What You Need to Know in the News Today

Murang’a Governor Mwangi Wa Iria is set to be arrested and jailed if he fails to pay a loan of over Sh6 million, which he took from CFC Stanbic Bank Limited in 2011, within a week. 

President Uhuru Kenyatta will today preside over the passing out of 10,000 police officers at the Kiganjo Training college in Nyeri.

Former TNA Secretary-General Onyango Oloo is the spot after a Parliamentary Committee revealed that he illegally signed a Sh4 Billion deal.

Property of unknown value was Friday morning destroyed in Nairobi's Zimmerman estate after a fire broke out in a gas supply shop.

A group of Nyeri MCAs has written to President Kenyatta expressing their apologies that they will not attend the burial of Governor Gachagua over security threats isued to them.

The EACC is preparing to carry out a lifestyle audit on governors, Members of County Assembly (MCAs) and county officials ahead of the General Election.

Public outrage is still high over revelations of bullying and torture of Form Ones at Alliance High School. Education CS Fred Matiang'i has since ordered a nationwide probe into bullying after the Alliance shocker.

A new Wealth Report by Knight Frank now indicates that there is no dollar billionaire in Kenya. The firm’s 2016 Report had indicated that one Kenyan had a net worth of $1 billion or more (Sh100 billion), but they have since struck the individual off the list.

The United States has said it has not signed any contract or agreement with Kenya on the purchase of  Sh41.8 billion attack aircraft from an American firm.

The IEBC has repossessed 200 voter registration kits it gave the National Youth Service (NYS) in efforts to address the integrity of the voter register.

Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero was Thursday questioned by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) over claims of suspicious payments amounting to Sh50 Million made to lawyers by City Hall.

Gem MP Jakoyo Midiwo has proposed changes to the telecoms law that if passed would see telecommunication companies face stricter regulation and apply legal pressure on authorities to split Safaricom.

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