April 29, 2025: Top news events to look out for today
By Lutta Njomo, April 29, 2025Here is what you need to know to keep up to speed with today’s happenings.
Calls for accountability after BBC documentary
Calls for accountability are expected to mount on Tuesday, April 29, 2025, after the BBC released a documentary dubbed Blood Parliament.
Different stakeholders are expected to continue pushing the government to take action against various police officers exposed by the documentary.
Senior Officers to visit Narok after clashes
Following deadly clashes in Angara Barrikoi, Narok County, over a disputed piece of land on Monday, April 28, 2025, senior police officers are expected to visit the area.
Speaking on Monday night, April 28, 2025, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, Murkomen confirmed that senior officers would be deployed in Angara Barrikoi to establish what transpired.
Murkomen, while condemning the incident, indicated that the investigations will aim to establish if the situation warranted the use of force.
“The investigations are yet done or complete because we need to establish the circumstances under which the five civilians died, what was the circumstances that the police officers engaged the civilians, and whether the situation warranted that kind of force.”
“Investigations will also establish the persons who perpetrated these acts against the police officers. We will also deal with every person involved in inciting violence and prompting the use of force,” Murkomen asserted.
Various leaders are also expected to call for accountability over the deadly clashes.
Students to continue reporting to school
Students are expected to continue reporting to school for the 2nd term.
It will last 14 weeks with a half-term break from June 25 to June 29, 2025.
Students across the country began reporting to school on Monday, April 28, 2025. Others were in last-minute shopping for various items before reporting back to school for a busy term.
The second term is when Grade 9 students would choose their senior secondary school pathways.
Ahead of the opening, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) has urged the Ministry of Education to release capitation. Speaking on Sunday, April 27, 2025, the union’s Secretary General, Hesbon Otieno, stated that this would facilitate the transition expected in the second term.
“It is important that the ministry releases the 30 per cent that is expected to be released in the second term. Let them release it in good time before the schools open, and if there are any balances that were not released for the first term, let them be released so that the schools start on a good slate because of what we have in terms of transition,” he stated.
“I know now that students are going to start selecting the pathways that they are going to handle in grade 10. Schools need to be empowered to ensure that this work is done in a timely manner so that there are no delays and frustrations from the heads of institutions and the management of the schools.”
Interpol training
National Police Service (NPS), through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Nairobi, is expected to enter day two of the INTERPOL Policing Capabilities Programme and Instructor Development Course on Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
The training brings together 20 participants from training institutions across the Kenya Police Service (KPS), Administration Police Service (APS), and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI).
The initiative falls under INTERPOL’s Project Soteria, which aims to implement targeted interventions to combat Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment (SEAH) within aid organisations (NGOs) and vulnerable communities. The project harnesses INTERPOL’s policing expertise to enhance mechanisms for detecting, investigating, and reporting SEAH cases, ensuring robust accountability frameworks are established.
The training is set to go on for the next two weeks.