News Tracker

Sat, 11 October 2025

  • 1:19 pm Three advocates have been suspended from the Roll of Advocates following disciplinary action for professional misconduct.
  • 12:23 pm Chief Justice Martha Koome gazettes the appointment of more than 200 magistrates across the country to preside over specialised cases.
  • 11:44 am Two bodies recovered as one person missing following tragic boat capsizing incident in Tudor Creek in Mombasa
  • 11:19 am IEBC announces that all disputes arising from or relating to nominations must be determined within ten days of being lodged, and no later than October 21, 2025.
  • 10:49 am KRA notifies stakeholders of an eight-hour system disruption scheduled for Sunday, October 12, to facilitate maintenance of the iCMS.
  • 10:19 am KEMRI unveils a Ksh516 million initiative aimed at transforming women’s health research and innovation across Africa; the three-year initiative is supported by Gates Foundation.
  • 9:53 am Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen orders crackdown on community elders and anyone found to be facilitating FGM across the country.
  • 9:24 am Former Nairobi County ICT Executive Committee, Newton Munene found dead at his Karen home in unclear circumstances, days after testifying in a corruption case involving former Governor Mike Sonko.
  • 8:43 am Faith Kipyegon clocks 4:17.78 to win the ATHLOS Women's Mile, setting a record for the fastest mile ever run by a woman in the U.S.
  • 8:17 am Nyamira County registers only 18 voters since IEBC launched the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) exercise on September 29.
  • 7:43 am Three people have been confirmed missing after a boat capsized in Mombasa during a race in Tudor, Mombasa; at least 19 people have been rescued. 
  • 7:13 am Two pupils drowned on Friday evening at an abandoned quarry in Kabete, shortly after participating in a tree-planting event.

Fri, 10 October 2025

  • 6:17 pm IEBC disqualifies four aspirants in Malava and Kisa West ward following the conclusion of the verification process.
  • 5:41 pm The Kenyan Catholic Church has introduces a new brand of altar wine for Holy Mass after the previous one became widely available in local bars.
  • 5:13 pm Kenyatta University once again ranked best varsity ahead of the University of Nairobi in latest World University Rankings; Egerton University, Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, and Kabarak University complete the top five.
  • 4:54 pm Siaya Senator and Raila Odinga’s eldest brother reveals the ODM party leader suffered a slight illness which forced him to seek medical attention in India.
  • 4:31 pm Court of Appeal dismisses appeal by Defence CS Soipan Tuya to prevent a former KDF soldier from claiming Ksh1 million in compensation awarded to him over wrongful dismissal.
  • 3:41 pm Wiper Patriotic Front Leader Kalonzo Musyoka declares that he will be running for president in the 2027 General Elections.
  • 3:08 pm President Ruto announces KANU set to join broad-based government; reveals he asked Gideon Moi to withdraw from Baringo senatorial race.
  • 2:49 pm EACC sells five Nairobi properties belonging to former Migori Governor Okoth Obado and former Nairobi official Stephen Osiro for Sh69m at a public auction; seized assets in Kisumu and Migori to be sold on October 16.
  • 2:02 pm President Ruto is at Kabarak home of Kanu chairman Gideon Moi where the former Senator is hosting over 3,000 supporters in a major political gathering.
  • 1:34 pm Mwingi West MP Charles Ngusya Nguna ditches Kalonzo Musyoka’s Wiper Party for President Ruto’s UDA
  • 12:47 pm Woman is facing drug trafficking charges after she being caught attempting to sneak 50 rolls of bhang into the Milimani Law Courts in Nairobi.
  • 11:34 am Businessman Humphrey Kariuki becomes first native African to be honoured as a Patron of Nature by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
  • 10:55 am Suspected Pokot bandits allegedly abduct 52-year-old man, steal goats in dawn attack in Turkana South; manhunt for attackers underway.
  • 10:29 am IMF outlines a set of reforms that Kenya must implement in order to qualify for a new IMF-supported programme.
  • 9:59 am Closure of the avocado export season across the country to begin in the next ten days, Agriculture and Food Authority announces.
  • 9:33 am Motorists using Nakuru- Eldoret highway stranded in traffic following a morning accident at Timboroa Forest along the busy highway.
  • 8:43 am Senate Committee on National Security, Defence and Foreign Relations to investigate delays in issuing and collecting IDs, the reasons behind these delays, and the measures in place to speed up the process.
  • 8:09 am Chief of Defence Forces General Charles Kahariri warns recruitment officers to uphold integrity, transparency, and professionalism ahead of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) recruitment set to begin on October 13.