Embu emerged as Kenya's best-managed county in Kenya.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from Kenya for 07.08.2026.
It displays 97 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
07.08.2026 ⇢ The day the court ruled the 2027 election unconstitutional
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The morning was dominated by a High Court ruling that the next general election must be held in August 2026, not 2027, though the decision was suspended to avoid chaos. Multiple outlets covered the confusion, with Citizen noting a potential Tuesday election date. The ruling prompted immediate political reactions, including Jimi Wanjigi calling President Ruto a 'temporary president'. By midday, the focus shifted to the murder of Dr. Victoria Mutiso, as DCI named a police officer as the shooter and alleged Deputy President Gachagua communicated with a suspect. This story evolved from previous days' coverage of the case. In the afternoon, a bus crash involving TUM students killed two and injured scores, drawing widespread attention. Political maneuvering continued with Kalonzo unveiling a new Wiper leadership team and Gachagua declaring his presidential bid, while Sifuna also announced his candidacy.
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Moderna’s mFlusiva showed 27 per cent higher effectiveness than a standard flu vaccine in a trial involving more than 40,000 participants.
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Kenyans.co.ke
Images circulating online after the incident appeared to show bullet wounds on his chest, although the police had not…
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The Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) has launched the construction of a new ammunition production line at the Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation (KOFC) in Eldoret....
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Past promises of tightening gun laws have not prevented repeated shootings.
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Eastleigh Voice
The report shows the overall index improved marginally from 0.469 in the 2023/24 financial year to 0.471 in 2024/25, indicating gradual progress in compliance with public finance management requirements.
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The report shows the overall index improved marginally from 0.469 in the 2023/24 financial year to 0.471 in 2024/25, indicating gradual progress in compliance with public finance management requirements.
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Gedion Makau was arrested on Tuesday evening at his business premises in Nunguni Shopping Centre on allegations that he was in possession of a panga. He was later detained at Kilungu Police Station....
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Eastleigh Voice
Ole Kina questioned the rapid accumulation of wealth by some politicians and individuals close to power, citing the growing number of privately owned helicopters as an issue that, in his view, deserves greater public scrutiny.
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Citizen TV
Preliminary laboratory analysis by the University of Nairobi has pointed to cyanide poisoning as the probable cause in the cases examined, but KWS said further testing...
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09:37⇢The Bullet That Silenced a Candidate
⌨Kenyan media focus on the shooting death of former councillor and Mt Elgon MP aspirant Nathan Wasama, with multiple outlets covering the incident. Concurrently, reports on county fiscal rankings and concerns over wealth accumulation among politicians highlight governance issues.
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09:37⇢The Bullet That Silenced a Candidate
⌨Kenyan media focus on the shooting death of former councillor and Mt Elgon MP aspirant Nathan Wasama, with multiple outlets covering the incident. Concurrently, reports on county fiscal rankings and concerns over wealth accumulation among politicians highlight governance issues.
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TV47 Digital
Shock and grief has engulfed Tuikut Village in Cheptais, Mt Elgon Constituency, following the shooting death of former councillor Nathan Wasama. Wasama, a former councillor who represented Chesikaki Ward, was…
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The Shanzu Law Courts, presided over by Senior Principal Magistrate Mwanamkuu, heard testimony from the witness identified as LA as the hearing of the case against Mackenzie and 95 others continued....
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Kenyans.co.ke
It is unclear how the official climbed through the ranks at the office of the Auditor General while holding fake degree…
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Advocate Ally Ahmed Ally was arrested for allegedly misappropriating KSh 49.4 million from a client intended for a land purchase in Nairobi county.
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Police have arrested two suspects and recovered more than 40 mobile phones at a shop in Nairobi CBD as authorities sustain a crackdown on mobile phone theft syndicate. The 41…
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Embu emerged as Kenya's best-managed county in Kenya.
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Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) has directed the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB) to lead a multi-agency investigation into whether pesticides or other agricultural chemicals may have contaminated the Amboseli ecosystem,…
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Felix Koskei said the Government Vehicle Management System (GVMS) will provide real-time oversight of government vehicles as part of wider reforms to improve accountability in the management of public assets.
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TV47 Digital
Police officers from Migosi Police Station have arrested five suspected gang members and recovered an assortment of weapons following a midnight intelligence-led raid on a gang hideout in Kisumu East…
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Former Councillor Nathan Wasama was shot dead at home in Tuikut, Cheptais, prompting MP Didmus Barasa to urge for a swift DCI investigation into this tragedy.
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Daily Nation
Justice Thande says Kenya’s next General Election should be held in August 2026.
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Justice Thande declared that holding the next presidential election on any date other than the second Tuesday of August 2026 would violate several provisions of the Constitution....
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Eastleigh Voice
The ruling is expected to have significant implications for Kenya's electoral framework and could trigger appeals or further directions from higher courts, given its potential effect on the country's next General Election.
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A Deputy Director of Audit at the Office of the Auditor General has been charged with allegedly using a forged university degree certificate to secure employment and subsequently receive more…
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The ruling is expected to have significant implications for Kenya's electoral framework and could trigger appeals or further directions from higher courts, given its potential effect on the country's next General Election.
