News Tracker

Tue, 23 April 2024

  • 6:35 pm Senators push Kiambu Governor Kimani Wamatangi to solve recurring issues at Kiambu Level V Hospital.
  • 6:00 pm Nairobi MCAs engage in physical fight over house leadership changes.
  • 5:34 pm First Lady Rachel Ruto launches new campaign to combat child hunger.
  • 5:15 pm Outgoing Kenyan envoy to the UK Manoah Esipisu feted as African Diplomat of the Year by The Diplomat London.
  • 4:31 pm National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah lobbies fellow MPs to allocate funds to upgrade Ruto's presidential jet.
  • 4:00 pm The Kenya Red Cross Society reveals 11,206 households have been displaced since the start of the heavy rains
  • 3:33 pm Public Service CS Moses Kuria reveals he has instructed govt payroll managers not to remit dues to KMPDU as the govt & doctors fail to reach deal on protracted strike.
  • 3:18 pm Public Service CS Moses Kuria proposes ending permanent employment terms for civil servants to enhance efficiency and trim the public wage bill.
  • 2:29 pm Six bodies retrieved from Lake Baringo after a boat capsized.
  • 2:00 pm Governors demand Ksh5.8 billion from the national govt to pay doctors.
  • 1:37 pm MPs on the Bunge FC team honour the late CDF Ogolla who used to train with them every Tuesday morning with moment of silence at Ulinzi Sports Complex.
  • 1:18 pm President Ruto to jet out to Zimbabwe later this week for an official visit.
  • 12:48 pm 5-storey building collapses in Gesima, Nyamira County.
  • 12:00 pm Govt announces introduction of 50% night tariff for manufacturers
  • 11:30 am President William Ruto hosts British long distance athlete Mo Farah at State House.
  • 11:06 am NTSA reveals plan to phase out old driving licenses in 3 years
  • 10:36 am Deputy National Assembly Speaker Gladys Shollei proposes amnesty for all govt officers with fake academic certificates to allow a quiet and efficient clean up of the public service.
  • 10:02 am NTSA directs all motorists to adopt smart driving licences within three years as part of new regulations.
  • 9:54 am CJ Martha Koome shortlists former IEBC Chairperson Ahmed Hassan Issack for the position of Court of Appeal Judge.  
  • 9:12 am Uganda President Yoweri Museveni announces a new levy on farm produce that will see his country cut significantly its dependence on Kenya.
  • 8:51 am Kenya is scheduled to sign a new miraa deal with Somalia to strengthen economic ties and increase its presence in the lucrative Mogadishu market.  
  • 8:12 am Health CS Susan Nakhumicha directs the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to promptly settle all outstanding claims.  
  • 7:41 am The LSK pens a letter to Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi demanding action over the pilferage of fake fertiliser on the market.
  • 7:35 am Kenya's outgoing High Commissioner is honoured as the 2024 Diplomat of the Year from Africa at the prestigious London Diplomat Awards

Mon, 22 April 2024

  • 6:43 pm Second Lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi advises men to engage themselves by playing football instead of abusing drugs.
  • 6:00 pm Law Society of Kenya calls on Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi to fast track investigations into fake fertiliser scam.
  • 5:48 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki receives and inspects new passport printing machines expected to hasten issuance and clear piling backlog.
  • 5:00 pm Alice Kande confirmed as the new Kenya National Qualifications Authority Director General replacing Juma Mukhwana
  • 4:28 pm UDA National Elections Board Chairperson Anthony Mwaura reveals party's plan to deploy two police officers to each election centre as political outfit gears itself for grassroots elections.  
  • 4:15 pm Efforts underway in search of 6 missing people after boat capsized in Lake Baringo.