News Tracker

Mon, 15 December 2025

  • 9:47 am Kenya has acquired Israel’s SPYDER air defense system in a Ksh3.4 billion government-backed deal, boosting its ability to counter aircraft, drones and missile threats.
  • 9:18 am DCI officers in Kirinyaga East arrested two men over the murder of 72-year-old Margaret Wandauma, whose half-naked, injured body was found in a thicket on December 14.
  • 8:55 am KNEC has warned schools against issuing fake KJSEA performance analyses, stressing that the CBC system reports individual subject performance levels, not aggregate scores or school rankings.
  • 8:23 am The State Department for Public Health has been recognised as the 2025 winner of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Awards.
  • 7:57 am KNEC says all KCSE examiners will receive coordination fees before leaving marking centers, after English paper markers downed tools over delayed payments.
  • 7:10 am 10 family members die in an accident along the Kisii–Kisumu Highway while returning from a wedding on Sunday night after their van collided with two lorries.

Sun, 14 December 2025

  • 6:14 pm EPRA keeps fuel prices for the December-January cycle unchanged: Petrol to retail at Ksh184.52, Diesel at Ksh171.47, and Kerosene at Ksh154.78 in Nairobi.
  • 5:54 pm Health CS Aden Duale defends the Ksh200 billion Kenya–U.S. health deal and says he is confident the courts will uphold the government’s position despite ongoing legal challenges.
  • 5:20 pm Head of Public Service Felix Koskei urges Kenyans to confront corruption directly, backing new conflict-of-interest laws, justice sector reforms, and digital services to curb graft.
  • 4:55 pm DCI detectives arrest fugitive Ken Kimathi Gichunuku, alias Sultan, in Busia for the October 2024 murder of MCA Lucy Njeri’s daughter, Seth Nyakio, in Thika.
  • 4:13 pm Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah says Kiambu will deliver more votes than any other region for President Ruto in the 2027 General Election, citing ongoing infrastructure projects.
  • 3:44 pm Three Kenyans are walking 480 kilometers from Nairobi to Mombasa to raise funds for a sustainable clean water system at Sasura Girls School in Marsabit County.
  • 3:15 pm DCI and CUE stormed a Mombasa church graduation, shutting it down and arresting six officials over unaccredited degree and master’s programmes.
  • 2:58 pm President Ruto has called for unity among Kiambu leaders following a public clash between Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi and Thika Town MP Alice Ng'ang'a over the county's 2027 gubernatorial race.
  • 2:22 pm The dualling of the Muthaiga-Kiambu-Ndumberi road will kickstart in February 2026, President Ruto has announced.
  • 1:52 pm President Ruto gifts women of the AIPCA Gatundu North Diocese, Karure, with Ksh5 million to purchase a bus.
  • 1:18 pm The Ministry of Labour has warned KUPPET against conducting nationwide branch elections while a High Court case over the union’s amended constitution remains unresolved.
  • 12:56 pm President Ruto attends a church service at AIPCA Gatundu North Diocese, Karure, Kiambu County.
  • 12:27 pm Matatu insider and fact-checks reveal the viral image showing President Ruto’s son’s Ksh14 million ‘Mood’ matatu overturned in a crash is AI-generated, and the vehicle remains in service.
  • 11:53 am Speaker Moses Wetang’ula says he met ex-MP Cyrus Jirongo hours before the veteran politician died in a head-on crash on the Nakuru–Naivasha Highway.
  • 11:20 am IPOA opens probe into death of motorcycle theft suspect in Kawangware police cell, as family and activists dispute police claim he died by suicide.
  • 10:58 am The U.S. warns Rwanda over alleged violations of the Washington Accords in eastern Congo, threatening action weeks after the Trump-brokered peace deal was signed in Washington.
  • 10:31 am Rains are expected to continue in Western, Rift Valley, Lake Victoria Basin, lowlands and Central Kenya, including Nairobi, Kenya Met warns.
  • 9:56 am NEMA warns the Nairobi Central Station upgrade could cause noise, vibration, and structural risks, ordering mitigation measures as Kenya Railways advances the Nairobi Railway City project.
  • 9:25 am Nairobi County offers a two-week land rates waiver, erasing interest and penalties to boost revenue as officials warn of strict enforcement against defaulters from January 1, 2025.
  • 8:50 am The government forms ad hoc committees to delineate new municipal and urban boundaries in Embu, Turkana, and Wajir counties, advancing the urbanization and governance agenda.
  • 8:24 am EALA MP Winnie Odinga dismisses talk of ODM infighting, insisting the Oburu-led party remains united even as internal competition intensifies ahead of the 2027 elections.
  • 7:48 am At least 10 people are dead following separate night crashes on the Kericho-Nyamira road in Nyamira County and the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway in Nakuru County.
  • 7:10 am Environmental activist Truphena Muthoni plans child-, youth-, and disability-focused green initiatives if Guinness World Records ratifies her 72-hour tree-hugging record.

Sat, 13 December 2025

  • 6:31 pm Main suspect behind gruesome Thika femicide traced and arrested in Busia town near the Kenya–Uganda border where detectives said he had been hiding while working at a local business after months on the run.