President William Ruto will lead the country in marking World Minority Rights Day 2025.
National commemoration will be held at State House, Nairobi
The day provides an important opportunity for the government to reaffirm its collective commitment to inclusivity, equality, and justice for all Kenyans, ensuring that every community enjoys equitable access to opportunity, representation, and dignity.
Ruto will host 5,000 delegates from marginalised and minority groups to mark the day.
The delegates, drawn from various communities, are expected to arrive dressed in their traditional regalia.
Among the communities to be represented are the Ndorobo, Ogiek, Dasenach, Njemps, Walwana, Rendille, Burji, El Molo, Sakuye, Suba, Kuria, Makonde, Shona, Nubians, among others.
The day, marked on 18 December, was established by the United Nations to promote and protect the rights of persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious, and linguistic minorities.
UN Special Adviser Chaloka Beyani to hold press briefing on Sudan crisis
United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Chaloka Beyani will hold a press conference on crisis in Sudan.
The briefing will be held at the Serena Hotel, Nairobi at noon.
It will be the UN Special Adviser’s first official visit upon assumption of his mandate in September of 2025.
During his visit, the Special Adviser will meet with key actors on the crisis in Sudan, the diplomatic community, United Nations officials, senior officials of the Government of Kenya, representatives of civil society from the region and refugees.
The purpose of his visit is to hold consultations with relevant actors that could contribute to ending the suffering of the civilian population in Sudan.
Beyani will advocate for the protection of the civilian population from atrocity crimes and encourage and advance full accountability for past and ongoing atrocity crimes in Sudan.
CS Mbadi to hold a media briefing
National Treasury Cabinet Secretary John Mbadi will hold a press briefing at 2pm.
The press conference will be held at his National Treasury Building in Nairobi.
The briefing will be followed by a question and answer session.
The briefing comes just two days after The National Treasury said job cuts are no longer on the table as Kenya grapples with high unemployment, even as the public service workforce reached 1.05 million in June.
Mbadi confirmed that a new human resource management information system will replace layoffs as the strategy for controlling the wage bill.
The system will merge fragmented payrolls across national government departments and counties, targeting ghost workers and other inefficiencies.
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