News Tracker

Thu, 15 June 2023

  • 6:53 pm Treasury CS introduces Ksh5 excise duty per kg of sugar because it is associated with various ailments such as diabetes.
  • 6:40 pm Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u proposes an increase of excise duty on betting, gaming, price competitions and lottery from the current 7.% to 12.5%.
  • 5:26 pm Treasury CS proposes the allocation of Ksh141.2 billion with Ksh18.4 billion going towards actualising President Ruto's Universal Health Coverage (UHC).
  • 4:50 pm IEBC officials appear before Parliamentary Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security over debts owed to Government Printer.
  • 4:29 pm Outgoing British Ambassador to Kenya Jane Marriot posted to Pakistan.
  • 3:48 pm President William Ruto doubles HELB allocation to Ksh30 billion and sets Ksh630 billion aside for the education sector.
  • 3:35 pm Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u confirms that the government invested Ksh11 billion to the Hustler Fund's 16.07 million customer base.
  • 3:09 pm Azimio MPs walk out of Parliament after Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u begins reading the 2023/2024 budget.
  • 2:55 pm DCI Boss Mohamed Amin hosts Mozambique’s Attorney General Beatriz Buchili, shares insights on the multi-agency framework in dealing with crime.
  • 2:40 pm Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u arrives in Parliament for 2023/2024 budget reading.
  • 2:21 pm Man arrested protesting outside the National Treasury building along Harambee Avenue.
  • 1:37 pm A church choir performs outside the National Treasury building ahead of budget reading.
  • 12:43 pm Kenya Railways suspends Nairobi-Nanyuki trains service indefinitely.
  • 11:41 am Brigid Kosgei, Kelvin Kiptum and Geoffrey Kamworor pull out of the World Athletics Championship in Budapest, Hungary.
  • 11:12 am Treasury PS Chris Kiptoo maintains that no Kenyan will be overtaxed under the new 2023/2024 budget estimates.
  • 10:39 am Public Service Commission publishes shortlisted candidates to fill 700 slots in the National Treasury and State Department of Correctional Services.
  • 9:56 am Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u set to present the 2023/2024 budget in Parliament.
  • 9:31 am Several feared dead after truck rams into matatu and boda boda along Kisumu-Busia Highway.
  • 8:37 am SRC increases MCAs' salaries by Ksh10,000 in new estimates.
  • 7:59 am Embakasi East MP Babu Owino claims Speaker Moses Wetangula misled lawmakers over Finance Bill voting.
  • 7:38 am Treasury CS Njuguna Ndung'u confirms that the tax revenue to GDP ratio had dropped from 22 per cent to 13 per cent.

Wed, 14 June 2023

  • 7:16 pm EPRA reduces Petrol price by Ksh0.66 and diesel by Ksh1.12 for the month of June.
  • 6:29 pm MPs begin voting on the second reading of the Finance Bill 2023.
  • 6:24 pm Governor Andrew Mwadime disbands the Taita Taveta water board over an irregular recruitment process.
  • 5:47 pm 15 Saudi Arabian companies battle to buy up to 2 million tonnes of carbon credits at Nairobi auction.
  • 4:46 pm President William Ruto meets Met Global Fund Executive Director Peter Sands at State House.
  • 4:34 pm NA Speaker Moses Wetangula reduces the time limit from 5 minutes to 3 for each MP debating the Finance Bill, 2023.
  • 3:46 pm Two lawyers, George Kariuki and Elisha Komora, quit representing Pastor Paul Mackenzie after threats to their life.
  • 3:28 pm Four police officers arrested along Outering Road for soliciting a Ksh15,000 bribe in 2 hours.
  • 2:20 pm National Assembly's debate of the Finance Bill 2023 resumes at Parliament buildings after short break.