News Tracker

Wed, 27 September 2023

  • 12:47 pm Teenager suspected of murdering Nairobi Hospital Finance Director Eric Maigo arraigned at Milimani Law Courts.
  • 12:30 pm Kenyan priest arrested in San Antonio, Texas, US for sexually assaulting an old parishioner.
  • 11:39 am Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot dismisses claims that the Bipartisan Talks team is set to receive allowances totaling Ksh106 million.
  • 11:28 am Police officer arrested for transporting 172 bags of charcoal along the Malindi-Tarasaa Road without a valid permit using govt lorry.
  • 10:51 am National Assembly Public Accounts Committee calls for a special audit to scrutinise the expenditure of Ksh4.5 billion allocated for the construction of classrooms under  Phase 2 of the Competency-Based Curriculum project.
  • 10:26 am National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) senior manager reveals return of alcoblow on Kenyan roads is imminent with preparations on planned rollout being in the final stages.
  • 9:50 am Senate Energy Committee begins probe into why Turkana Oil Project was stopped.
  • 9:13 am Govt begins distribution of 100,000 Primary Health Care kits for utilisation by Community Health Promoters.
  • 8:24 am Tourism Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza set to appear in Parliament to answer questions from lawmakers on various issues in her Ministry.
  • 8:03 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua holds closed door meeting with Trade Cabinet Secretary Moses Kuria amid simmering differences between the two Mt Kenya political titans.
  • 7:45 am Main suspect in the murder of Nairobi Hospital Acting Finance Director Eric Maigo, a teenage girl, arrested.
  • 7:14 am President William Ruto announces govt has made significant progress in constructing Affordable Housing units with 70,000 already at advanced stage, nearing completion.
  • 6:45 am Naivasha Water staff demand the transfer of hippos from Lake Naivasha after a colleague's fatal encounter with one of them.

Tue, 26 September 2023

  • 6:45 pm Treasury completes payment of Ksh35.2 billion as part of the government-to-government deal agreed between Kenya and Gulf countries.
  • 6:24 pm Defence CS Aden Duale accompanies US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin III to Kenya Navy Base in Manda, Lamu.
  • 5:57 pm Interior Ministry selects 30 administrators to cascade radical shift within the National Government Administrative Officers structure.
  • 5:10 pm A team from the Ugandan Government arrives in Kenya to benchmark the Energy and Petroleum Authority (EPRA).
  • 4:29 pm Foreign Affairs Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua reveals Kenya has the capacity to send 1,000 soldiers to Haiti amid questions on why Kenya has taken the lead over developed nations.
  • 4:00 pm Police arrest contractor of 10-storey building​​ which collapsed in Mirema, Nairobi County.
  • 3:51 pm Jubilee Party appeals for financial help to fund political activities.
  • 3:07 pm The Teachers Service Commission (TSC) reveals it has vetted 223,223 tutors who will take up invigilator and supervisor roles in the 2023 national examinations.
  • 2:34 pm Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (ODPC) fines 3 businesses including a private school, digital lender and nightclub Ksh9 million for data privacy violations.
  • 2:30 pm Law Society of Kenya (LSK) proposes two-day general elections, to allow presidential poll losers vie for other elective positions.
  • 1:19 pm Central Rift Valley Water Works CEO Samuel Oruma sent on leave following investigations into alleged procurement flaws.
  • 1:15 pm US President Joe Biden to seek Congress approval before disbursing Ksh14 billion to support Kenyan police officers in their mission to restore peace in Haiti.
  • 12:45 pm Preliminary investigations by the National Construction Authority (NCA) show that the ten-storey building in Mirema, Nairobi which collapsed, tumbled because of poor structural concrete used during construction.
  • 12:20 pm Former Roads Minister Franklin Bett reveals former President Mwai Kibaki vetoed proposals to name Thika Road after legendary Kenyan marathon runner Eliud Kipchoge.
  • 11:48 am Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) soldier dies after burning his house in Gilgil Barracks, Nakuru County.
  • 11:27 am The Ethics and Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) reveals it is investigating over 150 cases of forgery of academic certificates by civil servants with another 13 cases pending before courts.  
  • 10:38 am Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says he will only engage cartels in the agriculture sector on condition they raise prices offered to farmers.