News Tracker

Sat, 18 May 2024

  • 3:18 pm Four arrested for slaughtering 30 donkeys confess to selling meat at Nairobi's Burma Market
  • 3:09 pm Raila attends a ceremony for the installation of Seme Council Elders in Migori.
  • 2:10 pm A huge fire burns down 2 dormitories that host grade 7 students at Pentagon Academy in Migori County.  
  • 2:01 pm Death-toll from the bus that plunged into River Mbagathi near Co-operative University in Karen, Nairobi rises to nine.
  • 1:05 pm President Ruto vows to double Kenya's savings kitty in 4 years. 
  • 1:00 pm 8 people die after a 32-seater matatu plunges into Mbagathi River in Gataka area connecting Karen and Ongata Rongai, near the Cooperative University of Kenya
  • 12:34 pm Director of Primary Education, Stephen Barongo, meets Governor Busia County Paul Nyongesa Otuoma during the Funyula Constituency Education symposium. 
  • 12:07 pm Joseph Mungai Kamau is appointed the Chief Executive Officer of Athi Water Works Development Agency.
  • 11:14 am Abdallah Mohamed Hatimy is appointed the Managing Director of Kenya National Shipping Line Limited.
  • 11:02 am Philip Kiptanui Kirwa is appointed Chief Executive Officer of Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. 
  • 10:53 am Immigration PS Julius Bitok announces the fast-tracking of passport deliveries to eight centres across the country for one week.  
  • 10:09 am A police officer based in Kericho County is arrested over alleged involvement in the loss of millions from a businessman's bank account.  
  • 9:29 am Agnes Kalekye Nguna is appointed new Managing Director and CEO of Kenya Broadcasting Corporation
  • 9:10 am Eric Omondi says he has raised Ksh72 million to help needy Kenyans through Sisi Kwa Sisi initiative
  • 8:39 am National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah is whisked away to safety following the chaos that erupted at a meeting in Thika, Kiambu County.  
  • 8:09 am Kenya's Forex Reserves this week stands at $7.13B equivalent to 3.8 months of import cover compared to $7.18B equivalent to 3.8 months of import cover last week.
  • 7:54 am Mt Kenya leaders resolve to retain former President Uhuru Kenyatta as the region’s kingpin to chart a way forward ahead of the 2027 General Election.  
  • 7:30 am China is set to assist Kenyan in constructing a new headquarters for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  

Fri, 17 May 2024

  • 5:38 pm President William Ruto outlines an ambitious agenda aimed at transforming the African Union (AU) to better serve the continent's modern-day needs.  
  • 5:12 pm Mt Kenya leaders resolve to retain former President Uhuru Kenyatta as the region’s kingpin to chart a way forward ahead of the 2027 General Election.  
  • 4:19 pm Three grenades, a firearm, rounds of ammunition, a sniper ghillie suit (camouflage) have been recovered in a sting operation implicating a suspect who personated a KDF Captain to evade alcoblow. 
  • 4:10 pm PS Medical Services, meets with UNFPA representatives to discuss Kenya's commitment to the UNFPA Supplies Compact signed in 2023. 
  • 3:12 pm CS Treasury and CS EAC arrive in Arusha, Tanzania for the 16th Meeting of the Sectoral Council of Finance & Economic Affairs & Pre-Budget Consultation.
  • 3:08 pm The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) sues three Interior Cabinet Secretaries for poor preparation over the floods witnessed last month.  
  • 2:32 pm The High Court determines that controversial preacher Paul Nthenge Mackenzie and 29 others have been properly charged with 191 counts of murder.
  • 2:10 pm President William Ruto arrives in Kigali, Rwanda, for the annual summit of the Africa CEO Forum. 
  • 1:35 pm PS Climate Change and Environment Eng Festus Ng’eno meets with World Bank Global Lead for Circular Economy Mr. Ernesto Sanchez-Tiriana at the lender's Nairobi offices.
  • 1:13 pm CS Health, Nakhumicha Wafula, joins her counterparts in Labour and Public Service in a meeting held to advance the development of a comprehensive Labour Market Strategy.  
  • 12:54 pm CS Transport meets with former Prime Minister Raila Odinga as they see off Uganda's President HE Yoweri Museveni at the airport.  
  • 12:01 pm Over 1,000 employees from a retail and e-commerce company are set to lose their jobs following plans by the firm to declare several positions redundant.