock were stolen in coordinated night attacks in Meru and Isiolo counties.
  • 1:57 pm A 17-year-old Indian athlete was sentenced to three years in a Kenyan prison for doping-related offences, sparking protests from his family.
  • 1:14 pm The Kenya Revenue Authority gives importers 30 days to claim goods in Mombasa or face auction between January 5 and 9, 2026.
  • 12:58 pm The Court of Appeal has paused proceedings in Speaker Wetang'ula’s defamation suit against the BBC, pending the broadcaster’s legal appeal.
  • 11:54 am The Anti-Counterfeit Agency has arrested a Chinese national in Gikomba after seizing 65,000 counterfeit socks valued at Ksh50 million.
  • 11:21 am A 22-year-old man drowned in the Sosiani River in Kapseret while bathing on Wednesday; his body was recovered on Thursday with local help, police said.
  • 10:56 am Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui has revoked the appointment of Josephat Kabeabea as Chairperson and member of the Board of Directors of the Anti-Counterfeit Authority, less than a month after he was arrested over bribery allegations.
  • 10:18 am Transport CS Chirchir appoints Joyce Nyambura Mundara and Kenneth Wando Odhiambo to the KURA board and Geoffrey Kiprotich Koros to the KeRRA board. 
  • 9:57 am The government of President Moi secretly paid Ksh120 million to the family of British woman Julie Ward, allegedly murdered by Jonathan Moi in the Maasai Mara in 1988, reports from The Telegraph reveal.
  • 9:22 am President Ruto reappointed Winfrida Ngumi as Non-Executive Chairperson of the KeNHA for a one-year term. 
  • 8:50 am Kenya Met forecasts rainfall for parts of the Rift Valley, Lake Victoria Basin, Highlands, Coast, and South-Eastern Lowlands in early December; most areas remain sunny and dry.
  • 8:12 am U.S. halts all asylum decisions after Trump reverses Biden-era orders, pending security reviews, raising concerns for Kenyan nationals and Major Non-NATO ally status.
  • 7:55 am Moses Kuria rejects claims he was used to split votes in the Mbeere North by-election, calling the allegations politically motivated and unsupported by results.
  • 7:10 am President Ruto says the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway is to be completed before Madaraka Day on June 1, 2027.

Fri, 28 November 2025