Here is what you need to know to get up to speed with today’s happenings.

Ruto to hand over housing units

President William Ruto will officially hand over 1,080 housing units at the New Mukuru Housing Estate on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.

This is Phase 1 of the project. Upon completion, the entire New Mukuru Housing Estate will have 13,428 housing units of different typologies.

The handover was confirmed by government spokesperson Isaac Mwaura during his address on Monday, May 19, 2025.

“13,248 units are up and 1,080 people will receive their keys, over 970 of those have been verified and the ownership and there are great Kenyans out there who are celebrating,” Mwaura said.

‘Kenyans are invited, at 8:00 am, people to be seated so that the President can hand out the keys as we promised to construct over 200,000 units every year in five years so that we are able to shelter over five million Kenyans,” he added.

Tomorrow, H.E @WilliamsRuto will hand over 1,080 keys to Mukuru Affordable Housing beneficiaries in Embakasi South. Spanning 56 acres with 13,248 units, it's Kenya’s biggest housing project, marking a major leap in dignified living under the BETA agenda.
— Isaac Mwaura pic.twitter.com/tNga2SRVi5

— Spokesperson GoK (@SpokespersonGoK) May 19, 2025

DCI operation in Trans Nzoia

The Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) will continue with their operation in Trans Nzoia county, targeting individuals who attacked Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers and obstructed them from conducting a search in Governor George Natembeya’s home.

In a statement, DCI vowed to track down all the perpetrators and bring them to book. Their preliminary report indicated that five EACC vehicles were destroyed. Some of the seized items and other valuables from the cars were also stolen after the rowdy youth overpowered the security officers who had accompanied the EACC officers.

“The attack is a blatant attempt to undermine the rule of law and obstruct justice. The DCI has launched investigations to identify and bring to book the perpetrators behind this attack.”

Natembeya’s case to continue

Governor George Natembeya is expected to make headlines on Tuesday, May 20, 2025, following the EACC raid at his homes on Monday, May 19, 2025.

The governor is expected to know whether he will appear in court or what direction EACC will take regarding the matter.

He is also expected to break his silence regarding the matter where EACC indicated that they were investigating him over links to the fraudulent acquisition of Ksh1.4 billion.

They claimed the irregularities are believed to have occurred in the 2022/2023 to 2024/2025 financial years.

Anti-Graft body further stated that the incidents relate to three major county projects, among them the rehabilitation and modernisation of Kenyatta Stadium (Phase 1A), the construction of the county headquarters offices and the construction of Tom Mboya Hospital.

“The Governor is alleged to have influenced award of tenders and received kickbacks from contractors through proxies,” the Commission said.