News Tracker

Sat, 29 November 2025

  • 9:57 am The government of President Moi secretly paid Ksh120 million to the family of British woman Julie Ward, allegedly murdered by Jonathan Moi in the Maasai Mara in 1988, reports from The Telegraph reveal.
  • 9:22 am President Ruto reappointed Winfrida Ngumi as Non-Executive Chairperson of the KeNHA for a one-year term. 
  • 8:50 am Kenya Met forecasts rainfall for parts of the Rift Valley, Lake Victoria Basin, Highlands, Coast, and South-Eastern Lowlands in early December; most areas remain sunny and dry.
  • 8:12 am U.S. halts all asylum decisions after Trump reverses Biden-era orders, pending security reviews, raising concerns for Kenyan nationals and Major Non-NATO ally status.
  • 7:55 am Moses Kuria rejects claims he was used to split votes in the Mbeere North by-election, calling the allegations politically motivated and unsupported by results.
  • 7:10 am President Ruto says the Rironi-Mau Summit Highway is to be completed before Madaraka Day on June 1, 2027.

Fri, 28 November 2025

  • 7:34 pm Election Observers Group (ELOG) has praised IEBC for holding free and fair by-elections, despite incidents of violence and voter bribery allegations.
  • 7:03 pm East African Court of Justice (EACJ) has accused the Kenyan judiciary of procedural flaws and delays in deliberations of the impeachment of former Nairobi Governor Mike Mbuvi Sonko. 
  • 6:29 pm Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja says that Nairobi is sitting on Ksh 60 billion in uncollected land revenue every year from 200,000 properties. 
  • 5:16 pm The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has condemned the conduct of IEBC during the recently concluded by elections, asking them to urgently strengthen it's preparations for 2027 General elections.
  • 3:19 pm The United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party has challenged Senator Khalwale and other members who backed rivals in the concluded November 27, 2025, by-elections to resign from party.
  • 2:11 pm President William Ruto hails the UDA's victory in the concluded November 27, 2025, by-elections while accusing the opposition of lacking ideas and relying on divisive politics. 
  • 12:52 pm DAP-K Candidate Seth Panyako has contested the results of the Thursday November 27 2025 by-elections held in Malava Constituency, alleging electoral malpractice in 54 polling stations.
  • 12:03 pm President of Kenya Editors Guild Zubeidah Kananu hosts the 8th Annual Editor's Convention 2025 in Kilifi. The association promotes excellence in Journalism and media independence. 
  • 11:30 am Nandi Senator Kiprotich Cherargei says that UDA's win in the November 27th By-election is a clear signal that President Ruto will secure an easy win in the 2027 elections.
  • 10:08 am President Ruto launches Rironi-Mau Summit road. The highway will be part of the Northern Corridor which will improve transport from Nairobi to Eldoret, Kisumu and Busia.

Thu, 27 November 2025

  • 7:13 pm IEBC Chairman Erastus Ethekon has clarified that only commission staff, assigned security personnel, media, accredited party and candidate agents and accredited election observers are allowed in tallying centres. 
  • 6:17 pm Police fire teargas at Siakago social hall in Mbeere North Constituency, shortly after vote tallying begins. 
  • 5:00 pm  Polls have officially closed across 22 electoral areas where Kenyans exercised their rights to vote for 6 vacant parliamentary seats, 1 senatorial and 15 MCAs across the country. 
  • 4:17 pm The DCI General Amin Mohammed has been elected to the Interpol Executive Committee, to represent Kenya and Africa as the regional delegate at Interpol General Assembly held in Morocco.
  • 3:06 pm Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei urges the swift arrest of ex-CS Justin Muturi for alleged assault and election malpractice during the chaotic Mbeere North by-elections.
  • 2:36 pm Chaos witnessed in Nyansiongo ward after police discover clubs in a probox at Ikonge PAG polling station. Police were forced to fire in the air to disperse two rival groups.
  • 1:53 pm Agriculture CS Mutahi Kagwe warns that half the ministry staff will retire in five years, urging rapid technology adoption and youth recruitment to avert a food security crisis.
  • 1:30 pm KWS denies claims that Ritz-Carlton Safari Camp hinders wildebeest migration in Maasai Mara, affirming compliance with conservation policies.
  • 12:43 pm Protests erupt in Nairobi's Umoja 2 as residents, mainly traders, oppose an alleged land grab by a foreign developer, demanding intervention from county officials.
  • 12:11 pm Police erect roadblocks on all roads to Oyugis and Kasipul, closely inspecting vehicles to prevent disruptions as voters cast ballots.
  • 11:38 am Magarini MP candidate Harrison Kombe alleges his agents were barred from polling stations during the by-elections, raising concerns about transparency and possible rigging.
  • 11:12 am Family of Kenyan Uber driver Frederick Kiprono raises nearly Ksh1.5 million to repatriate his body after a fatal Louisiana shooting, family says.
  • 10:55 am DAP-K's candidate in the Malava parliamentary election, Seth Panyako, has been arrested hours after he was attacked, and his vehicles were damaged.
  • 10:16 am Homa Bay Town MP Peter Kaluma has been attacked by a mob in Kasipul during the ongoing by-elections.