News Tracker

Sun, 24 September 2023

  • 9:54 am Second Lady Dorcas Rigathi lobbies for legislation geared at granting equal opportunities to Persons Living with Disabilities (PWDs).
  • 9:07 am Kenyan athletics legend Eliud Kipchoge makes final preparations ahead of Berlin Marathon.
  • 8:53 am EACC detectives arrest Deputy OCS and a Police Constable for soliciting Ksh.50,000 bribe to facilitate release of a vehicle impounded at Ikino Police Station in Kiambu.
  • 8:20 am US Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III expected to visit Kenya during week-long tour to Africa.
  • 7:50 am Kenya ascents to the Kigali Amendment on the Montreal Protocol on the Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
  • 7:18 am Water Cabinet Secretary Alice Wahome affirms her stance declaring zero tolerance to corruption amid reports she was opposed to sacking the now former immediate Athi Water CEO Michael Thuita before his eventual resignation.

Sat, 23 September 2023

  • 5:45 pm Kenya Kwanza MCAs at Meru County Assembly mulls plan to impeach Governor Kawira Mwangaza.
  • 5:15 pm Sports Cabinet Secretary Ababu Namwamba appointed to Youth Commonwealth Ministers Taskforce.
  • 4:57 pm National Council Churches of Kenya (NCCK) calls for Meru leaders to stop violent politics and embrace dialogue.
  • 4:12 pm President William Ruto will flag off Community Health Promoters in the country on Monday, September 25.
  • 3:49 pm Two people died after a 14-seater matatu rams into pedestrians in Embu town.
  • 3:14 pm The Judiciary has flagged reports of Justice Isaac Lenaola receiving a Ksh 246 million bribe as fake.
  • 2:34 pm Athi Water Works Development Agency CEO Michael Thuita resigns after government pressure.
  • 2:02 pm UDA SG Cleophas Malala refutes reports of alleged fallout within the party over recent developments in Mt Kenya region.
  • 1:56 pm IEBC tells the National Dialogue Committee (NDC) that the commission is ready to open 2022 election servers for a forensic audit
  • 1:06 pm President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance (UDA) opens offices in Narok County ahead of party elections.
  • 12:59 pm Kenya Police hold thanksgiving service for uniformed services in Machakos County.
  • 12:10 pm Nandi Senator Samson Cherargei proposes a re-introduction of the offices of the Prime minister and Official Opposition leader.
  • 11:51 am High Court freezes the assets and bank accounts of former Kiambu governor Ferdinand Waititu
  • 11:21 am EACC announces the arrest of Athi Water Works Development Authority CEO Michael Thuita over alleged fraud.
  • 10:50 am DCI officers arrest nine Njiwa Sacco officials for siphoning Ksh160 million that was saved by National Intelligence Service (NIS) officers.
  • 10:20 am Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has banned Meru Governor Kawira Mwangaza's meetings following the chaos that marred her recent events.
  • 9:43 am US government pledges to support Kenya's police peacekeeping mission in Haiti to the tune of Ksh14.5 billion.
  • 9:03 am Lang'ata MP Phelix Odiwour alias Jalang'o reveals that Raila Odinga donated Ksh5 million for his campaigns in 2022.
  • 8:54 am Importers protest new shipment fees introduced at Port Mombasa; argue the move will reduce the port's competitiveness in the region
  • 8:24 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua to attend the burial of Teresia Wangechi, the mother of the Vice Chief of Defence Forces Lieutenant Jonah Mwangi in Nyandarua County. 
  • 7:45 am US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin III to jet into the country for an official visit
  • 7:10 am Transport CS Kipchumba Murkomen gives NTSA two weeks to clear driving licences and digital number plates backlog. 

Fri, 22 September 2023

  • 6:56 pm Prime CS Musalia Mudavadi, Kimilili MP Didmus Barasa, and Speaker Moses Wetangula agree to address UDA Secretary General Clephas Malala's call to dissolve parties under the Kenya Kwanza alliance
  • 6:03 pm Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua disregards allegations of a rift between him and Trade CS Moses Kuria; says Mt Kenya region remains united.