- Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now says the government is only interested in weeding out rogue religious groups and will not in any way hurt or interfere with the operation of churches in the ongoing purge of cult sects in the country.
- The governments of Finland and Germany have jointly announced a partnership to support the government in skills training for Kenyan youth through a new technical, vocational education and training (TVET) programme.
- The government has arrested over 3,000 people, closed 5,000 unlicensed premises, and confiscated over 2 million litres of illicit alcohol, since it launched a crackdown in January 2023.
- Self-proclaimed preacher Eliud Wekesa Simiyu, popularly known as Yesu wa Tongaren, will continue to be detained at Bungoma Police Station for four more days pending the conclusion of investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
- Lawyer Danstan Omari has dismissed as false remarks made by National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah claiming that he has withdrawn a case filed against him.
- A Chinese naval flotilla led by a powerful destroyer has been on a 12-day circumnavigation of Japan’s main islands in a display of military power as tensions simmer over Taiwan and as Japan prepares to host G7 leaders next week.
- Kirinyaga Woman Representative Njeri Maina has come out to defend the Kenya Kwanza government over the alleged tribal appointments in the public sector.
- A YouTuber pilot who bailed out midair and deliberately sent his plane crashing into the ground to bolster viewing numbers on his channel could be jailed for up to 20 years, US authorities said Thursday.
- A man who praised the killer of French teacher Samuel Paty and posted images of his severed head was on Thursday sentenced by a UK court to five and a half years in jail.
- Donald Trump has suffered back-to-back legal blows over his sexual abuse of a writer and money paid to a porn star -- but the jury is out over how much it may cost him among women voters in his race to regain the White House.
- The US envoy to South Africa on Thursday accused the country of having covertly provided arms to Russia despite its professed neutrality in the Ukraine war, local media said.
- A young Colombian journalist who had been investigating a series of femicides in his town, among other violent crimes, has been murdered, the government said Thursday -- the third in seven months.
- The World Health Organization declared that mpox no longer constitutes a global health emergency on Thursday, almost exactly a year after the disease formerly known as monkeypox started spreading globally.
- One soldier and four militants were killed Thursday in an attack near DR Congo's capital Kinshasa, the army said, in the latest violence in the west of the country.
- Portugal is planning measures to ban smoking near schools and hospitals as well as in covered outdoor seating areas, the country's health minister said on Thursday.
- Israel and Gaza militants traded more heavy fire Thursday, the third day of the worst escalation of violence in months that has killed 26 people in the blockaded Palestinian enclave.
- A truck driver was beaten mercilessly by angry herders after he drove his vehicle through a herd of 69 cows, killing 13 instantly in Athi-River, Machakos County.
- Controversial Bungoma-based preacher Eliud Wekesa, popularly known as Yesu wa Tongaren, was on Thursday presented in court where the prosecution made several applications among them an order to detain him for seven days to complete investigations against him.
- Five more bodies have been exhumed at Shakahola Forest in Kilifi County where hundreds of victims of a suspected starvation cult linked to controversial preacher Paul Mackenzie are believed to have been buried.
- Nairobi County Chief Officer in charge of mobility Boniface Nyamu has urged matatu operators to embrace and adopt the use of electric transport to support the government’s initiative to transition to clean, green and sustainable new e-mobility solutions.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has recovered government land worth Ksh.52 million in Nyali, Mombasa County that had been grabbed back in 2000.
- Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has called for increased funding for counties in Mt Kenya region to cater to the rising demand for bursaries for needy students.
- Zambia has since sought help to restructure its debt through a G20 mechanism, which is co-chaired by Paris and Beijing, but implementation has been slow.
- Fighting in Sudan's capital escalated on Wednesday with fierce clashes and air strikes, but rival military factions were reported to be close to a ceasefire agreement in talks in Saudi Arabia.
- The MP said the move will affect tourism in the country, adding that Kenyan women who are the biggest consumers of these products are one of the biggest tourist attractions in the country.
- Yo-Yo Ma, who is one of the most celebrated classical musicians and winner of a staggering 19 Grammy Awards, has announced that he will be performing at the Kenya National Theatre on June 7, 2023.
- Forty-three-year-old Antony Cheruiyot was lynched by an angry mob in Mau-Summit amid allegations he stole a number of sheep and enclosed them in his homestead.
- One decomposed half-body, believed to be that of the driver, was discovered yesterday along the banks of Tangulia Camp, 100 kilometres west of the station, and was later taken to Longisa mortuary for forensics, but confusion is allegedly rife, with each of the two families claiming ownership.
- Machakos Deputy Governor Francis Mwangangi says he is okay with surrendering up to 70 per cent of his salary to taxes, provided they are put to good use.
- Two brothers, ages 6 and 3, took their parents’ car for a spin late Wednesday night on the Malaysian island of Langkawi, where they were picked up by local police after losing control and crashing into a lamppost.
- Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin and her husband, Markus Räikkönen, are to divorce after 19 years together, Marin announced on Instagram on Wednesday.
- The organizers of a women’s running race in Spain have apologized after they were accused of sexism for giving the winner a food processor as a prize.
- Google on Wednesday said it is opening Bard, a rival to Microsoft-backed ChatGPT, to 180 countries as it expands use of artificial intelligence across its platform.
- Fifteen children drowned and 25 others were missing after their overloaded boat capsized on a river in northwest Nigeria, a local official said Wednesday.
- The Kenya Medical Supplies Authority (KEMSA) has defended the two companies it pre-qualified for a Ksh.3.7 billion anti-mosquito net tender but which were disqualified by the Global Fund which was to finance the process.