News Tracker

Tue, 21 June 2022

  • 12:44 pm TIFA poll shows Senator Johnson Sakaja of UDA is ahead in the Nairobi gubernatorial race with 40% against Azimio's Polycarp Igathe who has 32%.
  • 12:19 pm Deputy President William Ruto holds Kenya Kwanza economic forum in Nairobi County.
  • 12:07 pm Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah's popularity shoots from 0 to 7% in Nairobi county - TIFA poll.
  • 11:30 am Presidential candidate David Waihiga writes to the National Police Service, demanding security officers and escort cars.
  • 11:06 am Former Nairobi governor Mike Sonko claims that the IEBC Tribunal was compromised to lock him out of the Mombasa gubernatorial race.
  • 10:36 am IEBC flags a recruitment advertisement making rounds, says it's fake.
  • 10:03 am The Bomas of Kenya to remain closed throughout the electioneering period.
  • 9:31 am Bishop Margaret Wanjiru asks church leaders to campaign for their preferred candidates on the pulpit ahead of General Election.
  • 8:40 am Makueni MP Dan Maanzo says Roots Party presidential candidate Prof George Wajackoyah is likely to cause a runoff in the forthcoming elections.
  • 7:45 am Tujibebe Wakenya party leader William Kabogo threatens to quit Kenya Kwanza after falling out with Deputy President William Ruto's UDA.
  • 7:17 am Wafula Chebukati goes after three IEBC employees suspected of transferring voters in ten counties ahead of the August 9 polls.
  • 6:57 am ANC party leader Musalia Mudavadi and his FORD Kenya counterpart Moses Wetangula accuse Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga of undermining the Luhya community.

Mon, 20 June 2022

  • 7:25 pm Azimio flagbearer Raila Odinga intervenes as gubernatorial candidates under his coalition, Joseph Lenku of ODM and David Nkedianye of Jubilee clash at his Kajiado rally. 
  • 6:52 pm IEBC says there are 22,120,458 registered voters after the KPMG audit. Youth make up only 39.84 per cent of the voters. Low number of young voters attributed to poor uptake in new registration where only one million joined the register against a target of six million. 
  • 5:55 pm DP William Ruto kicks out the media from a function he was holding in Njoro, Nakuru County with minority communities affected by the 2007 Post-Election violence.
  • 5:19 pm UDA's Nairobi gubernatorial candidate Johnson Sakaja grilled by DCI detectives looking into allegations that he forged a degree from Teams University in Uganda. 
  • 4:40 pm Machakos gubernatorial candidate Wavinya Ndeti claims the British education system allowed her to get a master's degree before graduating with a bachelor's degree. 
  • 3:51 pm Registrar of Political Parties Anne Nderitu urges Kenyans to stop using derogatory terms in reference to political parties, cites Kenya Kwanza being christened Kenya Kwisha and Azimio being referred to as Kuzimia
  • 3:05 pm The Service Party leader Mwangi Kiunjuri says he has never referred to Rigathi Gachagua as a dictator, holds that he was misquoted by the media.
  • 2:50 pm IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati to address the media at 4pm today on the audit of the voters register.
  • 1:51 pm IEBC Chair Wafula Chebukati urges the DPP to launch investigations into the violence witnessed at the Jacaranda Grounds on Sunday, June 19.
  • 1:25 pm EACC CEO Twalib Mbarak claims most governors are on a hiring spree ahead of the polls as part of a broader cover-up scheme.
  • 12:51 pm Machakos gubernatorial candidate Wavinya Ndeti explains how she got a master’s before an undergraduate degree a day after IEBC cleared her.
  • 12:11 pm Trans Nzoia gubernatorial candidate George Natembeya claims Moses Wetangula's FORD Kenya party is to blame for the county's development woes.
  • 11:44 am Azimio running mate Martha Karua details how she will work with Raila Odinga to avoid conflicts should they form the next government.
  • 11:05 am Reuben Kigame challenges Martha Karua to explain how Azimio government will recover KEMSA funds allegedly stolen by known individuals.
  • 10:30 am Azimio presidential candidate Raila Odinga to pitch camp in Kajiado county as Kenya Kwanza's William Ruto takes his campaign to Nakuru.
  • 10:00 am Catholic bishops ask Kenyans to ignore Roots Party leader Prof George Wajackoyah and his marijuana manifesto.  
  • 9:37 am Former Chief Justice Willy Mutunga argues that the International Community will call for a handshake whether Raila Odinga or William Ruto wins August polls.
  • 9:18 am Deputy President WiIliam Ruto holds a breakfast meeting with the Kenya Association of Manufacturers in Karen, Nairobi County.