News Tracker

Wed, 18 September 2024

  • 11:23 am Nairobi Senator Edwin Sifuna says that Treasury CS John Mbadi's decision to snub Senate summons is unacceptable. 
  • 10:53 am Lecturers across Karatina University, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture & Technology (JKUAT), South Eastern Kenya University (SEKU), Multimedia University, Maasai Mara University, Chuka University, and Cooperative University begin strike announced by UASU.
  • 10:19 am Kenyan Police officers, jointly with their Haiti counterparts, arrest several gang members during impromptu patrols within the streets of Delmas.
  • 9:45 am The Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli on Tuesday filed an appeal seeking to subvert a recent ruling that sentenced him to a six-month imprisonment.
  • 9:07 am President William Ruto's first broad-based Cabinet announces that Kenyans will enjoy free access to all parks in the country on September 28, 2024, a move aimed at promoting the country’s tourism sector.
  • 8:48 am The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says it concluded a six-day visit to Kenya where it held discussions on the recent developments in the country expected to determine the disbursement of a Ksh464 billion loan to support climate change measures.
  • 8:04 am DCI detectives on Tuesday arrested two notorious machete-wielding gang members behind a spate of robberies in Mombasa.
  • 7:45 am Kenyan Ambassador Stella Mokaya says that more than 3000 bus drivers will benefit from employment in Germany after President William Ruto inked a deal.
  • 7:21 am President William Ruto set to launch the Strategic Framework for Implementation of Reforms in the National Police Service, Kenya Prisons Service, and the National Youth Service.

Tue, 17 September 2024

  • 6:45 pm Deputy Inspector General Eliud Lagat officially opens the Higher Training Course at the main campus in Kiganjo with a clas of 63 officers.
  • 5:37 pm Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale argues that the national govt has no business cleaning Nairobi River.  
  • 5:34 pm EACC on Tuesday submitted a report to the Senate on alleged fraud by First Choice Recruitment, involving 7,000 youths noting that seven individuals and one company have been charged.
  • 5:00 pm President William Ruto appoints Abdi Mohamed as the new chairperson of the Social Health Authority (SHA). 
  • 4:22 pm 3 children succumb following fire which broke out at Mukuru kwa Njenga on Monday night.
  • 4:14 pm NARC-Kenya Party Leader Martha Karua criticises the Kenya Kwanza govt for failing to rein in on corruption.
  • 3:47 pm National Assembly Finance Committee vets Kibet Kemei who has been nominated to take up the position of Competition Authority of Kenya Director General.
  • 3:00 pm Anti-Doping Agency (ADAK) protests after Treasury slashes its budget from Ksh 288 million to Ksh 20 million
  • 2:55 pm Parliament  expected to debate whether to approve the nomination of Douglas Kanja as Kenya's next Inspector General of Police after receiving report from the Senate.
  • 2:00 pm Hillside Endarasha Academy owner David Kinyua reveals that pupils will not report to the old dormitory with a new facility set to be constructed at the school  
  • 1:45 pm Nyamira Governor Amos Nyaribo survives second impeachment attempt.
  • 1:00 pm Uproar after police caught on CCTV roughing up a protesting Multimedia University student. 
  • 12:47 pm Homa Bay Governor Gladys Wanga meets Director General of KENHA, Eng. Kungu Ndungu, to fast-track the construction of roads.
  • 12:30 pm National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah claims DP Gachagua, at the height of the 2022 presidential campaigns roughed up Dennis Itumbi at a State Lodge he did not immediately reveal.
  • 11:45 am Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru calls for an end to divisive Mt. Kenya politics; asks her constituents to continue supporting the govt.
  • 11:21 am Acting Inspector General of Police Gilbert Masengeli faults High Court Judge Lawrence Mugambi for refusing to listen to DIG Eliud Kipkoech Lagat who he claimed represented him.
  • 10:45 am National Assembly Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah cites the One Man, One Shilling, One Vote as the genesis of his political differences with DP Rigathi Gachagua.
  • 10:25 am President William Ruto chairs the First Broad-based Cabinet meeting at State House, Nairobi.
  • 9:43 am Ugenya MP David Ochieng claims a senior govt official is advising Acting IG Gilbert Masengeli to ignore the courts. 
  • 9:00 am Azimio Principal Eugene Wamalwa announces plan to run for president in 2027.
  • 8:44 am  Judiciary implements new system to manage all financial transactions.