News Tracker

Sat, 29 November 2025

  • 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

  • 7:34 pm Election Observers Group (ELOG) has praised IEBC for holding free and fair by-elections, despite incidents of violence and voter bribery allegations.
  • 7:03 pm East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has accused the Kenyan judiciary of procedural flaws and delays in deliberations of the impeachment of former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. 
  • 6:29 pm Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja says that Nairobi is sitting on Ksh 60 billion in uncollected land revenue every year from 200,000 properties. 
  • 5:16 pm The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has condemned the conduct of IEBC during the recently concluded by elections, asking them to urgently strengthen it's preparations for 2027 General elections.
  • 3:19 pm The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has challenged Senator Khalwale and other members who backed rivals in the concluded November 27, 2025, by-elections to resign from party.
  • 2:11 pm President William Ruto hails the UDA's victory in the concluded November 27, 2025, by-elections while accusing the opposition of lacking ideas and relying on divisive politics. 
  • 12:52 pm DAP-K Candidate Seth Panyako has contested the results of the Thursday November 27 2025 by-elections held in Malava Constituency, alleging electoral malpractice in 54 polling stations.
  • 12:03 pm President of Kenya Editors Guild Zubeidah Kananu hosts the 8th Annual Editor's Convention 2025 in Kilifi. The association promotes excellence in Journalism and media independence. 
  • 11:30 am Nandi Senator Kiprotich Cherargei says that UDA's win in the November 27th By-election is a clear signal that President Ruto will secure an easy win in the 2027 elections.
  • 10:08 am President Ruto launches Rironi-Mau Summit road. The highway will be part of the Northern Corridor which will improve transport from Nairobi to Eldoret, Kisumu and Busia.

Thu, 27 November 2025

  • 7:13 pm IEBC Chairman Erastus Ethekon has clarified that only commission staff, assigned security personnel, media, accredited party and candidate agents and accredited election observers are allowed in tallying centres. 
  • 6:17 pm Police fire teargas at Siakago social hall in Mbeere North Constituency, shortly after vote tallying begins. 
  • 5:00 pm  Polls have officially closed across 22 electoral areas where Kenyans exercised their rights to vote for 6 vacant parliamentary seats, 1 senatorial and 15 MCAs across the country. 
  • 4:17 pm The DCI General Amin Mohammed has been elected to the Interpol Executive Committee, to represent Kenya and Africa as the regional delegate at Interpol General Assembly held in Morocco.
  • 3:06 pm Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei urges the swift arrest of ex-CS Justin Muturi for alleged assault and election malpractice during the chaotic Mbeere North by-elections.
  • 2:36 pm Chaos witnessed in Nyansiongo ward after police discover clubs in a probox at Ikonge PAG polling station. Police were forced to fire in the air to disperse two rival groups.
  • 1:53 pm Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe warns that half the ministry staff will retire in five years, urging rapid technology adoption and youth recruitment to avert a food security crisis.
  • 1:30 pm KWS denies claims that Ritz-Carlton Safari Camp hinders wildebeest migration in Maasai Mara, affirming compliance with conservation policies.
  • 12:43 pm Protests erupt in Nairobi's Umoja 2 as residents, mainly traders, oppose an alleged land grab by a foreign developer, demanding intervention from county officials.
  • 12:11 pm Police erect roadblocks on all roads to Oyugis and Kasipul, closely inspecting vehicles to prevent disruptions as voters cast ballots.
  • 11:38 am Magarini MP candidate Harrison Kombe alleges his agents were barred from polling stations during the by-elections, raising concerns about transparency and possible rigging.
  • 11:12 am Family of Kenyan Uber driver Frederick Kiprono raises nearly Ksh1.5 million to repatriate his body after a fatal Louisiana shooting, family says.
  • 10:55 am DAP-K's candidate in the Malava parliamentary election, Seth Panyako, has been arrested hours after he was attacked, and his vehicles were damaged.
  • 10:16 am Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has been attacked by a mob in Kasipul during the ongoing by-elections.
  • 9:58 am Tensions flare in Mbeere North as DP leader Justin Muturi ejects an agent for wearing UDA party colours, while rival parties traded bribery accusations.
  • 9:22 am Violence erupts during Malava by-elections as a car is torched and at least two people are injured, with police stepping up investigations and security across polling stations.