News Tracker

Wed, 29 June 2022

  • 1:33 pm IEBC chairman Wafula Chebukati to meet technical teams of presidential candidates to harmonize campaign schedules in a bid to tame political violence.
  • 1:13 pm Embattled Mathare parliamentary hopeful Kevin Kioko - Bahati says ODM's Anthony Oluoch is a weak candidate, justifies why he should be the Azimio candidate.  
  • 12:52 pm Prof Kithure Kindiki asks IEBC Chairman Wafula Chebukati to enforce the Electoral Code of Conduct, citing the violence at Jacaranda Grounds.  
  • 12:41 pm Commissioner Abdi Guliye defends the hiring process of all IEBC employees, dismisses claims of favouritism.
  • 12:22 pm Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga wants voters whose names are in the manual register to be allowed to vote on August 9.
  • 11:59 am Kenya Kwanza flag-bearer William Ruto joins IEBC meeting with presidential candidates, minutes after Raila Odinga and Martha Karua left the room.
  • 11:30 am DP William Ruto wants IEBC to gazette voter registers per polling station in order to ensure transparency in the August 9 polls.
  • 10:54 am Activist James Kamau interrupts IEBC meeting with presidential candidates accusing the Commission of being used by powerful people to hold the country hostage. 
  • 10:28 am IEBC CEO, Marjan Hussein Marjan, says the Commission has made a provision for backup KIEMS kits to address any cases of failure or malfunction.
  • 9:48 am National Assembly Speaker, Justin Bedan Muturi, asks President Uhuru Kenyatta to make public the reasons behind his fallout with DP William Ruto.
  • 9:08 am Ford Kenya's Moses Wetangula says DP William Ruto is the only presidential contender who does not betray his allies.
  • 8:41 am City lawyer, Ahmednasir Abdullahi, says Raila Odinga's history has never been about reforms but a personal pursuit to acquire power.
  • 8:06 am Martha Karua says Azimio La Umoja is not a marriage of convenience, maintains that it will stand the test of time.
  • 7:45 am Gladys Shollei says she is certain DP William Ruto will win the August 9 polls, adds that she is personally preparing to defend his victory at the Supreme Court in case of a petition.
  • 7:25 am Azimio's Raila Odinga says he is ready to accept defeat and congratulate the winner should he lose the August 9 presidential vote.
  • 7:12 am ODM chairman, John Mbadi, says there will be no zoning in Kisumu, Siaya, Homa Bay and Migori counties, team believes that the coalition will smoothly clinch all seats there.
  • 6:56 am Dennis Wahome, a Nairobi voter, files another petition at the High Court seeking to block Johnson Sakaja from contesting for the gubernatorial seat, maintains he is unqualified.
  • 6:47 am Raila Odinga demands that IEBC allows him access to the audited voters register before meeting with the Commission's chair, Wafula Chebukati, today.

Tue, 28 June 2022

  • 7:43 pm Raila Odinga promises to address the IDs crisis among the Garissa youth and end extra-judicial killings in the country.
  • 7:08 pm Azimio's Raila Odinga says BBI was the blueprint for the real bottom-up economic model, adds that DP William Ruto's model is a fake one that has no real solutions.
  • 6:28 pm Rivalry between Azimio La Umoja One Kenya candidates in Marsabit, Mandera, Garissa and Isiolo turn the counties into fierce battlegrounds ahead of August 9 polls.
  • 6:03 pm Governor Mwangi Wa Iria says there will be no election on August 9 if the price of maize flour does not go down to Ksh100, to lead a resistance movement against government.
  • 5:41 pm Veteran journalist, Macharia Gaitho, opines that if IEBC assures all politicians of free, fair and verifiable elections, they would all be satisfied with the outcome on August 9.
  • 5:12 pm Nakuru Town East MP, David Gikaria, questioned by DCI detectives over his alleged connection to a gang behind a spate of robberies and murders in the county.
  • 4:51 pm Former street boy and Mathira parliamentary seat aspirant, Daniel Kiige, declines a job offer by Rigathi Gachagua to step down in favour of UDA's candidate.
  • 4:04 pm Westlands MP Tim Wanyonyi calls on candidates vying on Azimio ticket to back the zoning strategy, says he also dropped gubernatorial bid.  
  • 3:41 pm Farmers Party leader Irungu Nyakera claims Deputy President William Ruto's UDA is treating some affiliate parties within Kenya Kwanza like outsiders.
  • 2:37 pm Azimio flag-bearer Raila Odinga and his running mate Martha Karua meet international election observers among them former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.
  • 1:59 pm Presidential aspirant Mwangi Wa Iria claims his case challenging IEBC's decision to disqualify him was terminated unheard.
  • 1:22 pm AMWIK Executive Director Judie Kaberia tells journalists not to provide a platform for politicians who spread hate speech.