News Tracker

Mon, 15 April 2024

  • 9:16 am Auditor General Nancy Gathungu piles pressure on 12 counties including Nairobi to dispose off unserviceable and grounded vehicles.  
  • 8:39 am UDA Secretary General Cleophas Malala insists that party's constitution allows for 3 deputy party leaders amid protests from DP Rigathi Gachagua's camp.
  • 8:20 am SRC to organise national wage bill conference amid stalemate between the Executive and KMPDU, the doctors' union over remuneration of intern doctors.
  • 7:04 am Second lady Pastor Dorcas Rigathi cautions drivers against reckless driving endangering the lives of other motorists and Kenyans.
  • 7:01 am 11 deceased KU students honoured during annual interfaith thanksgiving prayer service held at Kenyatta University.
  • 6:45 am Education CS Ezekiel Machogu reveals that the road accident involving a Kenyatta University bus which claimed 11 lives left him shaken to the core.
  • 6:30 am UDA party assures members of free, fair and verifiable party nominations.

Sun, 14 April 2024

  • 7:42 pm Kenya Met projects increased rainfall in various parts of the country throughout Sunday evening.
  • 7:00 pm Wiper Party leader Kalonzo Musyoka questions the sincerity of Kenya Kwanza's interventions geared at lowering cost of living arguing that recent scandals such as the fertiliser debacle negate all that.
  • 6:30 pm KANU Chairman Gideon Moi mourns his late sister June Chebet who passed on earlier in the week, expressing his belief that she is now in a better place.
  • 6:00 pm The Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC) and 8 other organisations including the Law Society of Kenya (LSK) issue a 4-hour ultimatum to Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome asking him to withdraw the statement where he claimed that the striking doctors have become a nuisance through the disturbance of public tranquility.
  • 5:18 pm Kiharu MP Ndindi Nyoro hails President William Ruto for 'turning Kenya's economy around'.
  • 5:14 pm Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot insists the govt cannot sustain the Ksh200,000 pay for intern doctors that KMPDU is demanding.
  • 4:44 pm Kelvin Kiptum's family feted with a trophy at the Rotterdam Marathon in the Netherlands.
  • 4:02 pm Agriculture PS Paul Ronoh reveals that the govt will crack down on fertiliser cartels as blame game on proliferation of fake input in the market persists.
  • 3:44 pm Driver and passengers flee overloaded matatu after being cornered by NTSA officials in Mumias Road, Kakamega County.
  • 3:27 pm EPRA reduces fuel prices; petrol by Ksh5.31 to retail at Ksh193.84 ; Diesel by Ksh10 to retail at Ksh180.38 and Kerosene by Ksh18.68 to retail at Ksh170.06 
  • 2:50 pm Minute of silence observed at the Rotterdam Marathon in memory of the late legendary Kelvin Kiptum.
  • 2:00 pm The Catholic Church in Makueni bans playing football on Sundays. 
  • 1:47 pm KMPDU Sec Gen Davji Attelah slams IG Koome over stance on doctors' strike insisting that healthcare practitioners have a constitutional right to picket.
  • 1:36 pm President William Ruto reveals that fuel prices will drop by Ksh10 as EPRA prepares to announce new prices later today.
  • 12:36 pm Gatanga MP Edward Muriu and former presidential aspirant Peter Kenneth call for the prosecution of the directors of companies adversely mentioned in fertiliser scandal.
  • 12:21 pm Baringo Woman Representative Florence Jematiah calls for the resignation of IG Koome over increased cases of banditry in North Rift.
  • 11:36 am Govt unveils plan to integrate refugees from Daadab and Kakuma Camps.
  • 11:19 am First Lady Rachel Ruto calls on the national government to increase the funds allocated to the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF). 
  • 10:26 am Azimio leaders led by Eugene Wamalwa call for the sacking of Agriculture CS Mithika Linturi and his Health counterpart Susan Nakhumicha.
  • 10:00 am Govt targets to issue 1 million passports before the end of the year.
  • 9:41 am Lumakanda MCA Aspirant Godfrey Mapesa dies in early morning road accident.
  • 9:00 am Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome warns striking doctors against disturbing public peace and patients in hospitals; directs police commanders to deal with such instances firmly.
  • 8:22 am UDA-branded tablets to be used in the party's grassroot elections arrive at JKIA.