- For the second day, the home of the late Dutch businessman Tob Cohen in Kitisuru was transformed into a high court as two witnesses took the stand to testify.
- A family in Mau Narok, Nakuru County is crying foul over the mysterious death of their kin who was arrested by plain-clothed police officers, detained, and later reported dead.
- A group of white Afrikaners was so opposed to majority Black rule when apartheid ended some three decades ago that they carved out a separatist enclave, the only town in South Africa where all residents, including menial workers, are white.
- The United States will know in a matter of weeks if Russia is serious about peace with Ukraine, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Friday, after European allies accused Moscow of stalling over the Trump administration's call for a ceasefire.
- Rwandan-backed M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have withdrawn from the strategic town of Walikale, describing the move as a goodwill gesture ahead of planned peace talks with the government next week.
- South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was ousted on Friday by the Constitutional Court, ushering in an election after it upheld parliament's impeachment over his imposition of martial law that sparked the nation's worst political crisis in decades.
- China's ByteDance faces a Saturday deadline to sell the U.S. assets of TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer, which was imposed by President Donald Trump in January, or face a ban that was supposed to take effect in January under a 2024 law.
- Government Spokesperson Isaac Mwaura has defended Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja after he came under heavy criticism and scrutiny for addressing a rally led by President William Ruto in Nyeri County on Tuesday.
- The curtain fell today on the 2nd Mashariki Cooperation Conference (MCC) in Naivasha, with a strong call from Kenya’s top intelligence and foreign affairs officials for African unity against modern threats born of technological disruption, digital misinformation, and transnational crime
- A Kenyan court has ruled that Facebook's parent company Meta opens new tab can be sued in the East African country over its alleged role in promoting content that led to ethnic violence in neighbouring Ethiopia, a plaintiff in the case said.
- President William Ruto has praised his deputy, Prof. Kithure Kindiki, for being hardworking and steadfast in the pursuit of national development and unity of the nation.
- Israel announced the launch of a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Friday, with rescuers saying military operations had killed at least 30 people across the Palestinian territory since dawn.
- Detectives in Bomet Central have arrested a 28-year-old man suspected to be behind the vicious murder of a 45-year-old woman last week, over a romantic relationship.
- Speaker of the National Assembly Moses Wetangula has filed an application challenging the contempt of court proceedings against him regarding the majority party in Parliament.
- Fresh protests erupted in Roysambu on Friday today, as residents blocked key roads, including Lumumba Drive, and lit bonfires, demanding urgent intervention from the Nairobi County Government over worsening road conditions.
- A clearing agent has been fined Ksh.3 million or faces a two-year imprisonment for attempting to solicit a bribe worth Ksh.2.9 million from church officials.
- President William Ruto held a telephone conversation with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday to discuss the Kenyan-led Multinational Security Support Mission in Haiti.
- Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi now alleges that President William Ruto has been exerting undue control over his Cabinet, preventing Cabinet Secretaries from openly speaking on ills in government.
- Philip Eric Mutinda, the prime suspect in the murder of Multimedia University (MMU) student Sylvia Kemunto has surrendered to police at Sultan Hamud, Makueni County.
- Former Public Service Cabinet Secretary Justin Muturi has opened pandora's box in a damning exposé about the ills in President William Ruto's regime.
- U.N. investigators examining allegations of sexual misconduct by International Criminal Court Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan are also looking into alleged retaliation for the accusations, five sources briefed on the matter have told Reuters.
- Police in Kondele have arrested a woman accused of scalding her 17-year-old son with hot water after he allegedly stole and sold 2 kilograms of maize from their home in Manyatta, Kisumu County.
- Hundreds of thousands of fleeing Gazans sought shelter on Thursday in one of the biggest mass displacements of the war, as Israeli forces advanced into the ruins of the city of Rafah, part of a newly announced "security zone" they intend to seize.
- United States President Donald Trump's approval rating fell to 43%, the lowest since his return to office, as Americans soured on his tariff moves and his administration's handling of information about a military strike in Yemen, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found.
- The small African kingdom of Lesotho feared the worst for its textile industry Thursday after US President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on its imports, the highest for a single nation.
- Gaza's civil defence agency said at least 25 people were killed Thursday in an Israeli air strike on a school serving as a shelter for people displaced by the war.
- Extreme heat and heavy rain in Myanmar could cause disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors camping in the open, global aid bodies warned on Thursday, complicating rescue efforts made difficult by a civil war, as the death toll surpassed 3,000.
- Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni arrived in neighbouring South Sudan on Thursday, in the highest level mission there since clashes and the detention of the vice president triggered regional fears of a return to civil war.
- A 43-year-old Kenyan woman is currently being detained by authorities in India for attempting to smuggle cocaine worth Ksh.271.4 million into the South Asian nation.
- The body of missing MMU student Sylvia Kemunto was recovered on Wednesday night in a water tank at the rooftop of a hostel within the institution’s compound.
- President William Ruto’s allies, among them the National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung’wah, have faced the wrath of hostile crowds at a rally in Nyandarua County after they were booed by residents.
- Kenya is facing a critical vaccine shortage, with stock levels expected to run out by June 2025, putting millions of children at risk of preventable diseases.
- Nyeri Governor Mutahi Kahiga claims President William Ruto is no longer the Mt. Kenya region's kingpin, citing a loss of support due to recent decisions.
- The High Court has declined to grant a stay on the Copyright Tribunal’s decision to revoke PAVRISK's licence, reinforcing the ruling that KAMP must be issued its operating license.
- The Kenyan government and stakeholders in the tourism industry have strongly condemned the misreporting of an incident involving a tourist in Mombasa on March 31, 2025.
- The first witness in the ongoing murder trial against Sarah Wairimu Cohen, the widow of late businessman Tob Cohen, testified at the crime scene in Kitisuru on Thursday, as prosecutors continued establishing key details surrounding the circumstances of his death.
- Five suspects including three women and two men were arrested in a crackdown on illicit alcohol led by the National Authority for the Campaign Against Alcohol and Drug Abuse (NACADA) in Mwaguto Village, Kisii South Sub-County.
- Detectives in Nairobi are holding in custody eight suspected land fraudsters believed to be behind a series of forgeries and other land frauds to dupe unsuspecting landowners.
- Police IG Douglas Kanja has dismissed allegations by the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) that he attended a political rally led by President William Ruto in Kieni, Nyeri County, terming the claims as misleading and baseless.
- Trade CS Lee Kinyanjui has weighed in on United States President Donald Trump's move to impose a 10 per cent reciprocal export tariff on Kenya beginning Wednesday, April 9, acknowledging that the decision comes with both pros and cons.
