DAY BREAK | The 2025 school calendar

7 Jan 2025 - Senate Speaker Amason Kingi has rejected a request by Nyandarua Senator John Methu for a special sitting of the currently in-recess Upper House to deliberate on the surge in abductions and forced disappearances of government critics across the country.

7 Jan 2025 - A Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) officer has been lynched in Mombasa for threatening a boda boda rider with a gun after allegedly failing to pay for his ride.

7 Jan 2025 - Billy Munyiri Mwangi, the 24-year-old university student who was abducted by four hooded men in Embu and held captive for 16 days, is now recovering at his parents' home after being discharged from hospital.

7 Jan 2025 - Ghana on Tuesday swore in president-elect John Mahama in the capital Accra before some 20 regional leaders as he promises to lift the West African gold and cocoa producer out of the doldrums.

7 Jan 2025 - The Ministry of Health (MoH) has allayed fears of a possible outbreak of the Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Kenya, despite a recent surge of the disease in China that has sparked fears of a potential global pandemic similar to COVID-19.

7 Jan 2025 - Having the President's ear in Kenya has for eons seemed to carve out shrewdness and brazenness in politicians, a required quintessential.

7 Jan 2025 - A 38-year-old man who was recently employed as a Junior Secondary School teacher in Nakuru Count has died by suicide in Kabisimba area, Chepalungu in Bomet County.

7 Jan 2025 - Senator John Methu had requested a special sitting to tackle the issue of abductions in the country.

7 Jan 2025 - Former DP Gachagua allies, including Senator Thangwa, call for formation of an inquiry commission to address abductions, politicisation of police, and probe resurgence of gangs in the country.

7 Jan 2025 - Housing firm loses bid to control late prominent farmer's estate