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Daily Nation
Judge, however, suspends decision to avoid chaos.
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Justice Thande declared that holding the next presidential election on any date other than the second Tuesday of August 2026 would violate several provisions of the Constitution....
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11:48⇢Court's Election Ultimatum
⌨Kenyan media focus on a court ruling that the next General Election must be held by August 2026, not 2027, though the decision is suspended to avoid chaos. Multiple outlets cover the ruling's implications, with Citizen noting confusion over a Tuesday election date. Concurrently, corruption cases emerge: EACC arrests a former Auditor General official over a fake degree, and a Deputy Director is charged similarly.
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11:48⇢Court's Election Ultimatum
⌨Kenyan media focus on a court ruling that the next General Election must be held by August 2026, not 2027, though the decision is suspended to avoid chaos. Multiple outlets cover the ruling's implications, with Citizen noting confusion over a Tuesday election date. Concurrently, corruption cases emerge: EACC arrests a former Auditor General official over a fake degree, and a Deputy Director is charged similarly.
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The ruling is expected to have significant implications for Kenya's electoral framework and could trigger appeals or further directions from higher courts, given its potential effect on the country's next General Election.
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The ruling comes as a major setback for the government, which had maintained that the next General Election was…
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TV47 Digital
The High Court has ruled that Kenya’s next presidential election should be held on the second Tuesday of August 2026, in a judgment that addresses the constitutional framework governing the…
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The High Court has ruled that Kenya’s next general election should be conducted in August 2026 and not in August 2027....
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The latest violence has raised the spectre of a return to war in the Arabian Peninsula's poorest country, where a 2022 truce between the Houthis and the Saudi-backed government had largely held before...
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Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe said the new price is aimed at improving farmers' incomes while ensuring a stable supply of wheat to millers and consumers.
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According to the charge sheet, Maura allegedly obtained employment at the Office of the Auditor-General, formerly the Kenya National Audit Office, after presenting a Bachelor of Commerce degree certif...
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An 18-year-old student has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted of repeatedly sodomising a 9-year-old Grade 3 pupil in a school toilet in Lamu County. Lamu Principal Magistrate…
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The prosecution presented evidence from a clinical officer at Malava County Hospital who testified that medical examinations confirmed penetration had occurred.The court found the accused guilty of th...
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Kalonzo described Kamau as a seasoned coalition builder with decades of political experience, saying his leadership would help strengthen the party.He praised MP Ali for his anti-corruption record and...
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Eastleigh Voice
The curious have read accounts of the attack or visited the August 7 memorial park in town. But for others, the event that became the country’s largest terror attack sounds almost like fiction.
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Investigators have since established that a long-standing family land dispute culminated in the shooting of Dr Mutiso.
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East African Affairs Principal Secretary (PS) Dr. Caroline Karugu on Thursday, August 7 led a KSh52 million modernisation project at Nyaribo Primary School in her home village in Kiganjo, Nyeri…
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Kalonzo stated that Ali was fit for the role, given his contributions in the fight against corruption as an investigative journalist....
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MAMIA ya wakulima wa mahindi katika...
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14:20⇢Court's Election Ultimatum and Wiper's New Guard
⌨Kenyan media focus on the High Court ruling that general elections must be held in August 2026, not 2027, though the decision is suspended to avoid chaos. Concurrently, the Wiper party unveils a new leadership team, with MP Mohamed Ali named deputy party leader, and the DCI reveals that a police inspector's gun was used in the murder of Dr. Victoria Mutiso, linked to a land dispute.
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14:20⇢Court's Election Ultimatum and Wiper's New Guard
⌨Kenyan media focus on the High Court ruling that general elections must be held in August 2026, not 2027, though the decision is suspended to avoid chaos. Concurrently, the Wiper party unveils a new leadership team, with MP Mohamed Ali named deputy party leader, and the DCI reveals that a police inspector's gun was used in the murder of Dr. Victoria Mutiso, linked to a land dispute.
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A 70-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after a Kajiado court found him guilty of defiling a 13-year-old girl in a case prosecuted by the Office…
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The DCI boss released a detailed update outlining what he described as major breakthroughs in investigations into the July 29 killing, including the arrest of the alleged gunman, the recovery of the s...
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PSC says the money required to compensate St John Ambulance was not budgeted for.
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Footage obtained by Kenyans.co.ke and widely circulated online showed the bus extensively damaged, with its windscreen…
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Eastleigh Voice
Amin said a thorough analysis of the evidence had established that the officer who allegedly fired the fatal shots was Police Constable Elijah Kibelion Kimoi, attached to Karinde Police Post under Kikuyu Police Station.
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TV47 Digital
The cold-blooded murder of Dr. Victoria Nthunya Mutiso was meticously planned and involved three police officers, the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mohamed Amin has revealed. Speaking to the press…
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However, the sentences imposed on Ibrahim Hussein Hassan will run concurrently, meaning he will serve a 20-year jail term, the longest sentence handed down on a single count.According to the ODPP, Pri...
