- Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has called on the people of the Mt. Kenya region to reject attempts by some leaders to drag them away from the Kenya Kwanza government.
- After a significant lull, occasioned by court drama and tax disputes, the Keroche Breweries behemoth appears ready to roar again and recapture the market.
- National Assembly Minority Leader Junet Mohamed has advised the Salaries and Remuneration Commission (SRC) against being harsh on politicians over what he calls a perception that political leaders are “jokers”.
- The High Court has postponed the plea-taking of 12 police officers charged in connection with the 2017 murder of Baby Samantha Pendo in Kisumu County's Nyalenda slums.
- According to Acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Francis Mulaa, the fire destroyed the common room and chancellor's parlour, both of which were part of the iconic buildings built when the university was founded in 1963.
- Water Cabinet Secretary Eric Muuga has revealed that his Ministry would require an estimated Ksh.995 billion to ensure each Kenyan has access to water.
- The National Assembly Committee on Appointments has given a green light to three Cabinet nominees to join President William Ruto's Cabinet Secretarial team.
- Former presidential aspirant Reuben Kigame has criticised President William Ruto over the dysfunctional National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF)-to-Social Health Authority (SHA) transition whose glitches have left patients unable to access healthcare in hospitals countrywide.
- Police in Rangwe sub-County, Homa bay County have arrested the Bishop of a local church at Ndiru village in Kokoko Sub location for allegedly having sexual intercourse with his biological daughter.
- Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Migori county branch executive Mr.Samwel Orwa Jasolo has raised concern over a section of education stakeholders who are threatening teachers over meagre results in the 2024 KCSE.
- US President Joe Biden urged Americans Wednesday to stand guard against a "dangerous" oligarchy forming under Donald Trump as he delivered a dark farewell address before stepping down next week.
- Hundreds of islanders have been evacuated, with thousands more awaiting their turn following increased volcanic eruptions in eastern Indonesia, officials said on Thursday.
- It's a condition the 65-year-old farmer believes he wouldn't have if it weren't for paraquat, a herbicide he once relied on to control weeds in his vineyard in the midwestern US state of Ohio.
- Firefighters on Wednesday confronted persistently strong and dry winds fueling two giant wildfires that have terrified Los Angeles for eight days, testing the resolve of a city upended by the worst disaster in its history.
- Negotiators reached a deal on Wednesday for a ceasefire in the Gaza war between Israel and Hamas, an official briefed on the negotiations told Reuters, after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.
- Ghana's newly elected President John Mahama has announced plans to investigate his predecessor's contested $400 million National Cathedral project, a stalled religious landmark that for critics become a symbol of fiscal irresponsibility.
- Palestinian health authorities say Israel's ground and air campaign in Gaza killed more than 46,600 people, with just over half of identified victims being women, children or older people.
- Qatar and the United States announced Wednesday a ceasefire and hostage-release deal between Israel and Hamas, adding they hoped it would pave the way for a permanent end to the war in Gaza.
- Former police spokesman Charles Owino has rubbished Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi's remarks that the National Intelligence Service (NIS) abducted his son.
- A family from Nyamira County is appealing for compensation from the government, following the death of their kin in the infamous Mtongwe ferry tragedy.
- Kenya has started discussions with the United Arab Emirates to secure financing to complete a regional railway, President William Ruto said, after China cut infrastructure funding to the project.
- The Universities Fund and the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) have appealed the High Court judgment by Justice Chacha Mwita that declared the new university funding model unconstitutional.
- The Vatican has approved new guidelines from Italian bishops that allow gay men to enter seminaries as long as they abstain from sex, in an unexpected adjustment to how the global Catholic Church considers possible future priests.
- Patients at the Kenyatta National Hospital on Wednesday stormed the Ministry of Health offices to lament the lack of operationalization of the Social Health Authority.
- A journalist in Kajiado County has been ordered to pay a Ksh.100,000 fine lest he face imprisonment for four months, after being found in contempt of court in a defamation case involving State House Comptroller, Katoo Ole Metito.
- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has called for President William Ruto to resign over the recent wave of abductions that has also affected key political figures such as Public Service CS Justin Muturi whose son was abducted and later released.
- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka has announced the immediate expulsion of Dadaab Member of Parliament Farah Maalim from the opposition political outfit following his recent remarks.
- In July 2024, President William Ruto dismissed his cabinet with a combined net worth of at least Ksh.15.83 billion, marking one of the most expensive group of Cabinet Secretaries in the country's history.
- Respected lawyer Judy Thongori died on Tuesday in India where she was undergoing treatment, leaving a mark on Kenya’s justice corridors, especially in family law where the Senior Counsel was prominent.
- The officer, identified as Inspector Guyo Dida, the Deputy Officer Commanding Station (D-OCS) at Mavindini Police Station in Kathozweni Sub-County, was arrested on Tuesday at approximately 10:00 AM after a motorist, Najma Ali Magongo, reported being unlawfully detained and extorted by the officer.
- Mozambique kicked off an inauguration ceremony Wednesday where President-elect Daniel Chapo will be sworn into office after weeks of deadly political unrest, but the main opposition leader has vowed to "paralyse" the country with fresh protests against the fiercely disputed election result.
- Scroll Kenyan X and TikTok feeds these days and you might not go on for long before you come across videos and posts with the hashtags #RutoMustGo, #FreeSo-and-so, and #EndAbductionsKe.
