The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is investigating multiple deaths and an officer-involved shooting that occurred during the nationwide fuel price protests on May 18 to 19.

• IPOA has identified a specific officer believed to have fatally shot protester Martin Rigii Karuu in Kiambu Town on May 18.
• The authority is also investigating the deaths of at least five other individuals during the protests in Nakuru County and the death of Brian Ndung’u Njung’e at Kiambu Police Station.
• IPOA is reviewing witness accounts and CCTV footage and has assured the public of independent and impartial investigations.

Kenya's Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Geoffrey Ruku, has warned that state agencies failing to adopt the new Human Resource Information System (HRIS) risk having their salary payments frozen.

• Only 47 out of 575 state agencies are currently onboarded onto the HRIS platform.
• The directive impacts institutions including the National Police Service and Kenya Defence Forces.
• CS Ruku cited examples of payroll fraud, including ghost workers and irregular allowance payments, which the new HRIS aims to curb.

Following a tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy that resulted in the deaths of 16 students, the KUPPET Chairperson Omboko Milemba is advocating for the abolition of boarding schools nationwide.

• Tragic fire at Utumishi Girls Academy resulted in 16 student deaths on Thursday.
• KUPPET Chairperson Omboko Milemba called for the disbandment of boarding schools.
• Education Cabinet Secretary Julius Ogamba ordered the dissolution of the school's Board of Management, citing safety lapses including dormitory congestion and a locked exit.