News Tracker

Wed, 31 May 2023

  • 2:01 pm Interior CS Kithure Kindiki visits Isebania, Migori County, addresses security concerns following days of violence. 
  • 1:16 pm Education CS Ezekiel Machogu says families of Mukumu Girls’ victims will receive Ksh400,000 each from government. 
  • 12:54 pm Kenya Airports Authority says it conducted a successful drill at JKIA during which a plane crashed. 
  • 12:20 pm Kenya Airports Authority - KAA says rescue operation underway at JKIA after plane incident. 
  • 12:03 pm Kenya hosts 3rd International Investment Conference at Safari Park, Nairobi. 
  • 11:30 am Outgoing UDA Vice chairman Seth Panyako claims President William Ruto is surrounded by cartels. 
  • 10:40 am Azimio coalition pens letter raising concerns about the committee's future even as bipartisan talks teeter.
  • 9:58 am Education CS Ezekiel Machogu appears before the Senate.
  • 9:21 am Veteran KBC journalist Laban Karani dies after a long battle with diabetes.
  • 8:34 am DPP Noordin Haji confirmed that his office withdrew over 25,000 cases during the 2021/2022 financial year.
  • 7:51 am World Bank grants Kenya a Ksh138.5 billion loan to facilitate the 2023/24 budget. 
  • 6:50 am Cleophas Malala says UDA will not be bullied into accepting Azimio's demands. 

Tue, 30 May 2023

  • 7:31 pm UDA Party lawyer Adrian Kamotho writes to IEBC CEO, Marjan Hussein, requesting certificates of all 2022 presidential aspirants.
  • 6:23 pm Former KAA CEO Lucy Wanjiku Mbugua appointed as Regional Director of the Eastern and Southern African Office at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).  
  • 5:47 pm Residents from Narok County try to recover 200 acres of land donated for President William Ruto's affordable housing project.
  • 4:31 pm DPP Noordin Haji attributed the loss of Ksh13 billion rental pay for unused offices to the effects of the pandemic.
  • 3:34 pm Siaya Deputy Governor William Oduol maintains he is innocent amid impeachment push. 
  • 3:04 pm Minority Leader in National Assembly Opiyo Wandayi says Azimio has rejected Finance Bill 2023 in totality.
  • 2:55 pm Outgoing DPP Noordin Haji appears before MPs for vetting after his nomination as NIS Director General. 
  • 2:48 pm Azimio leaders say bipartisan talks remain suspended. 
  • 2:15 pm Education CS Ezekiel Machogu says Ksh28 billion will be released for Junior Secondary Schools by Friday this week. 
  • 1:21 pm Pastor Ezekiel Odero claims the state wants to frustrate his ministry. 
  • 1:09 pm Speaker Moses Wetangula says the National Prayer Breakfast has been moved to Wednesday June 7. 
  • 12:48 pm Nominated CBK Governor Kamau Thugge reveals his net worth is Ksh450 million. 
  • 12:36 pm Members of Parliament grill CBK Governor nominee Dr Kamau Thugge. 
  • 11:31 am EALA MP Kanini Kega promises to hold another Jubilee Party NDC and invite former President Uhuru Kenyatta.
  • 10:29 am SRC confirms all state officers will receive a salary increment in the 2023/2024 financial year
  • 9:52 am Public Service Commission begins hiring to fill 341 vacant slots in government.
  • 9:22 am USAID begins distributing Ksh17 billion food assistance to over 4 million Kenyans facing a dire hunger crisis.
  • 8:31 am President William Ruto stares at a Ksh65.7 billion after counties default on pension remittances.