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Wiper Party leader Stephen Kalonzo Musyoka has unveiled a new leadership team, signalling what he described as the party’s transition from coalition-building to preparations for the 2027 General Election. Speaking…
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DCI boss Mohamed Amin claims Rigathi Gachagua communicated with a key suspect in Dr Victoria Mutiso's murder as detectives named police officers involved.
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A total of 121 students from Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have secured admission to leading universities across the world after winning scholarships valued at…
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Several students from the Technical University of Mombasa are feared dead after a bus they were travelling in overturned....
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Detectives from the Anti-Narcotics Unit (ANU) have arrested three suspected drug traffickers in separate operations in Homa Bay, Nairobi and Mombasa. In Homa Bay, detectives arrested Carren Adhiambo Akoth, who…
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Mudavadi said President Ruto’s campaign team is working on a formula that will ensure the victory does not attract any form of litigation, calling on Kenyans to turn out in large numbers in August 202...
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18:10⇢The Bullet That Named a Cop
⌨Kenyan media focus on the police killing of Dr. Victoria Mutiso, with DCI naming PC Elijah Kibelion Kimoi as the shooter and alleging Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua communicated with a suspect. Concurrently, a bus crash involving TUM students kills two and injures scores, drawing widespread coverage.
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18:10⇢The Bullet That Named a Cop
⌨Kenyan media focus on the police killing of Dr. Victoria Mutiso, with DCI naming PC Elijah Kibelion Kimoi as the shooter and alleging Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua communicated with a suspect. Concurrently, a bus crash involving TUM students kills two and injures scores, drawing widespread coverage.
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Mount Kenya University (MKU) Chancellor, Prof. John Struthers, has called on graduates to become champions of social transformation, ethical leadership and inclusivity as they enter the next phase of their…
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Addressing the media on Friday, Wanjigi welcomed the court's decision, describing it as a victory for the Constitution and crediting Safina deputy party leader and constitutional lawyer Willis Otieno...
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Citizen TV
Addressing the media on Friday, Wanjigi welcomed the court's decision, describing it as a victory for the Constitution and crediting Safina deputy party leader and constitutional lawyer Willis Otieno...
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The Principal Secretary State Department for Internal Security and National Administration, Dr. Raymond Omollo, has outlined a coordinated programme to equip youth groups with practical tools, strengthen technical skills and…
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Prosecutions and the Director of Criminal Investigations from arresting, presenting for plea, charging or prosecuting the two applicants in Milimani Chief Magistrate’s
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The company did not provide a timeline for when normal supply would be fully restored, saying efforts to resolve the incident were ongoing.
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The company did not provide a timeline for when normal supply would be fully restored, saying efforts to resolve the incident were ongoing.
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This comes just a week after a nearly nationwide power outage hit several parts of the country in July, lasting several…
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Eastleigh Voice
The panel said that, to date, 680 claims across various categories of harm have been processed for compensation, with total disbursements amounting to Sh896.1 million.
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Kenya Power said the outage had disrupted electricity supply to customers in Kakamega, Bungoma, Busia, Siaya and parts of Vihiga counties.
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'This is a betrayal of the uniform.'
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Fellow party leaders who accompanied the former deputy president on a tour of Kiambu County threatened to sever ties with some constituent parties under the 'One Term' bandwagon, accusing them of unde...
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Linda Mwananchi team has returned to Western Kenya for a three-day tour.
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Speaking during separate political and development engagements in Nyamira, Kakamega, Busia, Teso North and Kwale counties on Friday, the leaders urged Jubilee Deputy Party Leader Dr Fred Matiang'i to...
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The movement alleges there are deliberate efforts by the government to block its registration.
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NEDP Party Leader Mike Sonko on Friday, August 7 hosted a delegation of domestic workers, whom he prefers to call House Managers, at the party’s headquarters in Upper Hill, Nairobi.…
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Western diplomats and rights groups accuse Hassan's government of massacring hundreds of people during the election unrest, as well as abducting and murdering critics in the run-up to the vote....
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Gikomba Market redevelopment reaches 75% completion, accommodating 5,000 traders in a KSh 800 million first phase amid mixed public reactions and concerns.
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Eastleigh Voice
Using a naturally occurring phage as a starting point, the researchers asked AI to generate thousands of possible viral genomes. A genome is the complete set of genetic instructions that tells a virus how to function and reproduce.
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22:36⇢Sifuna's Presidential Leap
⌨Kenyan media focus on political ambitions and infrastructure development. Sifuna declares presidential bid after one term as senator, while Gikomba Market's redevelopment impresses many. Power outages hit five counties, and Tanzania launches a new probe into 2025 election violence.
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22:36⇢Sifuna's Presidential Leap
⌨Kenyan media focus on political ambitions and infrastructure development. Sifuna declares presidential bid after one term as senator, while Gikomba Market's redevelopment impresses many. Power outages hit five counties, and Tanzania launches a new probe into 2025 election violence.
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The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, which had allowed construction to continue while it considered the case, agreed with a lower court that such a massive White House overhaul required the exp...
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