News Tracker

Tue, 30 April 2024

  • 8:50 am CCTV footage records a gang of seven that slyly entered a shop and stole goods worth Ksh100,000.  
  • 8:10 am KeNHA directs motorists to use alternative routes after it announces the closure of the Mai Mahiu - Narok road.  

Mon, 29 April 2024

  • 7:37 pm Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen advises Kenyans to be careful and avoid using flooded roads after flash floods rocked a village in Kijabe.
  • 7:00 pm Ministry of Interior reveals 5 people lost their lives while 5 others sustained injuries from Monday's terrorist attack in Elwak, Mandera County.
  • 6:41 pm Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi distributes food and other essentials to victims of flooding in Mathare, Nairobi County.
  • 6:15 pm Basic Learning PS Belio Kipsang directs schools to retain learners who had already reported to school.
  • 5:17 pm Court orders former Murang'a Governor Mwangi wa Iria to surrender to EACC.
  • 5:00 pm Death toll from Kijabe flash floods has risen to 71, Nakuru Governor Susan Kihika reveals.
  • 4:48 pm President William Ruto expresses concern over many African countries facing severe debt crisis.
  • 4:00 pm Kenya Railways restores the railway line affected by a landslide at Thogoto.
  • 3:46 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua arrives in Naivasha to condole with the victims of the Naivasha Dam Tragedy.
  • 3:18 pm Ministry of Interior announces that going forward chiefs will bear responsibility for foreigners acquiring IDs in their areas.
  • 2:46 pm First Lady Rachel Ruto condoles with the families of the Kijabe Dam incident
  • 2:10 pm Kenya Railways announces that students who had bought SGR tickets and affected by the schools reopening date directive issued by The Ministry of Education will be allowed to use them from Monday May 6 to Friday, May 10.
  • 1:24 pm Kenyans intentionally using flooded roads to be arrested and charged with attempted suicide,  Interior CS Kithure Kindiki states.
  • 1:00 pm Azimio leader Raila Odinga meets Australian High Commissioner to Kenya Jenny Da Rin.
  • 12:37 pm Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni criticizes multilateral development banks over loan policies to African countries. 
  • 12:17 pm Govt spokesperson Isaac Mwaura reveals that Kenya has lost 103 lives so far to floods, excluding the numbers recorded from the Mai Mahiu Tragedy.
  • 11:21 am Floods maroon Sindo Town in Homa Bay County leaving residents stranded. 
  • 11:14 am UDA Party says its ready to conduct grassroots elections in Taita Taveta County.
  • 10:23 am President William Ruto reveals 10,000 people in Nairobi have been displaced by floods.
  • 10:05 am 20 people confirmed dead after flash floods sweep away houses in Kamuchiri Village, Nakuru County.
  • 9:31 am A matatu driver plying the Nairobi-Meru route refunds fares for stranded students after the school opening date was postponed
  • 9:25 am President William Ruto delivers speech at the IDA21 Africa Heads of State Summit in Nairobi.
  • 8:43 am Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja promises to refund students left stranded after the national govt postponed the schools' reopening date.
  • 8:15 am Several houses and vehicles swept away along the Nairobi - Naivasha highway after flash floods.
  • 7:13 am Tana River Boat Tragedy: 23 people rescued, while 17 others are still missing.
  • 7:00 am Pupils left stranded after govt abruptly postpones schools' opening date.
  • 6:55 am Govt postpones schools' opening date to May 6.