Kenyan national news: government, parliament, courts, security, counties, protests, public services.
High Court judge Alexander Muteti on Friday ordered the police and DCI chiefs to bring Twaha Mwaipaya to court on Monday at 11am. Vocal Africa says armed men seized the activist in Kamulu on October 25.
DCP leader Rigathi Gachagua is hosting rival opposition leaders as the United Opposition seeks a joint presidential candidate, The Star reports. Sifuna supporters heckled Kalonzo on Friday, and Malala's claim of a DCP endorsement for Sifuna added to the tension.
Tenants fled a 10-storey apartment block in Riruta, Nairobi, after a loud bang and a large wall crack, and The Star reports 156 were evacuated. The county calls the building dangerous and has ordered its removal.
Supporters booed Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka in Nairobi on Friday after he said Edwin Sifuna was not yet a presidential candidate. Sifuna stepped in to calm the crowd, and Kalonzo later pledged to back him if he becomes the opposition flagbearer.
The family of former MP Kirima has been handed a KSh 3.3 billion lawyers' bill, the Daily Nation reported on Sunday. The bill follows a dispute over the family's wealth.
Irrigation PS Ephantus Kimotho inspected emergency drainage works in Baringo County on Saturday. The gap between the two lakes has narrowed from about 22 kilometres a decade ago to seven kilometres.
Former Nation Media Group correspondent Kitavi Mutua died on Friday night in the ICU at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital. Kalonzo Musyoka, Charity Ngilu and other leaders paid tribute to him.
Uhuru and Gachagua are holding unity talks that the Daily Nation describes as cat-and-mouse. The paper published the account in its Weekly Review on Sunday.
Heavy rain on Saturday morning flooded roads in Githurai, Parklands and Westlands, Pulse Live Kenya reported. Vehicles were partly submerged, and residents asked what billions spent on El Niño preparedness had achieved.
Justice Roselyn Aburili ruled that the Law Society of Kenya went to court before Parliament had finished reviewing the 2023 rules. KRA said the higher fees would partly clear a KSh 4.5 billion debt to its Swiss stamp contractor, SICPA.
ODM leaders told a rally at Nairobi's Jacaranda Grounds on Saturday that any pact with President Ruto's UDA must come with conditions. They named the deputy president's seat as a key demand, and the rally ended in clashes between rival supporters.
A BBC Swahili investigation found armed gangs in Haiti, Kenya and Peru calling themselves "Taliban". In Haiti, a UN report says more than 5,700 people were killed or injured over nine months in gang-related violence.
Interior PS Raymond Omollo says ending banditry in the North Rift needs reconciliation, services and jobs as well as security operations. He says two operations have recovered more than 2,600 illegal firearms and over 17,000 head of livestock.
President William Ruto's camp is courting Kalonzo Musyoka, the Daily Nation reported on Sunday. The 73-year-old Wiper Patriotic Front leader must choose between his own presidential bid and cooperation with Ruto.
Suspected goons stormed the stage at an ODM rally at Jacaranda Grounds on Saturday and grabbed the microphone, Ghafla reported. The event was the climax of the party's month-long tribute to the late Raila Odinga.
ODM held a rally at Jacaranda Grounds in Embakasi East on Saturday, weeks after Sifuna's Linda Mwananchi Movement drew crowds there. Sifuna spent the day on a five-stop tour of Kwale county.
One person was swept away on Friday night while crossing an overflowing river at Baraka, Olkaria Village, the Kenya Red Cross said. Rescue teams are searching, and heavy rain also flooded roads in parts of Nairobi on Saturday.
The Communications Authority of Kenya detected 44.95 million brute-force attacks between July and September, up 85.41 per cent. Web application attacks rose 57.62 per cent to 27.44 million, the Daily Nation reported.
Nine public and private sector unions want the government to set a deadline for ratifying ILO Convention 190. They say the delay leaves Kenyan workers exposed to harassment, violence and intimidation, The Standard reported.
A KUJ and Media Council of Kenya report released on Friday found that 52 per cent of journalists earn under Sh50,000 a month. It also found that 65 per cent show moderate to severe depressive symptoms.
A matatu driver and five female passengers died around midnight on Saturday in a three-vehicle crash at Koriomat, Uasin Gishu County. Police say a truck swerved to avoid another vehicle and hit a car and a North Rift Sacco matatu.
A government report tabled in Parliament says developers sacrifice safety to cut costs, while unqualified people design and supervise buildings. It also blames split approvals, compromised regulators and weak county enforcement, the Daily Nation reported.
ODM is holding a rally at Nairobi's Jacaranda Grounds on Saturday to end Mwezi wa Baba, a month marking one year since Raila Odinga's death. Party leader Oburu Oginga is still recovering from illness and is expected to speak online.
Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna said on Friday that Kenyans had expected Ruto to announce a rescue plan for more than 1,000 citizens caught up in the Russia-Ukraine war. Instead, Ruto unveiled a friendly football match in Nairobi.
The US Justice Department has charged five people in Nebraska, Virginia and New Jersey and seized more than $750,000 in cryptocurrency from a Kenyan national. Investigators estimate the wider "ghost student" fraud has caused losses of more than $200 million.
Trans Nzoia Governor George Natembeya said Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka left the Linda Mwananchi headquarters launch in Nairobi upset after being heckled. He warned that hostility could derail opposition efforts to agree on one 2027 presidential candidate.
More than 250 women delegates from all 47 counties will meet in Nairobi on November 25-26 for a forum called Kenya's Future is Female. Organisers say it will focus on women's safety, political representation and economic barriers before the 2027 election.
A presidential panel led by Prof Makau Mutua delivered the apology to Masai's mother in Kayole on Thursday. Masai was shot dead in Nairobi during the June 2024 anti-Finance Bill protests.
Clashes on the Ethiopian border have left families in Kenya without food or shelter, Al Jazeera reported on Friday. The broadcaster's headline did not say how many people were affected.
The Court of Appeal has refused to let the Kenya Defence Forces take its challenge to a KSh 25 million award to the Supreme Court, the Nation reported. The award went to former soldier Moses Etyang.
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