- President William Ruto has held talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron over the escalating crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), ahead of an emergency meeting of East African Community Heads of State on Wednesday.
- Rwandan-backed rebels marched into eastern Congo's largest city Goma on Monday, and the U.N. said they were supported by at least some regular Rwandan troops, in the worst escalation of a long-running conflict for more than a decade.
- William Kabogo, the new Information, Communications and Digital Economy Cabinet Secretary, said on Monday he is “one hundred per cent sure” his appointment to President William Ruto’s Cabinet is not related to the latter’s December visit to former president Uhuru Kenyatta’s Gatundu home in Kiambu…
- According to a recent report titled Silencing Women, 170 femicide cases were documented over the past 12 months, a significant increase in comparison to previous years.
- Speaking during the swearing-in of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Selection Panel, Justice Koome urged the panel to insulate itself from external influences that could undermine its mission, especially as the country prepares for the 2027 elections.
- Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has dismissed the government’s affordable housing program as a hoax couched in the language of job creation for Kenyan youth.
- According to a media statement issued on Monday, the visit scheduled for Tuesday highlights Kenya and Egypt's long-standing economic, diplomatic, and political relationship.
- Speaking at a meeting of the African Union Institutional Reforms Retreat at State House Nairobi, President Ruto urged both President Félix Tshisekedi of DRC and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame to engage in dialogue to resolve the standoff.
- Former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has pledged to work with all Kenyans to challenge President William Ruto’s administration and make any chance of his re-election in the 2027 general election unlikely.
- At the 26th Ordinary Session of the Intergovernmental Budget and Economic Council held on Monday at Deputy President Kithure Kindiki’s Official Residence in Karen, Nairobi, the governors said they will throw their weight behind all the crucial projects geared at improving Kenyan lives.
- During a session at the Milimani Law Courts on Monday, Chief Magistrate Susan Shitubi ruled that Ashiko would be held in custody until January 30th, after which he could be released on a cash bail of Ksh. 5,000 or an alternative bond of Ksh. 50,000.
- A man and woman accused of conning public officials and members of the public while pretending to be senior Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) directors have been arrested.
- President William Ruto on Monday hosted African Union leaders in Nairobi, to streamline developmental strategies set under the African Union Institutional Reforms.
- While commending the counties for improving their own source of revenue, the Deputy President said it is the best way to go forward in growing the counties as well as averting piling of huge bills.
- The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) claims that individuals who were abducted in December 2024 were given between Ksh.2,000 to Ksh.3,000 by their abductors and instructed not to speak about their ordeal.
- After his ignominous ouster from power, many, especially in the political circles, expected former deputy president Rigathi Gachagua to disappear into the political backwaters and helplessly watch as his star faded and his fortunes crumbled. They were wrong.
- The besieged Congolese city of Goma was rocked by heavy artillery fire on Monday as France warned the regional capital was on the brink of falling to militia fighters and Rwandan troops.
- Githunguri Member of Parliament (MP) Gathoni Wamuchomba has claimed that Members of Parliament (MPs) are always coerced to vote for a law in Parliament.
- A three-year insurgency in Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich east has intensified since the start of this year, with M23 rebels seizing control of more territory than ever before and vowing to take the largest eastern city, Goma.
- Bird feathers and bloodstains were found in both engines of the Jeju Air plane that crashed in December, killing 179 people, according to a preliminary investigation released Monday.
- A public teacher in Pennsylvania was put on leave after allegedly calling a Palestinian American middle school student an extremist, the school district and a Muslim advocacy group said.
- President William Ruto, the current Chair of the East African Community, has called for an immediate ceasefire in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) citing an escalating humanitarian crisis.
- Congolese rebels said on Sunday they had taken Goma, the biggest city in the east of the mineral-rich country, after a lightning advance that has forced thousands of people to flee and fuelled concerns of a regional war.
- President William Ruto has appointed members of the selection panel tasked with recruiting nominees for the positions of Chairperson and Members of the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC).
- Sudanese army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan visited its strategic headquarters in central Khartoum on Sunday in his first appearance there since government forces claimed to have broken a months-long siege by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
- Israeli forces killed 15 people in south Lebanon on Sunday as a deadline for their withdrawal passed and thousands of people tried to return to their homes in defiance of Israeli military orders, Lebanese authorities said.
- Disquiet has rocked the Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) over the Ministry of Defense’s decision to terminate the lunch subsidy programme for the disciplined forces beginning the first of July this year.
- For Leaky Analo, a boda boda operator turned TikTok sensation, the popular social media platform has become a lifeline, allowing him to share his struggles and occasionally receive help from strangers who are touched by his story.
- Just days after pledging to launch a vigorous campaign to unseat President Ruto in 2027, Kalonzo Musyoka visited Eden Gospel Trumpet Church in Dagoreti North for a Sunday service.
- The escapees have been identified as Patrick Karisa, Erickson Mwachofi, Alex Makexi, Edward Maighasho, Robert Muchugwa, Mwangemi Mwanyange, Joseph Kalama, and Samuel Onyango.
- Two weeks after announcing the mid-year series of the KCSE examination cycle, the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC) has called for the registration of potential candidates beginning Monday, 26th of January 2025.
- The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said on Sunday the death toll from the war with Israel had reached 47,306, with numbers rising in spite of a ceasefire as new bodies are found under the rubble.
- An elephant trampled and killed a South African who was trying to protect his grandchildren from the charging animal at the famous Kruger Park, authorities said Sunday.
- Congolese authorities have blocked access to the airport in Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, and cancelled flights as Rwandan-backed rebels advance on the city, three officials told Reuters on Sunday.
- Kirinyaga West (Ndia) Police Commander Moses Koskei confirmed the incident, stating that the building was under construction and no one was inside or near it at the time of the crash.
- South Korean prosecutors indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sunday for being the "ringleader of an insurrection" after his abortive declaration of martial law, ordering the suspended leader to remain in detention.
- The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has linked the Director of Legal Services/ Corporate Secretary of the Anti-Counterfeit Agency (ACA) to a Ksh.40.3 million bribery case.
- Congo has severed all diplomatic ties with Rwanda and South Africa said on Saturday that nine of its peacekeepers had been killed amid a surge in fighting with Rwanda-backed rebels.
- U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he was in talks with multiple people over buying TikTok and would likely have a decision on the popular app's future in the next 30 days.
- Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua now claims there is a plot by the state, through unnamed proxies to disband Supreme Court before 2027 elections.
- Tharaka Nithi governor Muthomi Njuki has told off any politicians in the Mt. Kenya region harbouring plans of forming new political movements terming it a premature move.
- Energy Cabinet Secretary, Opiyo Wandayi has told off Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) members expecting him to criticize President William Ruto’s government.
