News Tracker

Tue, 23 December 2025

  • 10:22 am A Mombasa court freed seven KDF soldiers on Ksh500,000 bond each after prosecutors failed to present a government chemist's report on Ksh192 million meth charges.
  • 9:50 am Court acquits four Kenyatta National Hospital nurses charged with a patient’s 2015 murder, citing insufficient forensic and circumstantial evidence to secure convictions.
  • 9:19 am Former Citizen TV anchor Jacque Maribe is mourning her father, Mwangi Maribe, who has died after an illness.
  • 8:48 am DP Kithure Kindiki has assured the public that he is in good health hours after Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku stated that he is unwell, saying in a statement, “I am well, very well.”
  • 8:17 am Former Lugari MP Enoch Kibunguchy has died at 72 while receiving treatment in Eldoret, after a prolonged illness, current Lugari MP Nabii Nabwera has confirmed.

Mon, 22 December 2025

  • 5:49 pm The government threatens to scale back rescue support for citizens who knowingly join overseas scam operations, citing moral hazard and prioritising aid for verified trafficking victims.
  • 5:22 pm President Ruto was spotted wearing Classic C de Cartier Motif sunglasses valued at over Ksh120,000, causing a buzz online.
  • 4:58 pm Court orders Turkish refugee Mustafa Güngör to be held until December 30 as authorities investigate alleged links to the Gülen movement and terrorism financing.
  • 4:17 pm Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja says the Mama Rachel Ruto Hospital in Mutuini is over 90 per cent complete, promising expanded specialist services and improved access for city residents.
  • 3:53 pm Clinical officers are to begin a nationwide strike from midnight Monday after talks with the Ministry of Health and counties collapsed over pay, promotions and staffing demands.
  • 3:15 pm Deputy President Kithure Kindiki is unwell, says Public Service CS Geoffrey Ruku.
  • 2:52 pm President Ruto orders residents in Angata Barikoi, Trans Mara, to surrender illegal guns as he vows a security crackdown following deadly clashes in Narok County.
  • 2:29 pm Court orders Busia Governor Paul Otuoma to personally appear and explain alleged contempt over disobeying conservatory orders in a disputed public land case.
  • 1:57 pm Police fire tear gas in Nairobi’s CBD to disperse parents and relatives of 2024–2025 protest victims marching from Jeevanjee Gardens toward State House over delayed compensation.
  • 1:12 pm Police in Ndhiwa, Homa Bay County, are hunting suspects accused of hacking to death 45-year-old William Ojwang’ in a revenge attack linked to an earlier assault on children.
  • 12:44 pm Traders in Kabarnet, Baringo County, are counting losses after an early morning fire razed several shops, destroying businesses as police probe the cause of the blaze.
  • 12:24 pm Police arrest activists Julius Kamau and Collins Otieno at Nairobi’s Jeevanjee Gardens over a planned march by families of anti-government protest victims to State House.
  • 11:58 am NTSA warns motorists of rising scam SMS and cloned websites demanding fake traffic fine payments, urging drivers not to click links or pay via fraudulent portals.
  • 11:33 am Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has declared 14 areas in Trans Mara security-disturbed for 30 days as police bolster deployments and curfew enforcement following recent violent clashes in Narok County.
  • 10:55 am Police launch investigations after two boys, 11 and 12, were allegedly brutally beaten over a suspected theft of Ksh30,000 in Kirinyaga County.
  • 10:29 am Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka insists former CDF Gen Francis Ogolla “was taken out”, rejecting the KDF crash report and demanding an independent commission of inquiry.
  • 9:56 am The Ministry of Health moved to tighten regulation of prescription-only Sildenafil sales after a Citizen TV exposé revealed widespread over-the-counter access to the erectile dysfunction drug.
  • 9:31 am A 25-year-old GSU constable was found dead by suicide on a cactus tree near his Liboi, Garissa County camp, as police probe rising officer suicides nationwide.
  • 8:54 am Boda boda riders torched a 65-seater bus on the Nairobi–Nakuru highway on Sunday after it allegedly ran over two motorcyclists in Salgaa, killing them instantly.
  • 8:23 am Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has claimed a share of the late President Mwai Kibaki’s legacy, saying key Kibaki-era achievements were “our” joint work.
  • 7:49 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja faces pressure after a budget report showed the county spent 69% of its Ksh6.6 billion revenue on salaries in three months.
  • 7:10 am Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru says her public service “isn’t ending in 2027”, touting her record and signalling readiness for a bigger national role after her final term.

Sun, 21 December 2025