DAY BREAK | President Ruto sets new tax target amidst economic turmoil

3 May 2025 - Shock has engulfed Red Soil village in Mwea East, Kirinyaga County, after a 19-year-old girl died by suicide an hour after calling her father and elder sister and urging them to return home.

2 May 2025 - A post-mortem examination on the body of slain Kasipul MP Charles Ong’ondo Were is scheduled for Monday, May 5, 2025, as detectives intensify investigations into his fatal shooting.

2 May 2025 - President William Ruto has suffered a blow after the High Court barred four of his nominees from taking office as members of the National Climate Change Council.

2 May 2025 - Tax refunds to businesses dealing in zero-rated supplies have strained the Treasury’s resources, and the proposed measures aim to curb this.

2 May 2025 - National carrier Kenya Airways (KQ) has named its latest Boeing 737 airliner after a high-ranking Kenyan employee, in what they say is an aeronautical tribute to her “resilience and unwavering” leadership.

2 May 2025 - The senator confirmed that she was in London.

2 May 2025 - "This is in line with our core values and response to genuine requests," the government stated.

2 May 2025 - Level III (health centres) and Level IV (sub-county hospitals) serve 29.8% and 21.5%, respectively.

2 May 2025 - Mandera North MP Bashir Abdullahi has clarified his controversial remarks about the BBC documentary ‘Blood Parliament’ that exposed the faces of police officers who allegedly killed youthful Kenyans during the June 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests.

2 May 2025 - This is not the first time a Kenyan journalist is arrested over a controversial news piece.