News Tracker

Fri, 21 July 2023

  • 7:20 pm Police raid Retired President Uhuru Kenyatta's eldest son's home in Karen.
  • 6:56 pm The International Justice Mission (IJM) condemns the increased cases of police brutality in the country. Calls for reforms in the National Police Service.
  • 6:42 pm Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o accuses the police of pursuing his innocent constituents deep into their residential areas and brutalizing them amid ongoing anti-gov't protests.
  • 5:56 pm President William Ruto vows to crush Azimio protests. Head of State accuses opposition leader Raila Odinga of seeking power through the back door.
  • 5:00 pm Judiciary condemns National Police Service over harassment of journalists during Babu Owino's bail hearing on Friday.
  • 4:49 pm President William Ruto cautions the police against extrajudicial killings amid criticism from foreign powers over police brutality meted on protestors in the ongoing anti govt demonstrations.
  • 4:33 pm Maxwell Mmera, husband to the late Rahab Karisa, reveals that his wife met her untimely demise after a confrontation with their househelp over missing household items.
  • 3:58 pm Fire break out in Ngara causes traffic snarl up.
  • 3:48 pm Court orders Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to produce Raila's bodyguard Maurice Ogeta.
  • 2:46 pm More than 60 protestors accused of perpetrating violence and destroying property during Azimio demos arraigned in court.
  • 2:38 pm The Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM) says Kenya is losing Ksh 2.86 billion per day due to the ongoing anti-govt protests.
  • 1:52 pm President William Ruto gifts Mugoiri Girls High School in Murang'a County Ksh50 million even as experts continue to poke holes in the government's austerity measures.
  • 1:31 pm Azimio leaders meet foreign envoys at Kalonzo Musyoka's residence in Nairobi.
  • 12:51 pm Wiper Party Leader Kalonzo Musyoka detained at his home, National Assembly Minority Leader Opiyo Wandayi claims.
  • 12:27 pm Kilifi Senator Stewart Madzayo criticises crackdown on Azimio leaders. Warns Kenya Kwanza govt is becoming oppressive reminiscent of Moi's era.
  • 11:52 am Police rough up journalists covering Babu Owino's bail hearing at the Milimani Law Courts.
  • 11:30 am Police carry out aerial surveillance in Kibra on the third day of Azimio's anti-govt protests.
  • 10:47 am Pastor Ezekiel Odero seeks compensation after state fails to build case against him.
  • 10:05 am Embakasi East MP Babu Owino freed on bail.
  • 9:56 am Raila expected to address his supporters one day after revealing flu kept him away from the frontline on the first two days of the anti-govt demonstrations.
  • 9:14 am Govt says the prices of fertiliser to drop by Ksh1,000 to Ksh2,500 under the subsidised fertiliser programme.
  • 8:47 am Sharon Otieno’s mother tells court she did not approve of her late daughter's relationship with former Migori Governor Okoth Obado
  • 8:00 am The weekly Nairobi Coffee Exchange (NCE) auctions remain suspended for the third week running. 
  • 7:49 am National Assembly Committee on Trade stops multi-agency unit from destroying poisonous sugar
  • 7:33 am High Court in Mombasa stops National Treasury from effecting proposal removing 35 percent duty on refined cooking oil
  • 6:52 am Police arrest Mathare MP Antony Oluoch at a petrol station in Nairobi as anti-government protests enter the third day

Thu, 20 July 2023

  • 8:08 pm Ruling on an application for release on bail by Babu Owino and his co-accused to be delivered on Friday at 9:00am 
  • 6:32 pm Police officer arrested while participating in protests in Makueni county, bhang worth Ksh2,000 recovered.
  • 6:05 pm Trade CS Moses Kuria joins President William Ruto at State House for a meeting with Gregory Poole, the Senior Vice President, Global Sourcing, The Children's Place.
  • 5:58 pm KDF chopper accompanying Defense CS Aden Duale crashes in Tiaty.