News Tracker

Fri, 04 July 2025

  • 7:17 am Homa Bay town MP, Peter Kaluma, has alleged that Mawego Police Station was burned down by goons hired from Nairobi.

Thu, 03 July 2025

  • 6:09 pm Nairobi motorists warned of traffic disruptions as sections of Lang’ata Road, Ngong Road, Dagoretti Road, Miotoni Road, Bogani Road, Karen Road, and Warai Road will be closed on Saturday for the Heart to Heart Run
  • 5:53 pm Moi University to admit 6,771 new students placed through the 2025 Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service even as the institution continues to grapple with financial constraints.
  • 5:23 pm The KRA will, from August 1, introduce a new independent unit to handle customs-related tax disputes, including objections to Post Clearance Audit (PCA) notices.
  • 4:43 pm Transport was temporarily paralysed along the Kisumu-Kakamega Highway after rowdy youth lit bonfires in an attempt to block opposition politicians, led by ex-DP Gachagua, from accessing the region.
  • 4:11 pm Boniface Kariuki, the mask vendor who was shot on June 17, had four bullet fragments in his brain; doctors had managed to take out two, an autopsy report has confirmed.
  • 3:57 pm Individuals operating four law firms in Garissa without official accreditation from the Law Society of Kenya have been arrested, their offices closed.
  • 3:20 pm Youth carrying Albert Ojwang's body set Mawego Police Station on fire. Ojwang had initially been booked at the station upon his arrest on 7 June before being transferred to Central Police Station in Nairobi.
  • 2:53 pm Police Spokesperson Muchiri Nyaga says the National Police Service is unaware of planned demonstrations on Monday, July 7, dubbed Saba Saba Day.
  • 2:30 pm The Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) has shut down its services for at least 72 hours shortly after opening the portal for the 2025/2026 academic year loan and scholarship applications.
  • 2:03 pm Nairobi residents and motorists to brace for traffic disruptions across various parts of the city this weekend as a number of key roads will be closed for hours for the fourth edition of the Nairobi City marathon.
  • 1:31 pm President William Ruto has reportedly donated Ksh1 million to the family of slain mask vendor Boniface Kariuki who was shot during the June 17 protests.
  • 1:17 pm Pneumonia, cancer, and cardiac arrest listed as the leading causes of death for Kenyans over the past five years according to a Kenya National Bureau of Statistics report.
  • 1:09 pm The High Court has prohibited the police from arresting blogger and activist Ndiangui Kinyagia, at least for the next two weeks. His family failed to speak to the media over his contentious disappearance.
  • 12:46 pm President William Ruto has reportedly donated Ksh1 million to the family of deceased mask vendor Boniface Kariuki, who was shot during the June 17 protests.
  • 12:24 pm Nairobi City County announced its highest revenue collection since devolution, reaching Ksh13.8 billion for the 2024/2025 financial year, according to Governor Johnson Sakaja.
  • 11:58 am Director of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Amin has presented himself in court in compliance with a court order issued by Justice Chacha Mwita over the alleged abduction of Ndiangui Kinyangia.
  • 11:33 am Kenya has recorded a sharp drop in birth certificates issued, falling from 1.9 million in 2022 to 1.3 million in 2024, according to a KNBS report; the decline is linked to falling fertility rates and a shortage of official birth certificate booklets.
  • 10:52 am President William Ruto says the government has shut over 1,000 health facilities in a crackdown on Social Health Authority (SHA) fraud.
  • 10:11 am Missing blogger and activist Ndiangui Kinyagia is reportedly alive and well and is in hiding at an undisclosed place in fear for his life, the family lawyer has said.
  • 9:55 am Kisii Senator Richard Onyonka, an ally of former Interior CS Fred Matiang'i, has dismissed claims that the latter is in secret negotiations with the ruling Kenya Kwanza to join the government.
  • 9:21 am The government has released over Ksh60 million in compensation for losses related to human-wildlife conflict in Kilifi County.
  • 8:42 am The Director of Criminal Investigations, Mohamed Amin, is expected to appear in court today to explain the whereabouts of blogger Ndiang’ui Kinyagia.
  • 8:16 am Haiti is facing a critical situation, with the United Nations (UN) warning of a ‘total state collapse' as gangs tighten their grip on the Caribbean nation, exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis.
  • 7:55 am Lawyer Miguna Miguna is set for a highly anticipated interview with Citizen TV after the station granted his request to respond to former Interior CS Fred Matiang’i’s recent interview, claiming Matiang’i was not properly questioned about his time in office. 
  • 7:20 am NTSA has rolled out a mandatory national virtual training for all government drivers across the country, with the next round scheduled for July 9.

Wed, 02 July 2025

  • 6:41 pm Kenya Pipeline Company will be listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange this year, President Ruto has announced, while at the London Stock Exchange.
  • 6:15 pm 15 Kenyan banks are transporting physical cash to countries including the UK, US, and South Sudan, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has revealed.
  • 5:58 pm Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika has denied claims by the Daily Nation that a patient was denied SHA coverage at Naivasha Sub-County Hospital; she says no such patient or surgery was recorded.
  • 5:34 pm Kenya loses at least Ksh297 billion yearly to corruption, tax exemptions, and public spending inefficiencies, a new AfDB report shows.