Kenyan national news: government, parliament, courts, security, counties, protests, public services.
A 120-day High Court deadline for President Ruto to reconstitute his Cabinet under the two-thirds gender rule lapsed on Wednesday. Lawyers told Citizen Digital the 25-member Cabinet, which has seven women, is now open to legal challenge.
Nairobi liquor traders want Governor Johnson Sakaja's administration to explain a reported KSh 100,000 levy on alcohol sold through online platforms. They say they already pay county licensing fees.
The electoral commission has warned that political goonism and gangsterism are among the biggest threats to the August 2027 General Election, the Daily Nation reported. The paper said gangs are again accused of intimidating opponents and disrupting rallies.
The High Court ruled on Thursday that President Ruto's directives reserving 20 per cent of affordable housing units for teachers and police officers have no legal basis. Both groups must now apply under the same criteria as other Kenyans.
Fighting in Ethiopia has pushed 36,000 people into Kenya, The EastAfrican reported on Thursday. The outlet described the situation as a humanitarian crisis.
Prosecutors asked a Milimani court to send Brian Kiprop Kiplagat to the UK. He faces eight counts there, including murder, over the January 2025 death of Citi executive Maryanne Nduta Kilonzo in London.
The Political Parties Disputes Tribunal on Thursday lifted orders that had suspended the registration of The Ukombozi Alliance. Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka said the Registrar of Political Parties can now complete the process.
Unidentified men allegedly seized Tanzanian activist Twaha Salim Mwaipaya from a taxi in Machakos County on October 25. The rights commission wants the government to find him and says the case fits a pattern of disappearances in Kenya.
The High Court in Kisumu has barred Kenya Railways Corporation from removing scrap from any of its stations until a lobby group's case is decided. It also ordered all parties to preserve CCTV, GPS and weighbridge records linked to the disposal.
Cabinet Secretary Geoffrey Ruku said anyone behind payroll leakages will face the full force of the law. The government has launched a nationwide headcount of public officers, with more than Sh6 billion reportedly lost to ghost workers each year.
The Kenya National Commission on Human Rights has asked the Kenyan government to act on the disappearance of a person named Mwaipaya. Tanzania's Mwananchi newspaper reported the call on Thursday.
Women leaders, aspirants and peace groups called on Parliament, the IEBC, security agencies and parties to act on political violence and campaign costs. They listed attacks and harassment in six counties ahead of the 2027 General Election.
The electoral commission will interview the nine on November 12 and 13, chairperson Erastus Ethekon said. They include Nacada boss Anthony Amerikwa and former EACC chief Halakhe Waqo, picked from 304 applicants.
Justice Francis Gikonyo ordered Charles Kerich to appear in person on December 7 over unpaid legal fees owed to Kwengu & Company Advocates. Governor Johnson Sakaja and two county officials have 14 days to respond to contempt applications.
President Ruto said on Wednesday that the German and Dutch clubs will play the opening match at Nairobi's new stadium on January 5, 2027. Tickets are expected to go on sale on November 5, according to Mwananchi.
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