Kenya News Brief - Dec 9, 2025 Midnight

08/12/2025 4 min Temporada 2025
Kenya News Brief - Dec 9, 2025 Midnight

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Episode Synopsis

The government is moving to avert a teachers' strike, promising to make Junior Secondary School intern teachers permanent by 2026, while the Treasury seeks public input on the 2026 Finance Bill. Kalonzo Musyoka has accused the Kenya Kwanza administration of secretly selling national assets. This comes as the EACC successfully traced 22.9 billion shillings in illicit wealth. Parliament is inviting public participation on the proposed sale of a 15% Safaricom stake. President Ruto has also made new appointments to a trade agency. In other news, Kenya and the UK have signed a Universal Health Coverage partnership, and the IEBC Chair cautions against political interference by "super agents", despite asserting that election theft is impossible. The Ombudsman has ordered PS Ronoh to release sugar mill leasing records. This episode features AI-powered summaries of the day's top Kenyan news stories.