News Tracker

Fri, 31 October 2025

  • 1:30 pm Health CS Aden Duale directs the Ministry’s technical teams to undertake a nationwide survey to establish the accurate number of maternal and newborn deaths across the country
  • 1:00 pm The National Police Service (NPS) has announced that it will conduct a nationwide recruitment exercise for police constables on November 17, 2025.  
  • 12:52 pm Gor Mahia Football Club has been fined Ksh300,000 by the FKF Disciplinary Committee following security lapses during their KPL match against Bidco United at Kasarani Stadium on September 21, 2025.  
  • 12:20 pm University lecturers and staff have rejected the government’s latest offer to end their strike, vowing not to resume teaching until the entire Ksh7.9 billion owed to them is paid in full. 
  • 11:10 am Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) has warned the public against engaging with its @KRACareX account after unknown individuals hacked the page.  
  • 11:03 am Four police officers from Mai Mahiu Police Station arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of their colleague during a botched robbery attempt, Naivasha DCIO Isaac Kiama confirms. 
  • 10:39 am Police arrest over 72 suspects in connection with the theft of two AK47 and G3 rifles, as well as over 170 rounds of ammunition, from the Maguguni Patrol Base in Thika.   
  • 10:26 am Kenya Railways holds talks with the UAE Consortium DECAEXEC over potential strategic and institutional investment partnerships in the upcoming Ksh28 billion Nairobi City Railway project.   
  • 9:42 am Police launch investigations into the theft of AK47 and G3 rifles and over 170 rounds of ammunition from Maguguni Patrol Base in Thika. 
  • 9:12 am World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) moves Kenya from non-compliance status to the watch list as it maintains that several issues threaten to derail the nation's doping control measures.   
  • 8:27 am Senators reveal negligence, weak oversight, and misuse of employee contributions caused collapse of the Technical University of Kenya Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme (TUKSRBS).   
  • 8:05 am Kenyan police confirm two people shot dead by Tanzanian police at the Namanga Border post as protests escalate in major towns across Tanzania.   
  • 7:41 am Nairobi City County Cabinet approves regulation creating transparent framework to bring informal buildings into compliance with planning laws under the Regularisation of Unauthorised Developments Regulations, 2025. 
  • 7:17 am Members of Nyeri County Assembly dismiss calls to impeach the embattled Nyeri Governor, Mutahi Kahiga, stating that there are no plans to table an impeachment motion.   

Thu, 30 October 2025

  • 7:02 pm KRA marine officers intercept illicit and uncustomed goods worth Ksh3.9 million during its operations on Lake Victoria. 
  • 6:31 pm Court detains Dutchman who went viral for his tirade against Kenyan police officers for 14 more days to allow police to conclude investigations.   
  • 5:18 pm Mombasa County on the spot over an alleged irregular awarding of a Ksh17 billion waste-to-energy management tender to a Ghanian conglomerate   
  • 5:05 pm European Parliament members flag Tanzania's elections as fraudulent, even as incumbent Samia Suluhu heads for a controversial landslide victory. 
  • 4:44 pm Doctors from the Indian hospital where the former Prime Minister Raila Odinga died are in Kenya to pay their last respects. 
  • 4:03 pm ODM acting party leader Oburu Odinga meets Embakasi East MP Babu Owino amid efforts to quell growing unrest within the party. 
  • 3:48 pm Three families who lost loved ones in the tragic boat accident during the East African Ocean Festival in Mombasa two weeks ago receive Ksh3 million in compensation from govt. 
  • 3:34 pm Malava parliamentary by-election race takes a fresh twist as DCP candidate Edgar Busiega Mwanga withdraws, throws weight behind DAP-K's Seth Panyako. 
  • 2:47 pm University students from various universities in Nairobi stage demonstrations protesting the prolonged lecturers' strike, which they claim has disrupted learning activities countrywide. 
  • 2:23 pm Former Kenya Sevens rugby player Alex Olaba suffers legal defeat as High Court dismisses his appeal, upholds six-year prison sentence for allegedly attempting to kill a witness in a gang-rape case against him. 
  • 1:50 pm Protests have erupted in Namanga after police blocked Kenyan youths from entering Tanzania to join ongoing protests.
  • 1:46 pm The Jubilee Party has appointed the former Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang'i, as its Deputy Party Leader.
  • 12:46 pm The national government and Nairobi City County to convert the street outside the Kenya Cinema building into a film district.
  • 12:19 pm Police have launched probe after a police officer in Menengai, Nakuru County was attacked by unknown assailants who stole his AK-47 rifle, he was found outside Ngata Police Station.
  • 11:53 am The Athletics Integrity Unit has slapped Kenyan marathoner Esphond Cheruiyot with a 3-year ban over alleged use of prohibited substances after the 24-year-old submitted a signed confession. 
  • 11:24 am A woman rescued by Geoffrey Mosiria from the Nairobi CBD, where she had reportedly been lying unconscious for two days, has died.