News Tracker

Mon, 22 September 2025

  • 11:27 am Transport on the Isiolo–Meru highway is paralysed as locals protest the growing insecurity in the area due to an increase in bandit attacks.
  • 10:55 am Litein Boys' High School has been closed indefinitely after students set parts of the school on fire on Sunday night, after the school rejected their appeals to watch Arsenal play Manchester City.
  • 10:28 am CBK has launched the Banking Sector Cybersecurity Operations Centre (BS-SOC) to monitor, analyse, and share intelligence on cyber risks targeting the banking sector.
  • 9:56 am UDA Secretary General Hassan Omar has taken issue with the government's decision to designate the Muslim Brotherhood as a terror organisation, a move that has been contested by various muslim leaders. 
  • 9:11 am One person has died and another was injured after their vehicle was hit by a trailer along the Nairobi–Mombasa highway at Athi River.
  • 8:49 am NEMA has threatened to shut down 107 clubs and restaurants in various parts of the country, a majority in Nairobi, over noise pollution.
  • 8:32 am President Ruto has called on African leaders to unite in championing reforms of the United Nations Security Council, terming Africa’s exclusion from the Council as 'unacceptable and indefensible'.
  • 7:52 am All private hospitals nationwide are to start requiring cash payments from patients covered by SHA, RUPHA announces; the move has been prompted by delays and unsettled payments from SHA.
  • 7:20 am Ryan Injendi, the late Malulu Injendi's son, accuses Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi of influencing UDA primaries in the Malava parliamentary seat after losing the party's ticket.

Sun, 21 September 2025

  • 5:52 pm Ryan Malulu, son of the late Malulu Injendi, has lost the UDA nomination for Malava MP to David Ndakwa, the Kakamega County Assembly Minority Leader.
  • 5:32 pm Police fire tear gas at Gor Mahia fans attempting to access Kasarani Stadium illegally; no injuries reported.
  • 4:49 pm Kenya finishes second at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo with 11 medals – 7 Gold, 2 Silver and 2 Bronze.
  • 4:13 pm The Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen has gazetted the Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb-ur-Tahrir as terrorist entities under the 2025 Prevention of Terrorism Order.
  • 3:55 pm Nairobi County inks a Project Development Agreement with the China National Electric Engineering Company (CNEEC) to advance plans for the Dandora waste-to-energy plant.
  • 3:12 pm WhatsApp is testing a message reminder feature for iOS, aiming to help users remember to reply to important messages, with a gradual rollout underway.
  • 2:48 pm Moses Kuria has criticised Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura as unfit for office after Mwaura admitted confusion over Social Health Authority and Affordable Housing deductions.
  • 2:12 pm The Ministry of Labour and the Judiciary agree to establish special courts in all refugee camps to handle cases of child labour.
  • 1:54 pm The new Ksh13 million fee on H-1B visa petitions will not affect existing visa holders, the White House has clarified. 
  • 1:31 pm Professor Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o will be inducted into the Kenya Publishers Association Hall of Fame at the upcoming Nairobi International Book Fair.
  • 12:41 pm Rosemary Wanjiru has won the women's 2025 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:21:04 to complete a double swoop for Kenya.
  • 12:26 pm Kenya's Sebastian Sawe wins the men's 2025 Berlin Marathon with a time of 2:02:15.
  • 11:40 am Nairobi Chief Environment Officer Geoffrey Mosiria warns Eastleigh hawkers over blocked roads and public health risks, vowing action to restore order and safety in the commercial area.
  • 11:08 am The Ministry of Education will host a three-day meeting in Mombasa with all Regional Directors and their equivalents at TSC to prepare for Senior Schools and address suspected ghost students in secondary schools.
  • 10:56 am One person is feared dead after a vehicle veers off the service lane, falling metres down on the main road along Outering Road near Donholm.
  • 10:07 am Public Health PS Mary Muthoni urges action to stop smoking in public places and around children, stressing the harm of secondhand smoke.
  • 9:49 am Ex-MP Chris Wamalwa drew his gun to stop Ben Juma, Speaker Wetang'ula's protocol officer, from allegedly attacking Saboti MP aspirant Joseph Pepela after Juma accused Pepela of insulting FORD party leader Wetang'ula.
  • 9:20 am Security is tight in Nairobi as Kenya marks 12 years since the Westgate Mall attack, when four gunmen killed over 70 and injured more than 200, marking a radical change in security operations.
  • 8:54 am Police in Bungoma have arrested seven people accused of being behind burglaries in the area, recovering TVs, laptops, speakers, solar equipment, and two motorcycles.
  • 8:25 am Kenya is working to repatriate at least four Kenyans being held as prisoners of war in Ukraine, PS Korir Sing'Oei has said.
  • 7:55 am Foreign Affairs CS Musalia Mudavadi has lobbied Cyprus and Sierra Leone to back Professor Phoebe Okowa's candidacy for a judge in the International Court of Justice ahead of the November UN vote.