- Sergeant Rose Nyawira, a military officer among the personnel who died in the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) helicopter crash on April 18, 2024, was buried on Thursday in Kirinyaga County.
- The death toll from the Mathare river floods in Nairobi County has risen to 11 after the body of a female teenager was recovered on Thursday morning.
- Nairobi County Governor Johnson Sakaja has scoffed at claims that he was asked to drop his bid for the Nairobi United Democratic Alliance (UDA) chairmanship.
- Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kithure Kindiki has announced the government's move to step up efforts to offer support to people affected by raging floods occasioned by the ongoing heavy rains across the country.
- Police in Ugenya sub-county are investigating the death of a 28-year-old woman whose body was found inside his house at Hulwik village, Karadolo East, Siaya County on Wednesday evening.
- After the postponement of its official launch last week, President William Ruto will finally open the Ksh.9.6 billion Bunge Towers on Thursday morning.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, also the deputy principal of the leading party United Democratic Alliance (UDA), has asserted transparency in the upcoming party grassroots elections.
- Lolminingai location Chief Monicca Mitei said the Isack Chepngok was found dead within his homestead after the vicious attack on his 55-year-old wife who later lost her life while undergoing treatment at the Kapsabet County Referral Hospital.
- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has said youth leadership is key in the advancement of Africa adding that young people are playing a big role in securing the continent’s future
- Former National Assembly Speaker Francis Ole Kaparo has disclosed how a foreign trip organized for a few Members of Parliament from both sides of the divide in 1993 brought about the presently existing unity and interaction during a dark time of division and intense hostility.
- The Gaza Strip could surpass famine thresholds of food insecurity, malnutrition and mortality in six weeks, an official from the World Food Programme said on Wednesday.
- President Joe Biden signed a hard-fought bill into law on Wednesday that provides billions of dollars of new U.S. aid to Ukraine for its war with Russia, notching a rare bipartisan victory for the president as he seeks reelection and ending months of wrangling with Republicans in Congress.
- Israel has procured tens of thousands of tents for Palestinian civilians it intends to evacuate from Rafah in the coming weeks ahead a promised assault on the city it sees as the last bastion of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Israeli sources said on Wednesday.
- A painting by Gustav Klimt that reappeared after nearly a century sold for 30 million euros (Ksh.4.3 billion) on Wednesday, setting a record price for an Austrian auction despite questions surrounding its provenance.
- Germany is waging a charm offensive inside the Republican Party. Japan is lining up its own Trump whisperer. Mexican government officials are talking to Camp Trump. And Australia is busy making laws to help Trump-proof its U.S. defense ties.
- Germany's domestic spy agency told companies on Wednesday they should be on guard against industrial espionage by Beijing, warning them not to be naive or over-reliant on China.
- TikTok's chief executive said on Wednesday that the company expects to win a legal challenge to block legislation signed into law by President Joe Biden that he said would ban the popular short video app used by 170 million Americans.
- A family in Ilchamus ward, Baringo County has been plunged into mourning following the death of four of its members who passed away in a boat capsizing incident on Kokwa Island, Baringo County on Sunday.
- The doctors' strike entered its 42nd day on Wednesday, even as both the medics and Ministry of Health as well as the county governments maintained their stances.
- Raila Odinga is now appealing to President William Ruto to declare the ongoing heavy floods a national disaster, amid rising cases in displacement and deaths across various parts of the country.
- The EACC, through spokesperson Eric Ngumbi, announced in a press briefing that the two were part of nine individuals apprehended regarding a probe initiated back in 2014.
- The United Kingdom Partnering for Accelerated Climate Transitions (UK PACT) team in a joint partnership with Makueni County has installed solar panels with a capacity of 200 kilowatts at the Makueni County Referral Hospital.
- The National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) has announced an essay writing competition for secondary school students in the country.
- A woman was on Wednesday arraigned at the Kikuyu Law Courts in Kiambu for allegedly defrauding a businessman of Ksh.11 million in a fake land sale transaction deal.
- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has issued a directive that the city residents residing in areas that have been affected by floods will be issued with an evacuation notice and moved to higher grounds.
- Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja has issued a directive that the city residents residing in areas that have been affected by floods will be issued with an evacuation notice and moved to higher grounds.
- Machakos Governor Wavinya Ndeti led a multi-agency team on Wednesday to rescue and evacuate hundreds of residents of Mavoko whose homes were marooned by floods following heavy downpour on Tuesday.
- The Nyamira County government has announced an outbreak of the foot and mouth disease that has so far affected at least 15 cattle across three wards.
- Health sector stakeholders have convened a meeting with the Social Health Authority (SHA) to discuss the implementation of the Social Health Insurance Fund (SHIF).
- The category of the Secondary School that your child attends largely determines their success or failure, a survey by the Usawa Agenda lobby group has found.
- The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has released CCTV pictures of the main suspect behind the gruesome murder of 20-year-old university student Rita Waeni.
- Heavy rains have rocked various regions in the country, with the Kenya Meteorological department predicting that the situation will continue through May 2024.
- Police in Uganda’s eastern Kikuku district have arrested seven family members who were captured on video flogging a teenage Muslim girl for allegedly attending prayers in church.
- The Utamaduni Day public holiday has been renamed to Mazingira Day following President William Ruto's assention to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendment Bill), 2024.
- Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested former Treasury Cabinet Secretary Ukur Yatani and Marsabit Governor Mohamud Mohamed Ali.
- Heavy rains that have continued to pound Nairobi and its environs have left a distasteful aftermath as homes and highways have been submerged for days with the Tuesday night rains exacerbating the situation.
- A total of 118 people were the victim of extrajudicial killings by Kenyan police last year, local and international rights groups said in a report published on Wednesday, decrying the "impunity" still enjoyed by the security forces.