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.
Tue, 18 February 2025
6:32 pm
DP Kithure Kindiki meets PCS Musalia Mudavadi and his other colleagues Alice Wahome and Wycliffe Oparanya among others who form the Cabinet Committee on Finance, Infrastructure, Land, and Production Economy.
5:52 pm
Kikuyu MP Kimani Ichung'wah, who served as Raila Odinga's Chief Agent in the AUC chair elections, explains that the candidate's decision to withdraw from the race after six rounds of voting was his own choice in the spirit of pan-Africanism; If Raila stayed in the race, the elections would have been suspended and fresh rounds of campaigns launched.
5:26 pm
DCI detectives have arrested a 29-year-old man who was reportedly sent by a former house help to recover salary arrears amounting to Ksh1,800 from her former employer in Kirinyaga County. The robber made away with a car, TV, 2 mobile phones, and Ksh12,000.
4:49 pm
Deputy President Kithure Kindiki announced that days after President William Ruto announced the construction of the Isiolo-Mandera Road, 11 contractors have already been deployed to the site and the project will be completed in 2 and a half years.
4:24 pm
3 former Kenya Pipeline Corporation employees who were found guilty of stealing petroleum products and accessing KPC computer systems were sentenced to a collective jail term of 25 years; Two convicts have an option of paying a Ksh10 million fine while the other can pay Ksh5.3 million.
3:50 pm
Youth protesting a businessman's attempt to grab land belonging to an agricultural college storm a construction site in Tigoni, Kiambu County, and demolish a building under construction.
3:14 pm
Kenya recorded a sharp drop in coffee export in December 2024 which stood at 2,647 metric tonnes down from 4,121 metric tonnes in November; Tea, on the other hand, dropped to 49,700 metric tonnes from 53,300 metric tonnes.
2:52 pm
School principals in Turkana Countythreaten to paralyse learning activities starting this week should the government fail to disburse adequate capitation.
1:57 pm
Senator Samson Cherargei calls for the amendment of the Constitution to accommodate the offices of the prime minister and opposition leader noting that it will 'ensure elections losers get a chance to critique government of the day constructively.'
