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At least 2.1 million people in 32 counties face food and nutrition shortages, a situation officials warn could deteriorate further without rapid action.Deputy President Kithure Kindiki said the government is coordinating immediate relief efforts alongside longer-term measures to strengthen resilience.
In a press release issued on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, the ministry said the overall security situation across the country “remains calm and stable,” but warned that past trends show the festive period often records “isolated increases in security incidents, traffic violations, and other opportunistic criminal activities.”
According to the AG, the data in question would be shared in a summarised and de-identified form for purposes such as monitoring, evaluation, public reporting and planning. She explained that aggregated data does not contain personal identifiers and cannot be linked back to any individual.
Nairobi has long recorded some of the highest crime levels in Kenya. The 2025 Economic Survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics shows that the Nairobi City Police Command Station accounted for the largest share of reported crimes in 2024, with 9,717 cases, representing 9.6 percent of all national crimes. This was slightly lower than the 11,108 cases recorded in 2023.
TikTok, which had held the top position in 2024, dropped in the rankings, while Google remained Kenya’s most visited internet platform. The data also shows a reshuffle among other major services, with Instagram and WhatsApp replacing Microsoft and YouTube, which ranked fourth and fifth last year. X has continued to lose ground in Kenya, falling from sixth place in 2024 to missing from the top 10 entirely.
Dr. Atellah said the Governor agreed to promote all consultants who were due to move from Job Group M to Q, with the promotions scheduled to take effect by December 17, 2025. He confirmed that by December 16, 2025, promotion letters for most of the affected doctors had already been prepared and were available for collection at Garissa Level 5 Hospital.
The charges were filed just two days after Rob and Michele Reiner were found dead in their Brentwood home with multiple stab wounds. The indictment also includes a specific allegation that a knife was used in the attack.
Inspector-General of Police Douglas Kanja on Tuesday said the unit, which started operations this week, will focus on reckless driving and corruption on the roads, with the aim of keeping travellers safe during a season marked by heavy movement.
Ruto said the funds would lay a strong base for infrastructure and resource development, with Turkana expected to play a central role. He announced that the government had approved the field development plan for oil discovered in the county and committed to starting extraction within the next year as part of resource mobilisation for the Sovereign Wealth Fund.
The video that triggered the lawsuit spliced together two separate sections of Trump's speech on January 6, 2021 in a way that made it appear he explicitly urged supporters to attack the Capitol, where lawmakers were certifying Joe Biden's 2020 election win.
The addendum was signed by Kenya Railways Managing Director Philip Mainga and Yu Xiao Dong, representing China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), the contractor for the project.
Authorities cited persistent regulatory violations, financial irregularities and threats to national security as the driving reasons for the unprecedented crackdown.
Speaking during the event, President Ruto praised the Turkana County Government and its partners for organising what he described as a magnificent and colourful festival that celebrates the region’s rich cultural heritage.
In a public announcement issued on Tuesday, the Board of Directors said Kilavuka’s exit follows his service during one of the most turbulent periods in the airline’s history, including the COVID-19 pandemic that severely disrupted the global aviation industry.
Duale said some doctors employed in public facilities are deliberately redirecting patients to private hospitals where they also practice, while neglecting their duties in government institutions that pay their salaries.
The decision was reached during a cabinet meeting chaired by Governor Johnson Sakaja, where members endorsed a proposal to anchor menstrual health support within existing HR policies at City Hall.
The first tranche of the issuance totals up to Sh15 billion, with an additional Sh5 billion available under a greenshoe option, following approval from the Capital Markets Authority on November 7, 2025.
Commissioner Galgalo emphasized that delays in securing community land rights are worrying and require collective action from all stakeholders.
Speaking at a Joint National Project Steering Committee (NPSC) meeting for World Bank–financed agricultural projects, Kagwe cautioned against what he described as “loose arrangements” in the design and implementation of donor-funded programmes.
A Garissa High Court has charged community health volunteer Shafa Bilal Shaklane with murdering his 17-year-old niece in Fafi. He pleaded not guilty as prosecutors prepare nine witnesses, including a protected child.
Rolled out under the “Jiachilie in Kenya Parks” holiday campaign, the service will offer affordable and convenient transport to Nairobi, Aberdare and Lake Nakuru national parks, targeting families and holiday travellers.
The Central Organization of Trade Unions (Kenya) said it fully supports the establishment of the National Infrastructure Fund (NIF) and the Sovereign Wealth Fund (SWF), describing them as critical tools for long-term development and the welfare of Kenyan workers.
During last year’s national wage bill conference, officials had warned of mass layoffs targeting support staff, casual workers, and employees with fake academic certificates. At the time, it was noted that support staff made up about two-thirds of public service employees, despite a recommended ratio of 70 percent technical staff and 30 percent support staff. This meant that roughly 702,950 of the 1.05 million public servants were support staff, more than double the ideal number.
Investigators have secured CCTV footage, interviewed the bus driver and witnesses, and are conducting further forensic analysis to establish the circumstances of the crash.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer called the deal “a huge win for British business,” adding that it would make trade easier, support jobs, and encourage growth across the country.
The Association of Kenya Insurers (AKI) says the standard requires insurers to provide highly detailed reporting, which many companies are ill-equipped to handle. According to the latest AKI report, historical records were inconsistent, missing, or dispersed across legacy IT systems incapable of supporting the new accounting requirements.
G4S is urging the government to tighten oversight and enforce rules consistently. The call follows a February 2025 ruling by the Employment and Labour Relations Court, which upheld a Sh30,000 minimum wage for security guards announced by the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSRA) in November 2023.
Experts say the surge in small, often unplanned schools has worsened the teacher shortage, particularly in remote areas. Emmanuel Manyasa, Executive Director of Usawa Agenda, noted that having multiple small schools in one locality creates staffing pressures, as each requires the same number of teachers regardless of student numbers.
Kenya has experienced frequent power disruptions, particularly in the western counties, due to an ageing and overloaded transmission system. Voltage fluctuations and network congestion have been a recurring problem, often leaving residents and businesses without electricity during peak demand.
The persistence of HIV/AIDS in the region is linked to long-standing social and economic challenges. High levels of poverty, entrenched gender inequality, and the ongoing sex-for-fish trade along Lake Victoria place many women and girls at risk of infection. Limited healthcare access and unequal household and community power structures further drive the spread of the disease, keeping infection rates high across multiple sub-counties.