News Tracker

Fri, 14 November 2025

  • 10:29 am At least three police officers shot and injured in Samburu bandit attack just days after Ruto ordered deployment of elite squad to improve security.   
  • 10:09 am President Ruto announces that JSS teachers will be offered permanent and pensionable employment every two years amid reports of an impending disruption to next year's academic calendar.   
  • 9:15 am A Senate report shows 12 counties failed to meet the statutory requirement that at least 30 per cent of entry-level positions be reserved for applicants outside the dominant ethnic group; Bomet, Homa Bay, Samburu, Elgeyo Marakwet and Kirinyaga counties the most affected. 
  • 8:37 am World Bank to help mobilise Ksh174 billion for Kenya’s affordable housing program in a bid to increase access to cheaper mortgages and bridge the gap in the nation’s housing deficit.   
  • 8:19 am President Ruto downplays reports about plans to form a political alliance with Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka ahead of the 2027 general elections.   
  • 7:43 am Wiper MPs Robert Mbui and Julius Mawathe suspended from Parliament for 5 days following chaos during the passing of the Government-Owned Enterprises Bill.   
  • 7:13 am DCI raises alarm over a surge in cases of violent robberies linked to online dating encounters, cautions Kenyans against sharing sensitive details with strangers online.   

Thu, 13 November 2025

  • 6:33 pm ODM formally appoints Siaya Senator Oburu Odinga as its party leader, elevating him from an interim capacity.   
  • 6:01 pm Kenya to no longer import used motor vehicles registered before 2019 from January 2026, KEBS announces. 
  • 5:43 pm Kisumu County City Manager Abala Wanga summoned by EACC for allegedly forging travel and employment documents for a female non-staff member.   
  • 5:21 pm National Police Service denies any bias in executing its mandate ahead of the upcoming by-elections; acknowledges some unfortunate events occurring during campaign trails.   
  • 4:27 pm Interior CS Murkomen has established three new Nairobi sub-regions and reassigned county commissioners in a service delivery overhaul, citing the city’s surging population and public security concerns.
  • 3:58 pm Kenya Railways will run an extra Madaraka Express SGR train on Friday and Saturday to manage increased coastal travel demand.
  • 3:19 pm Police have summoned four Embu bloggers for questioning over alleged online threats against Rigathi Gachagua ahead of his planned campaign visit.
  • 2:56 pm Kenya has received Ksh1 trillion from its citizens in the diaspora, achieving a historic milestone in the country’s fiscal space.
  • 2:30 pm Kiambu Senator Karungo wa Thang’wa has vowed to take action in the Senate after discovering the plight of homeless Kenyans stranded in Saudi Arabia.
  • 1:52 pm The Kenya Bankers Association has urged the government to reconsider the planned overhaul of PAYE tax bands, warning that declining real wages could hurt economic stability.
  • 1:08 pm SGR management announced that all premium class passenger trains are fully booked until February 2026.
  • 12:46 pm Siaya County has ordered striking nurses to resume their duties immediately after a court halted the strike, or the county will halt salaries and allowances.
  • 12:33 pm One person is said to have died, while several others are nursing injuries after a Tahmeed bus they were travelling in overturned in the McKinnon area in Kinango, Kwale County.
  • 11:53 am Machakos County has demanded media personality Oga Obinna provide proof of comedian Sammy Kioko’s payment claims, threatening action over allegedly false statements made during a recent interview.
  • 11:20 am Ugandan military officials visited Kenya for a welfare benchmarking exercise, amid debate over President Museveni’s warning of potential conflict if Uganda remains without access to the Indian Ocean.
  • 10:49 am UDA refutes Rigathi Gachagua’s claims of a plot on his life, calling them politically motivated and lacking evidence ahead of his planned Mbeere North campaign.
  • 10:24 am The Kithimani court sentences a man to death for the violent robbery of ex-Yatta MP Charles Kilonzo’s mother, finding him guilty of attacking and stealing from her in December 2023.
  • 9:50 am The Foreign Ministry has dismissed Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni’s threats of ‘war’ over Indian Ocean access, saying his remarks were metaphorical and not a literal challenge to bilateral ties.
  • 9:10 am Three Nigerians were arrested in Mwea, Kirinyaga, after detectives uncovered a suspected cyber fraud syndicate operating from a rented flat, authorities reported Wednesday.
  • 8:57 am Kenyan legal scholar and Professor Phoebe Okowa has been elected as a judge in the International Court of Justice, an organ of the United Nations.
  • 8:13 am Three DCI officers sustained serious injuries on Wednesday following a violent confrontation with armed assailants in Kasipul Constituency, Homa Bay County.
  • 7:55 am Ugandan People’s Defence Forces confessed to being deployed to Kenya during the 2024 Gen Z protests, according to activist Bob Njagi, who was held at a UPDF camp in Kampala for over 30 days.
  • 7:12 am Isiolo South MP Mohamed Tubi Bidu dies while receiving treatment at Nairobi Hospital on Wednesday.