Ben Kirui

The government spent more than Ksh.200 billion in unplanned expenditure in the first nine months of the 2025/2026 financial year ending March 2026, according to a report by the Office of the Controller of Budget. Much of the expenditure went towards debt repayment, while State House Kenya spent more than Ksh.4.4 billion outside the approved budget, including Ksh.2.5 billion spent within a six-week period between January and February this year.

Emotional scenes engulfed Naivasha Referral Hospital as families of the 16 students who perished in the dormitory fire at Utumishi Girls’ School received DNA test results and formally identified the remains of their loved ones. Authorities released one body to a family for immediate burial in accordance with Islamic rites.

The family of Sheila Jepkorir Chebii, a Kenyan national who died in Australia under unclear circumstances, is demanding answers from the Ministry of Foreign and Diaspora Affairs over events that led to her death just weeks after she arrived in the country to pursue further studies. Chebii was reportedly found dead at a hotel in Sydney last month. Australian authorities indicated that the incident was being treated as a suspected suicide, alleging that she fell from the 19th floor of the building.