9:15 am
Members of Parliament (MPs) have called for legal reforms following reports that dozens of recovered mental patients at the Mathari National Teaching and Referral Hospital remain confined decades later.
8:45 am
Despite Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) taking over 98 per cent of operations on the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR), key functions will remain under the management of the Chinese firm Africa Star Railway Operation Company (Afristar), until December 2025.
8:29 am
Deductions towards the Affordable Housing Programme are a tax, not savings, according to a clarification released by the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Urban Development.
Wed, 19 February 2025
8:00 pm
Kenya refutes claims of taking sides in the 22-month Sudan conflict between the Sudanese government and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and insists the country remains at the forefront of seeking solutions to the humanitarian crisis.
7:45 pm
The Senate Committee on Finance and Budget has been put to task to explain why about Ksh48.5 billion of county funds is lying dormant at the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK).
7:15 pm
Members of the Civil Societies in Kenya have warned Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen against deploying National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers in the universities.
6:55 pm
The County Assemblies Forum (CAF) meeting at KICC descended into chaos on Wednesday, February 19, after MCAs engaged in a physical altercation.
6:30 pm
A law firm in Nairobi has raised alarm over unsupervised medical practices by medical interns and registrars at a leading city hospital.
5:25 pm
The High Court has ruled against an amendment that granted the Environment, Climate Change, and Forestry Cabinet Secretary the power to appoint members of the powerful National Environment Tribunal (NET).
4:44 pm
The National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) has recorded a significant increase in the number of newly registered vehicles, weeks after warning Kenyans against keeping unregistered vehicles within their premises.
4:03 pm
Kenyan taxpayers will have to dig deeper into their pockets after Parliament okayed a decision to allocate funds for pension payments to former Members of Parliament.
3:52 pm
A puzzle has emerged over why the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has only now decided to charge Juja MP George Koimburi with forging academic certificates, nearly three decades after the alleged offence.
3:15 pm
Kenya is set to receive a Ksh647 million boost from the Republic of Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) to improve food security in arid and semi-arid regions.
2:50 pm
Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru on Wednesday, February 19, criticised Mt Kenya leaders who have been visiting former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua at his Wamunyoro residence, warning that they would regret their actions.
1:42 pm
UDA MPs including Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wahfiled a petition at the Court of Appeal challenging the High Court's ruling that determined that Kenya Kwanza was erroneously declared the majority wing in the National Assembly.
12:49 pm
The Universities Academic Staff Union (UASU) has issued a seven-day strike notice to the University of Nairobi over what it has termed systemic law flouting.
11:51 am
The European Unionissues three recommendations, including stringent measures to enhance women's participation in governance and improvements in election technology to enhance efficiency, to IEBC ahead of the 2027 election.
11:27 am
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 74 Kenyans who had been detained in scam compounds in Myanmar were released after being lured by fraudsters who trafficked them promising to offer them well-paying jobs.
10:58 am
Nakuru Senator Tabitha Karanja has urged Governor Susan Kihika to resign following her 6-month jail sentence and incompetencies in her leadership failure to which she promised to table a vote of no confidence against the county boss in the Senate.
10:19 am
The National Police Service and the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) have called for strict measures, including a ban on some forms of noise, to be implemented to enable law enforcement to handle demonstrations.
9:56 am
President William Ruto is set to engage in talks with Philemon Yang, the President of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly during his three-day visit to the country.
9:27 am
The Kenya Railways Corporation has warned members of the public over fraudulent job advertisements circulating on various online platforms, some of which are requesting payment for applications and interviews.
8:16 am
Reports indicate that former CS Mithika Linturi, Peter Munya, and Kiraitu Murungi convened talks with Meru MPs, MCAs, Nchuri Ncheke elders, and clergy to unite the region politically.
7:26 am
An American national who ingested several pellets of cocaine in a bid to traffic them from Alabama to Saudi Arabia was arrested after being hospitalised in Nairobi when he exhibited symptoms of excessive drugging.
