News Tracker

Tue, 20 June 2023

  • 6:36 pm MPs making amendments to Finance Bill 2023 revert to manual voting after the electronic system fails. 
  • 5:58 pm Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga claims President William Ruto borrowed Ksh213 billion 10 days before the end of the 2022/2023 Financial Year.
  • 5:00 pm Otiende Amolo and Jalang'o among ODM MPs who failed to honour disciplinary summons for failing to vote on the Finance Bill 2023. 
  • 4:05 pm National Assembly Speaker, Moses Wetangula, directs MPs on how to debate and vote on the Finance Bill's Third Reading. 
  • 3:25 pm MPs discuss the 2022/2023 supplementary budget before debating the Finance Bill 2023. 
  • 2:45 pm The Third Reading of the Finance Bill 2023 commences. 
  • 1:41 pm Interior CS, Kithure Kindiki, warns IG Japhet Koome and National Police Service Commission (NPSC) officials against fighting in public. 
  • 12:50 pm Governor Johnson Sakaja and President William Ruto launch the school feeding programme in Nairobi.  
  • 11:59 am Interior CS, Kithure Kindiki, grilled by MPs on the promotion of over 500 police officers. 
  • 11:19 am President William Ruto launches the Africa Energy Forum at KICC in Nairobi. 
  • 10:31 am President William Ruto and his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, accused of grooming Kago wa Lydia to dislodge Githunguri MP, Gladys Wamuchomba's rival. 
  • 9:24 am Government set to revive the stalled Kakamega County Teaching and Referral Hospital with Ksh1.2 billion in funding. 
  • 8:32 am Experts warn President William Ruto against excessive borrowing, says it would breach the ceiling. 
  • 7:45 am Foreign Affairs CS, Alfred Mutua, holds key meeting with Eastern African countries to resolve the Sudan row. 
  • 6:49 am 10 amendments to the Finance Bill 2023 lined up ahead of the Third Reading. 

Mon, 19 June 2023

  • 6:43 pm Kacheliba MP Titus Lotee says Kenya needs a benevolent dictator to move forward. 
  • 5:45 pm EACC says Moses Kuria does not have the authority to threaten or influence the issuance of tenders. 
  • 4:50 pm Nation Media Group wants Trade CS Moses Kuria to apologise for criticising its publishing policy. 
  • 3:45 pm Kenya Union of Journalists (KUJ), and Media Council of Kenya (MCK) criticise CS Moses Kuria for condemning Nation Media Group. 
  • 2:22 pm Health CS, Susan Nakhumicha, suspends eight NHIF hospital branch managers. 
  • 1:30 pm Private firm puts Shakahola Forest land up for sale to recover Ksh75 million debt. 
  • 12:39 pm Political Parties Dispute Tribunal (PPDT) bars the Sabina Chege-Kanini Kega-led faction from holding its parallel National Delegates Conference (NDC). 
  • 12:11 pm CJ Martha Koome eulogises Justice Stella Arach Amoko, Justice of the Supreme Court of Uganda.
  • 11:28 am Uasin Gishu woman representative, Gladys Boss Shollei, warns that the courts have become a playground for activists. 
  • 10:36 am DP Rigathi Gachagua calls out the media for criticising President William Ruto's foreign tours. 
  • 9:50 am Kenya and the EU sign a declaration of Intent on the EU-Kenya Economic Partnership Agreement. 
  • 8:58 am Nairobi senator, Edwin Sifuna, urges the government to cut down on wasteful spending. 
  • 8:31 am Senate to discuss impeachment proceedings against Siaya Deputy Governor William Oduol this week.
  • 7:50 am KANU political affairs secretary, Fredrick Okango, argues that MPs who were absent during the Finance Bill voting let Kenyans down. 
  • 7:44 am Aldai MP, Marianne Kitany, claims that President William Ruto broke down the Finance Bill to a level MPs could understand.