- Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA) Director General Daniel Kiptoo Bargoria has been appointed as the Vice Chair of the International Confederation of Energy Regulators (ICER).
- President William Ruto on Friday presided over the destruction of more than 6,000 illegal firearms at the National Police Leadership Academy in Ngong, Kajiado County, as part of the government’s fight against the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.
- A petition has been filed seeking the removal of Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Eliud Lagat following the arrest, torture, and subsequent death of blogger Albert Ojwang while in police custody.
- An Air India flight from Thailand's Phuket island to New Delhi was forced to make an emergency landing Friday shortly after takeoff because of an on-board bomb threat, the Thai airports authority said.
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has assured Kenyans of government protection from rogue police officers, while emphasising that public respect for law enforcement is equally essential.
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has slowly proven not to be an easy pushover, roaring on every lectern as he shrugs off social media trolling and presumed timidity.
- China will negotiate and sign a new economic pact with Africa that will get rid of all tariffs on the 53 African states it has diplomatic ties with, it said, a move that could benefit middle-income nations.
- A 27-year-old man was arraigned at the Milimani Law Courts on Thursday for allegedly defrauding a businesswoman of over Ksh.5.9 million in a fraudulent trade scheme.
- Israel pounded Iran in a series of air raids on Friday, striking 100 targets including Tehran's nuclear and military sites, and killing the armed forces' chief of staff, the head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards and top nuclear scientists.
- A boda boda rider was on Thursday handed a 15-year jail term after he was found guilty of raping and assaulting a 50-year-old woman in Rongo, Migori County.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that a wave of Israeli strikes on Iran had been "very successful," warning they were only the opening salvos in a broader campaign against the Islamic republic.
- A family in Shirakalu village, Kakamega County is seeking justice after their 10-year-old daughter was allegedly defiled and strangled to death by two men in 2022.
- A 61-year-old man convicted of a 1999 double murder was executed on Thursday in Oklahoma, the third inmate put to death in the United States this week.
- German rail passengers are no strangers to late or cancelled trains, but this week people aboard one intercity service were stunned to hear a new reason for why their journey came to a sudden halt: the train was deemed too dirty.
- South Africa rescue teams recovered more bodies Thursday, days after heavy rains and strong winds battered the Eastern Cape province, as the death toll rose to at least 67.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the National Youth Council in a move aimed at strengthening the role of young people in the fight against corruption and the promotion of good governance.
- The High Court has quashed a 35-year prison sentence previously imposed on Hussein Hassan Ali, the director of Mwangaza Schools in Garissa, marking a turn in a high-profile defilement case.
- President William Ruto has effected a major reorganisation of government by establishing seven new State Departments and transferring key functions within the Executive.
- More than 290 people were killed when an Air India plane bound for London with 242 people on board crashed minutes after taking off from the western city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, authorities said, in the world's worst aviation disaster in a decade.
- Police Constable James Mukhwana of Central Police Station in Nairobi has been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of 31-year-old teacher Albert Ojwang.
- The High Court in Nairobi has issued a conservatory order stopping the transfer of the Public Seal of Kenya from the custody of the Office of the Attorney General to the Head of Public Service in the Executive Office of the President.
- The search for the truth about the circumstances leading to the brutal murder of 31-year-old teacher Albert Ojwang continues to reveal even more disturbing details.
- Kenyan security forces fired tear gas Thursday against protesters angry over a police killing, threatening to overshadow the government's attempts to pass a budget without sparking unrest.
- Former President Uhuru Kenyatta has regained full control of the Jubilee Party following a High Court ruling that validated key resolutions made during the party’s National Delegates Convention (NDC) in May 2023.
- A Magistrate’s Court in Rongo, Migori County, has issued warrants of arrest for four individuals linked to the controversial burial of a police officer at a local church compound.
- The national government has unveiled a Ksh.4.29 trillion budget for the 2025/26 financial year, with education, national security, and infrastructure emerging as the biggest beneficiaries.
- Speaking on recent infrastructural advancements, Nyong’o highlighted key national government projects such as the tarmacking of the Mamboleo–Miwani Road and the Kabonyo–Kanyagwal fisheries initiative.
- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has seemingly moved to woo Wiper party leader Kalonzo Musyoka amid escalating tensions between the ruling administration and the opposition.
- The Inspector General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja, has responded to questions on whether his deputy, Eliud Lagat, will either step down till the ongoing investigations on Ojwang’s death are completed or resign.
- Mwadi women group has petitioned the magistrate's court for leave to commence private prosecution against four individuals and one company over a land dispute.
- The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) has sounded the alarm over the rise in deaths occurring in police custody, saying at least 20 people have died while held by police in the past four months alone.
- Three resort managers have been charged for failing to remit the 2% tourism levy, contrary to Section 105(1) as read with Section 105(5) and Section 112(2) of the Tourism Act, Cap 38, Laws of Kenya.
- FIDA argues that the process initiated by the JSC is unconstitutional, unlawful, and procedurally flawed warning that it could result in the simultaneous removal of more than two, or potentially all seven, Judges of the Supreme Court of Kenya.
- The probe into the suspected killing of Albert Ojwang' continues to raise more questions than provide answers after a new revelation by the director of the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Amin Mohammed showed discrepancies in police reports.
- Experts have raised concerns over the Ksh.4.2 trillion to be spent in the 2025/26 financial year, noting that Kenyans are set to face a harsh economy due to revenue shortfalls.
- Wilson Too, an 82-year-old retired head teacher popularly known as Chepsilonge, appeared before Eldoret Chief Magistrate Dennis Mikoyan, where he formally requested a postponement of proceedings.
- Dr. Ouma Oluga, Principal Secretary for Medical Services, officially received the consignment on Wednesday, June 11, which included 3.2 million doses of oral polio vaccine and 3 million doses of BCG vaccination.
- Weinstein was retried for offenses against two women, Jessica Mann whom he is alleged to have raped, and Miriam Haley whom he was found to have sexually assaulted, alongside new charges of assaulting ex-model Kaja Sokola.
- Trump's appearance at the opening night of the hit musical "Les Miserables" at the renowned Kennedy Center could hardly have been more politically charged.
- Ukraine has brought home the bodies of 1,212 soldiers killed in the war with Russia, the Kyiv officials responsible for exchanging prisoners of war said on Wednesday.
- French President Emmanuel Macron said he would push for European Union regulation to ban social media for children under the age of 15 after a fatal stabbing at a school in eastern France, the latest such violent attack that left the country reeling.
- The Vatican announced Wednesday the first appointment of a Chinese bishop under Leo XIV, signalling the new pope's support for a controversial accord on nominations struck by his predecessor with Beijing.
- Protests against Donald Trump's harsh immigration policies spread Wednesday across the United States despite a military-backed crackdown in Los Angeles and a threat by the Republican president to use "heavy force."
- The family of Daniel Nderitu, a Nakuru resident who was allegedly shot by police officers in the London area of Nakuru West, moments after a confrontation between police and residents ensued, has come forward to condemn what they call an unjust killing of their loved one.
- Officers from Nairobi’s Central Police Station have recorded statements with the Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), distancing themselves from the death of blogger Albert Ojwang while in custody.
